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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $39.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,252,824
- Downloads last week: 25,778
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 671 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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- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 671 votes
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Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
"Been using this product for over 3 years,"
Pros: does an excellent job with minimum overhead
Cons: nothing to not like
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
Pros: Does not take long to scan
Cons: none at this time
Summary: Great customer service, easy to contact, very good tech support
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
Pros: Easy to install and use.
Cons: Seems to be quite effective.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
Pros: It updates properly
Cons: runs when it wants to, programed for daily, not always done - says no problems, but no view of what,s checked. Says I have no spyware - is it stopped , missed? another program finds spyware every time -
like to be told what's found or stoppedSummary: Features - has schedule capabilities- doesn't work all the time - some days it will run a scan when it's loaded, other days when I have scheduled the scan. I haven't changed the parameters. Never tells me if spyware was found and removed or if none ... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.468
Pros: Great software,no false positive.Fast scan and no problem updating.
Cons: None for now. Little pricey.
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