- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $39.00 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/NT
- Date added: December 14, 2005
- Total Downloads: 2,295,952
- Downloads last week: 27,588
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A newer version of NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 678 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Eset NOD32's latest version is sleek and recommended. The company currently provides a 30-day, full-featured trial, with no third-party toolbars added on nor other strings attached.
Installation is clean and straightforward. So is the interface, which has improved greatly from its humble beginnings as separate scanners that once littered the desktop. Combined into one interface, NOD32 can be toggled between standard features and more advanced features. Although our scans were a little on the slow side, system-resource use was low, and the results good. NOD32 has consistently scored near the top of several independent antivirus testing organization ratings for finding the most malware.
Should you decide to uninstall, there is an uninstall option. However, upon reboot, we found residual system files and Registry settings that have to be deleted by hand.
Publisher's description
From ESET :The NOD32 antivirus system provides balanced state-of-the-art protection against threats endangering your PC. Viruses, worms, and other malware are kept out of striking distance from your valuable data. Advanced detection methods implemented in the software provide protection against a great proportion of the worms and viruses that are still awaiting creation.
Version 2.5 features a license manager, automatic movement of newly created files to Quarantine, and a brand new module compatible with all versions of MS Outlook.
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User reviews of NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 678 votes
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40 out of 54 people found this review helpful
Version: NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5
"One hell of a great AntiVirus!"
Pros: If you are willing to buy it then this is the best antivirus out there. I have been using it for quite a while now and have had no problems with it. It has kept me satisfied for long enough now. It has a simple interface, it is divided into several services such as AMON (Real time antivirus), DMON (for documents), EMON (for emails), IMON (for internet) and finally NOD32 which is a on-demand scanner. If you dont want a service you can easily disable it, like i didnt want EMON because i dont use outlook so i just disabled it and thats that. Most Antiviruses dont offer such features. I am completely protected from trojans, worms, viruses and all of that kind of junk. Thanks to NOD32. Oh and I forgot one thing, it is the most stealth antivirus ever, hardly takes a second to load and uses the least systm resources, now thats awsome.
Cons: It for some reason has not gained much popularity like Norton, McAfee, ZoneAlarm etc. have gained. I wonder what must be the reason behind it. I have heard the support isnt so good but i have never needed their support untill now, it has been prolem free for me.
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11 out of 21 people found this review helpful
Version: NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5
"This would be my third choice in an AV scanner."
Pros: Fast, light, effective and has won several awards. But with bias, I'm afraid. The updates are smooth and unobtrusive and system scans are fast. It has solid detection and removal capabilities on viruses, trojans, worms and some spyware. But I did find something new and very interesting at the home page of "Eset". It's an on line, free virus scanner and thats something I highly recommend. This on line scanner runs with "Vista" and "XP" and it's something worthy of 5 stars by itself. But, I have a couple issues with this application and one with download.com regarding this download..
Cons: My first is with download.com. This is a very old download. The new version is 2.7 and it's "Vista" compatible, so where is it? Don't believe everything you read about this application, especially at the "Eset" home page. To here "Eset" tell it, it's easily the best and no other anti virus application is worth using. I have yet to see this type of company bias towards their own products. Second and just as, if not more important, it's not user friendly. This is an application that many will find seriously confusing and difficult to use. It's definitely not something for the average home user.
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15 out of 18 people found this review helpful
Version: NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5
"Tryed many programs... but this is THE BEST!"
Pros: Believe me i have tested all the antivirus`s and this one is far by the best..... its worth every penny p.s The 2nd best antivirus is avast
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Version: NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5
"Couldn't install it properly, the procedure never finished."
Pros: I heard good ratings about it and so there are good ratings here.
Cons: The highest I can give it is 3 stars just for the sake I really wanted to use it but it wouldn't install. First it says I have to restart the computer, and so I did, then it everything just froze. I had to boot to safe mode and stop the services because it would show the "busy" cursor but nothing happens. I've never had a problem like this installing anything and for having this computer for nearly 4 years, this was almost my first time having it freeze over an installation.
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12 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Version: NOD32 Standard Version (Windows NT/2000/XP) 2.5
""Bought the full version, worth every penny!""
Pros: Iv'e used/own 10 different brands of AV and this one by far is the best, If anyone wants any of the others I will GIVE them away!!! I'm A gamer and NOD32 Is here to stay !!!
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