nod32 antivirus

zax_2 · 16 February 2005 at 5:17PM

this is from an email i recieved from these guys, granted some of it is marketing oriented, but they are the best

For more than seven years, NOD32 remains the only antivirus system in the world that has not missed any 'In the Wild' virus in the prestigious tests performed by the international authority on virus prevention, recognition and removal - Virus Bulletin Virus Bulletin.

"With its usual admirable performance, NOD32 once again leaves little room for comment and achieves its latest VB 100% award with predictable ease.", commented Virus Bulletin in its February edition granting Eset's antivirus its record 30th Virus Bulletin 100% Award.

A record breaking 28 antivirus products were tested on Windows NT and NOD32 was one of only 4 that achieved a clean sweep detecting all the viruses in all the test sets in both on-demand and on-access tests without any false alarms.

NOD32's scanning rate of zipped executable files was more than 2.8 times faster than the second best product and over 9.3 times faster than the last of the products with 100% detection rate.

With the exception of Symantec, none of the big "brand names" made the grade with 100% detection in all test sets this time around, missing viruses in either on-demand or on-access scanning and sometimes both. A selection of those who didn't make the grade below :

Product Name Number of Missed Viruses
Authentium Command 9
CA eTrust Antivirus 35
CA Vet Anti-Virus 12
Frisk F-Prot 19
F-Secure 7
Grisoft AVG 1113
Kaspersky 2
McAfee VirusScan 8
Norman Virus Control 383
Sophos Anti-Virus 46

and finally

UNA UNA Pro 32558

NOD32 Squashes new Bagle worms.

Eset's state of the art heuristic detection capabilities have again protected users the instant that two new worms, Bagle.AX and Bagle.AY were released into the wild by virus writers.

Eset's unique Advanced Heuristics technology provides pro-active protection with a small footprint and fast scanning speed. It detects unknown malware during the critical time period between the emergence of a new threat and the release of a virus signature update. In the newest version of NOD32, Eset's Advanced Heuristics technology has been enhanced with several new detection algorithms to identify the latest progeny of malware quickly and accurately, while maintaining the highest possible virus detection rate. NOD32 currently detects over 81% of 'In the wild' viruses using heuristics alone !

Rex_Mundi · 16 February 2005 at 6:02PM

This is a good product, but more so for experts. It's a bit much for beginners.

A far cry from the ease of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) and PC-cillin, NOD32 requires you to know the purpose of cryptic scanners like AMON (real-time), IMON (Internet), and NMS (Exchange/Outlook) to configure and run them. Though these are not overly difficult, beginners may be overwhelmed even when changing basic settings.

Available on many platforms, including DOS, Linux, and NetWare, NOD32 offers blazing speed and rock-solid virus protection that make it best for experts but not an ideal choice for beginners.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,978452,00.asp

blinky · 16 February 2005 at 6:18PM

It's a very good antivirus, fast scanning engine, low on resources, and excellent heuristics (which means it can detect virii / trojans even if they haven't updated the signatures.
By default it is set to check for updates every hour and there's usually an update every day.
It's not as easy to set up as Norton but it's quite forward (keep your registration email handy during setup you need your username and password for setting up the signature download).
I have ran into a few problems with IMON (corruption on long pages I think causing browser time outs) but otherwise works very well.
I use it and recommend it. It's around £30 for the first year and around £20 per year after that.
If you have NOD32 and are using Outlook it's worth downloading the EMON beta 2 plugin
http://www.nod32.com/download/downbeta.htm

In case your wondering, Kaspersky is generally considered to be the best antivirus program but it can be heavy on resources.

zax_2 · 16 February 2005 at 7:56PM

Rex_Mundi wrote:

This is a good product, but more so for experts. It's a bit much for beginners.

A far cry from the ease of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) and PC-cillin, NOD32 requires you to know the purpose of cryptic scanners like AMON (real-time), IMON (Internet), and NMS (Exchange/Outlook) to configure and run them. Though these are not overly difficult, beginners may be overwhelmed even when changing basic settings.

