ESET receives its 50th Virus Bulletin VB100 award

[zerologic]

ESET Secures Record-Breaking 50th Virus Bulletin Award for Security Excellence

June 04, 2008

Detects 100 Percent of Viruses, Worms and Bots with Zero False Positives

San Diego, June 4, 2008 – ESET?, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it has captured a record 50th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, a widely-respected independent comparative testing group. ESET is the first company to reach the 50-award milestone.

Virus Bulletin introduced its first VB100 award in 1998, and conducts several comparatives every year, rotating its platforms between Linux, Windows, Windows servers and Novell Netware. In order to display the VB100 logo, an antivirus product must meet two criteria: (1) Demonstrate it detects all "In-the-Wild" viruses during both on-demand and on-access scanning; and, (2) Generate no false positives when scanning a set of clean files. Since the inception of VB100 awards in 1998, ESET's antivirus products boast a success rate of over 96 percent — the industry's highest. Most antivirus vendors have success ratios in the 50 – 75 percent range.

"With excellent detection and no false positive issues, ESET has stormed its way to a record 50th VB100 award," said John Hawes of Virus Bulletin. "The ESET installation process proved fast and efficient, and the command line scanner was a joy to operate."

"No other company can claim 50 VB100 awards, and we are very pleased to be the first," said Anton Zajac, CEO of ESET, LLC. "I want to personally thank our employees, and notably the research and development teams that continue to produce security software's most proactive, precise, lightweight and fast product."

ESET File Security for Linux — the subject of this month's testing — is powered by ThreatSense? technology, an advanced heuristics engine that enables proactive detection of malware not covered by even the most frequently updated signature-based products. Unlike traditional approaches, ESET solutions decode and analyze executable code in real-time, using an emulated environment. By allowing malware to execute in a secure virtual world, ESET is able to clearly differentiate between benign files and even the most sophisticated and cleverly-disguised malware.

[al11588]

YAY :D :D

[Matrix XII]

I switched to Nod32 three years ago, and unless they change it for the worse, I'll be a lifer :p

[zerologic]

I switched to Nod32 three years ago, and unless they change it for the worse, I'll be a lifer :p

Great product really. But my license is out. So I hope I win this. ;)

[primexx]

i don't get VB100...they give out 100% awards when it's painfully clear that not a single vendor is actually capable of 100%

[sundayx Veteran]

*Nods*

[zerologic]

i don't get VB100...they give out 100% awards when it's painfully clear that not a single vendor is actually capable of 100%

Maybe read: VB100 Testing Procedure. See what you think.

I place a fair amount of trust in this test and it's a great award to earn.

[Fozzieb]

Great product, although all v3 release i have tried on server seem to cause network errors, have to use 2.7 on the server and latest 3 on the workstations.

[AimLXJ]

Thanks for the heads up (Y)

[Deletedforeverhaha]

I still refuse to pay for security software for my PC on top of Vista Ultimate's extreme price.

[zerologic]

I still refuse to pay for security software for my PC on top of Vista Ultimate's extreme price.

*shrug* so do the survey, you might get the software for free for a year. Or just go and use AVG or something, whatever.

What, do you want a medal or a certificate for not using security software?! :huh:

[L3thal Veteran]

NOD32 hasn't let me down in 3 years.

[LOC Veteran]

Awesome as always ESET.

And thanks for the survey link, hopefully I win one :D

[valhalla_rk]

ESET NOD!

for the win!

[zerologic]

Awesome as always ESET.

And thanks for the survey link, hopefully I win one :D

Got my fingers crossed for you.. And me! :happy: I could do with a license. (Y)

[+Troll Subscriber¹]

Great product, although all v3 release i have tried on server seem to cause network errors, have to use 2.7 on the server and latest 3 on the workstations.

I was using v3 on Server 2K8...didn't have any problems, but there was a separate version that needed to be used. I think it was called "business edition." It looks like I have the smart security rather than the anti-virus and it is version 3.0.642 (probably newer ones, but I don't take the time to upgrade each time a minor update hits.)

[Raa]

As they always say, "The proof is in the pudding".

Considering I had to remove Kaspersky last night off a customer's pc to solve a problem, well. It speaks for itself :)

Go NOD! (Y)

[Joel]

Great product, although all v3 release i have tried on server seem to cause network errors, have to use 2.7 on the server and latest 3 on the workstations.

We still install 2.7 all around. You need the new RA to manage 3.0 clients in an enterprise, and it has a totally different install and package procedure than 2.7 does.

[zerologic]

As they always say, "The proof is in the pudding".

Considering I had to remove Kaspersky last night off a customer's pc to solve a problem, well. It speaks for itself :)

Go NOD! (Y)

I dumped KIS 2009 from my PC last night also.

Apparently the support forums at Kaspersky only care if you're there praising their product, if you need help, it automatically something 'you have done' and never the product. :ermm: Anyway, after internet slowdowns, rampant memory leaks and a BSOD - I waved goodbye to Kaspersky's product. What a shame. I think they rushed the latest product to the market before it was really ready.

(Y) ESET, mighty fine product.

[Scirwode]

(Y) ESET, mighty fine product.

Aren't you the one who said Avira was better than NOD32? Seems a strange about turn.

Scirwode

[zerologic]

Aren't you the one who said Avira was better than NOD32? Seems a strange about turn.

Scirwode

In detection - yes. In performance and because NOD32 is yet to throw up false positives, it's the best IMHO.

[Scirwode]

In detection - yes. In performance and because NOD32 is yet to throw up false positives, it's the best IMHO.

Yet you were so vehement that Avira was the best in terms of performance and detection. And by your words, NOD32 is the best overall. In truth, what I'm saying has little to no meaning, but I find it strange that you were calling someone a liar in one thread for saying NOD32 is the best when here you are saying the exact same thing. So you can understand why I find it astonishing for you to say something so different here when your other thread was a whole different kettle of fish altogether.

Regardless it doesn't really matter, as my loyalties are not to a company, but to how the product works for me. If it doesn't work, I move on to what's best, it's as simple as that.

Scirwode

[zerologic]

I guess I'm fickle or picky. Not sure. Either way. I happily parted with my $ to get an ESET license for NOD32. ;)

[Scirwode]

I guess I'm fickle or picky. Not sure. Either way. I happily parted with my $ to get an ESET license for NOD32. ;)

If you feel it is the best for you, then good (Y) . Let's all just be happy with what we have and hope that it does the job that it sets out to do, can't everyone just be happy with that?

Scirwode

Edited June 14, 2008 by Scirwode