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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $39.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
- Date added: October 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,316,141
- Downloads last week: 27,910
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 677 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on March 06, 2009
As far as reputations go, ESET's NOD32 is practically unimpeachable. Version 4 of the popular and effective antivirus and antispyware builds on that rep, emphasizing its community-sourced ThreatSense for preventing attacks before they occur, a slick interface, and some of the highest independently-tested detection rates married to low rates of false positives.
Installation is clean and straightforward. Greatly improved from its humble beginnings as separate scanners that once littered the desktop, NOD32 can be toggled between standard features and more advanced options. Scans were neither blazingly fast nor excruciatingly slow, but the real-time defenses produced no noticeable drags on system performance. NOD32 has consistently scored near the top of several independent antivirus testing organization ratings for finding the most malware. An uninstallation option is available, requiring a reboot. However, we found residual system files and Registry settings that had to be deleted by hand.
If you're confident in your clicking habits, you might not necessarily miss the firewall and spam filter that ESET built into its Smart Security suite that's based on NOD32. Even without them, though, NOD32's speed, accuracy, and lack of impact on resources make it a must.
Publisher's description
From ESET :ESET NOD32 Antivirus proactively detects and disables viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits and other Internet threats. ESET NOD32 Antivirus provides: 1) Proactive Protection - multiple layers of detection protecting you from Internet threats before it is too late. 2) Precise Detection - accurately identifies known and unknown threats; it consistently wins top awards from testing labs and is recognized for having zero false positives. 3) Lightweight Design - requires less memory and CPU power, allowing your computer to run fast and have more room for games, web browsing, and emailing. 4) Fast Scanning Speeds - highly efficient program ensures fast file scanning and product updates; it runs quietly in the background.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.0.468 improves compatibility with server operating systems and HTTP scanning compatibility and fixes several bugs.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 677 votes
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Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
Pros: Light, fast & found some viruses in zip files I downloaded - AVG missed them. I bought online from Betterantivirus (.com) - they sorted out a license, download, helped with installation and it cost the same as getting it from the manufacture.
Cons: None I can think of - no antivirus is 100%, this one is PRETTY good!
Phone support is not 24x7, but they do answer and you get to speak to an ENGLISH speaking person! Yay!
Might not play well with other AV - uninstall AV before installing this one!Summary: It is fast, uses up very little cpu and ram - it found threats already on my system that other solutions missed and NOD32 was awesome. In advanced mode, there are TONS of options - but in easy mode, they are all hidden - so it's good for beginners ... read more >>
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Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
"One of the best i have seen so far at this moment..."
Pros: What you should expect from paid av - results
Cons: design? but that's not a requirement if you talk about performance... and its maybe just my taste
Summary: I rated it as it should so far.... unless someone will mess with it
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Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
"One of the best antivirus around. Catches all bugs"
Pros: Low on system resources . Catches all bugs thrown at it
updates regularlyCons: none whatsoever
Summary: dont waste time and money on any other antivirus
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Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
"Easy to install and use, inexpensive."
Pros: Virus definiations update in the background.
Cons: Customer service not available on weekends.
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Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
Pros: keeps av definitions current...
I've been using a paid version for 2+ yearsCons: Program I have seems to NOT be getting updates from ESET, although the virus definiations get several updates/day, on the average. I complained to ESET twice via their online form, but NEVER got a response!
Summary:
probably the BEST, BUT too expensive for what you get.
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