andsome Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Nod 32 A.V. program continues to pick up awards. They are now a top A.V. program for Linux users as well as Windows users. This is the latest newsletter from them.NOD32 Receives 36th Virus Bulletin 100% AwardIt is almost 8 years now since the NOD32 Anti-Virus System from ESET Software was first tested by the prestigious Virus Bulletin. It still remains the only product never to have missed an “in the wild” virus in their tests since first introduced in May 1998. This is further reinforced by the latest Virus Bulletin test results in February where NOD32 achieved its record 36th VB 100% Award.Not only did NOD32 have 100% detection across all test sets (In the Wild, Macro, Polymorphic & Standard viruses) in both On Demand and On Access testing, it also had the fastest overall hard disk scanning speeds. With a much smaller system footprint and lower use of system resources, NOD32 scanned substantially faster than all other products and more than twice as fast as certain brand names (Symantec Norton, Kaspersky, BitDefender).ESET Software’s dedicated and highly skilled development team have made these remarkable results possible through their consistent efforts, whilst constantly adding a wealth of new features and functionality to the product over the years.Eset Delivers Pro-active Protection against RootkitsEset's NOD32 with ThreatSense® technology has been further enhanced to protect users and organisations against stealth rootkit applications. Rootkits, which by design are highly undetectable, are widely known to escape discovery by traditional signature-based antivirus methods. Rootkits recently came to public attention when it was discovered that Sony included a rootkit on some of its music CDs and video DVDs in an effort to prevent illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted material. Designed specifically to be “invisible” to users, rootkits can be used to hide malicious software, giving criminals the opportunity to exploit unprotected computers.“Rootkit detection is based on the new generation of intelligent signatures, which are a part of the ThreatSense technology” says Richard Marko, chief software engineer for ESET. “Currently, ESET is the only integrated threat protection system known to proactively detect even unknown rootkits.”Rootkit protection is available immediately to current NOD32 license holders and will be automatically installed to computers configured to receive automatic program component updates. To download a free trial copy of NOD32, please visit www.eset.com.Eset at Infosecurity EuropeFor the 5th year running we will be exhibiting at Infosecurity Europe at the Grand Hall Olympia in London. Infosecurity Europe is Europe's most comprehensive convergence of information security professionals and last year over 14,000 people attended.We'll be showcasing the full range of NOD32 products. Why not come and see us. More information can be found at http://www.infosec.co.ukNew Release of NOD32 for LinuxNOD32 Antivirus for Linux is focused on excellent performance and stability. In this regard, the new version is a huge leap forward and its support for multi-threading allows for blazing performance. Virus Bulletin tests on a previous version showed NOD32 was two to four times faster than the competition, processing 14 MB/sec in on demand scanning tests. This type of performance allows large organisations to reduce operational costs by deploying fewer machines.New Features – NOD32 Antivirus for Linux: Multi-threaded support : Drastically improves performance, allowing multiple files to be scanned at once. Custom configuration profiles by individual user account and group : Enables custom settings and filters to limit scanning based, for example, on file size, nested archives and scanning time. ThreatSense.Net sample submission system : Linux users will also benefit from ESET’s ThreatSense.Net, an online early warning system. ThreatSense.Net monitors global malware epidemics based on information gathered from two-way communication between NOD32 Antivirus users and ESET’s ThreatLab. Customers can opt-in to automatically provide ESET’s researchers with anonymous data about new threats detected by NOD32 Antivirus for Linux. The gathered data is used to enhance the ThreatSense® engine to detect subsequent waves of new malware. X- header modification: Allows users to create customised filtering to quarantine certain items or create specific alerts.NOD32 Antivirus for Linux is available immediately and supports all major Linux distributions including Red Hat, Fedora, Mandrake, SuSE and Debian.All NOD32 products incorporate ThreatSense® technology, a sophisticated detection system based on advanced heuristics that proactively identifies unknown viruses, trojans, spyware and phishing attacks in real-time. ThreatSense® is built into NOD32’s single scanning engine to provide comprehensive protection so users do not need to rely on