Available on many platforms, including DOS, Linux, and NetWare, NOD32 offers blazing speed and rock-solid virus protection that make it best for experts but not an ideal choice for beginners.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,978452,00.asp

wit all due respect to pc mag, its not that hard to set nod32 up.
if you have any problem the help is extensive and easy to follow. my granny can set it up....well maybe not my granny

as for kasparsky, its an excellent AV, no doubt but the pro version is almost twice the price . and if you look at its results, as much as it's much better than many other products it still let a few through the net.

Rex_Mundi · 16 February 2005 at 9:24PM

Here's a really good comparison site for antivirus programs. It compares different aspects of having the programs installed including.
Boot time
Ram usage
Scan time
Detection rate

Both paid for and free versions are included in this survey.
http://www.schadentech.com/Reviews/Antivirus/conclusion.htm

zax_2 · 17 February 2005 at 1:37AM

the site seems like a lot of work went in to it, but over the past 7 years no virus or warm managed to get through an updated nod32 running advanced heuristics. and thats a fact. so i dont know where they get their figures from...

Rex_Mundi · 17 February 2005 at 2:04PM

These test were carried out by testing each of the antivirus programs using 750 different types of malware, including trojans and viruses. Exactly the same malware was used to test each program. As you can see from the results, when tested against other antivirus programs nod32 did not fare too well. With a detection rate of only 82.19% it was even beaten on detection by one of the free programs.

It's silly to rubbish the results because you don't like what they say.

over the past 7 years no virus or warm managed to get through an updated nod32 running advanced heuristics. and thats a fact.

That's a very big claim. Have you got any independent evidence to back this up? Evidence from nod32 can't count in this case, as obviously the company has an interest in selling their own product up. What I see is that tested against other products nod32 comes nowhere near the top of the list.

zax_2 · 18 February 2005 at 1:36AM

its indeed silly to to rubbish the results when i dont like em. i wont quote my self but if you look in the first post on this thread you'll find a link to virus bulletin, its one of the sites that will verify it. nod is also one of the few products which detected any and all of the current "in the wild" viruses listed in The WildList Organization Internationaland the only one to have done it consistantly over the past years. combine this with it being 5 to 50 times faster than all other leading products and i think its hard to ignore its supiriority.
but then again thats just me....

Rex_Mundi · 18 February 2005 at 3:54AM

In your original post you claim that nod32 is the best. The fact is, there is no best antivirus. Some will perform better than others in certain areas. It is generally recognised that for detection, Kaspersky is the best.

but over the past 7 years no virus or warm managed to get through an updated nod32 running advanced heuristics. and thats a fact.

To back this claim up You point to a link to Virus Bulletin. This is a very respected source of info on virus information. And yet according to their own tests nod32 failed in 2002,2000 and 1998. This is not 100% for the last 7 years. Check it out HERE if you want to see yourself.

This years results for all the tested antivirus programs can be found HERE .

Nod32 is a very good antivirus program. But, it is generally not considered a good choice for beginners. It is no good having a good antivirus program if you don't understand how to set it up properly. A lot of people that come in here do not have a great deal of knowledge with computers. This would not be a good product for them.

Now in the interest of stopping this flame. Let's put this one to bed. I think there are enough links to indepenent sites in this thread to let people make their own minds up.

zax_2 · 18 February 2005 at 7:08PM

What IS 'flaming'? Never really got that one...
I didn't take no offence and hope I didn't cause any. My interests are purely to rant and rave about a product which in my opinion is the best - therefore a real good value, making it relevant to this forum and site . yes, I might be a tad bit more advanced then the regular pc user but not much more, I didn't find the set up to be that complicated, although its not as simple as just hitting 'Next' | 'Next' | 'Next' | 'Finish' like most other products.
Now back to my favourite AV

,
You are right - I stand corrected

, it's not 7 years its only since May 98 so its 6 years 9 month. If you contact virus bulletin, you'll find that
February 98 is a different product - it's called NOD ice which is an early predecessor to NOD32
November 2000 – NOD32 didn’t miss any viruses, but it did generate a single false positive and therefore didn’t get the award.
April 2002 – NOD32 did detect all "in the wild" viruses but for other reasons it and every other product tested were deemed to have failed the tests.

Now in the interest of stopping this flame. Let's put this one to bed. I think there are enough links to indepenent sites in this thread to let people make their own minds up.

OK

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