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NOD32 Wins 33rd VB 100% Award

Eset today announced that NOD32 has received its 33rd consecutive Virus Bulletin 100% award for flawless computer virus protection.

Virus Bulletin is widely recognized within the antivirus industry for its rigorous comparative tests focusing on virus detection rates, scanning speed, and generation of false positives. To earn a Virus Bulletin 100% Award, an antivirus product must detect all of the current “In the Wild” viruses during both on-demand and on-access scanning in Virus Bulletin's comparative tests. The product must also generate no false positives when scanning a set of clean files.

NOD32 is the only solution worldwide that has not missed a single “In the Wild” worm or virus in the rigorous testing conducted by Virus Bulletin since May 1998. The recent comparative tests also confirmed that NOD32 outperforms 26 other antivirus products, and is 3 times faster than the average competitor when scanning executable files. NOD32 was one of only two products to detect all malware in all test sets, putting a number of high street brands to shame.

Frost & Sullivan

International business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan recently reviewed and produced a white paper on NOD32 and its advanced detection capabilities.

They concluded that due to the evolving nature of content threats, it is no longer sufficient to rely on reactive security solutions that leave unacceptable windows of vulnerabilities. This approach is totally ineffective against evolving threats that can easily fool traditional security solutions.

"The use of proactive security solutions that fully utilize the capabilities of heuristic techniques is highly recommended for efficient protection against all types of threats. Ideally, a combination of different heuristic techniques coupled with a traditional signature based scanning approach, gives users the best possible weapon to fight against known and evolved threats. However, performance cannot be compromised and that is why code emulation appears to be the safest and lowest impact option. This is effectively ESET's approach and why its NOD32 product stands out from the crowd."

Frost & Sullivan believes that ESET's proactive approach meets the needs of today's businesses. The company's track record and its unique approach to this market make it the ideal partner to beat current and future content threats.

Read the full white paper at http://www.nod32uk.com/Frost-Sullivan.pdf.

Eset Provides Complete Malware Protection for 64-bit Systems

NOD32 offers real-time protection against viruses, Trojans, spyware,

and adware for x64 editions of Windows® XP and Windows Server 2003

This new release of NOD32 closes a critical security gap left by leading antivirus vendors whose products lack comprehensive support for this advanced platform.

Windows x64 systems are designed to handle high-performance applications that require large amounts of memory. Unlike most 32-bit applications, security applications requiring kernel level access must be specifically rewritten to run on x64 systems. Most antivirus solutions on the market are still incompatible or offer protection only at the server level—

leaving consumers and enterprises vulnerable to attacks.

ESET is ahead of the game with an x64-compatible solution that functions both at the desktop and server level. Utilising NOD32's ThreatSense™ technology which is built into NOD32’s single, unified scanning engine to provide comprehensive protection, users do not need to rely on additional point solutions for spyware and adware protection. Additionally, slowed network and CPU performance is not an issue for end-users and IT administrators as NOD32 consumes less than 20 MB of

memory.

The full release details can be found at http://www.eset.com/news_docs/64-bit_final.pdf

We hope you've enjoyed this addition of NOD32 eNews, more information can be found at http://www.nod32uk.com.

Best wishes,

NOD32 UK

Aspect Systems