additional point solutions for spyware and adware protection.More information can be found at http://www.nod32.com/products/lms.htmEset's Andrew Lee On Let's Talk ComputersAndrew Lee, Chief Technology Officer of ESET, talks about the newest threats to hit the Internet and gives invaluable tips and techniques which allow us to safely surf the Internet without fear of malicious threats and identity theft. Andrew says "Get smart. The biggest weapon that you have against malware is your own knowledge." For some great tips to keep safe you can listen to the interview at: http://www.lets-talk-computers.com/guests/eset/education NOD32's ThreatSense Technology Proactively Detects Blackworm (Win32/VB.NEI)Joining the ever increasing list of malware detected without the need for a signature update, Win32/VB.NEI is a typical mass-mailing email worm which relies on users to click on an email attachment to execute. It also attempts to spread via network shares.On the 3rd day of every month, VB.NEI will overwrite popular security applications along with files that have any of the following extensions:.doc, .xls, .mdb, mde, .ppt, .pps (these are usually Microsoft Office files).zip, .rar (these are usually archive files) .pdf, .psd (these are usually Adobe Acrobat or Photoshop files). Computers without adequate protection from the worm could suffer devastating data loss. Fortunately ESET’s NOD32 detects the worm proactively – without signature updates.New Beta Version for Lotus Domino AvailableWe're happy to announce that a new beta version of NOD32 for Lotus Domino (LMON) is available for testing. It's based on the v.2.5 engine so all features such as archive scanning, ThreatSense and Adware/Spyware/Riskware detection are now supported.LMON supports IBM Lotus Domino R5 (v. 5.0.9a and higher), IBM Lotus Domino R6, IBM Lotus Domino R6.5, IBM Lotus Domino R7 and the new upcoming version of Domino which IBM currently have in beta.It can be downloaded from http://u4.eset.com/download/domino/noddomenb.exe using the appropriate username/password.A manual is embedded in the installer, but is also available at http://u4.eset.com/manuals/nod_ug_domino_en.pdf.Note that NOD32 2.51.20 and newer must already be installed before installing this new add-in and it is not intended for production systems.Eset joins Microsoft VIA AllianceThe Microsoft Virus Information Alliance (VIA) assists the Microsoft Product Support Services Security Team in providing Microsoft customers with detailed information about significant viruses that are affecting Microsoft products and its customers."ESET’s ThreatSense.Net technology provides a great deal of relevant data which helps us to determine the impact that particular families of malware have on the global security landscape," commented Miroslav Trnka, director of engineering for ESET. "We have been cooperating with Microsoft since 2001. Membership of the VIA is an acknowledgement of ESET’s research expertise and its active role in the AV industry. We are pleased to lend our threat detection expertise to help protect Microsoft's customers from new emerging threats and techniques."With new threats appearing every day, it is important that antivirus companies not only provide new updates to identify these threats once they are released, but are also able to detect threats proactively through advanced heuristics. Without proactive heuristic detection, users must wait for updated versions of their antivirus software, creating a critical window of vulnerability that can last hours or even days. NOD32 heuristically detects significantly more unknown malware than any other product, as verified by multiple independent testing sources.“Microsoft is pleased to work with ESET to provide our customers with the information they need to help protect themselves from malicious threats. Security is an industry-wide issue, and Microsoft is committed to continuing to work closely with industry partners toward the common goal of improving security for all computer users,” said Stephen Toulouse, security program manager of the Security Response Centre at Microsoft Corp.We hope you have enjoyed this edition of eNews.Best wishes,NOD32 UKAspect Systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 The linux version is only for Mail or file servers not for the normal desktop user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 The linux version is only for Mail or file servers not for the normal desktop user.I stand corrected. I know nothing about Linux. For Windows however, NOD 32 is a first class AV program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korgg Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Well ..That is impresive .. :) ...But one question remains .. As I now, NOD32 is not recognized by the MS Security Center on Windows XP as an antivirus program... How are things now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Well ..That is impresive .. :) ...But one question remains .. As I now, NOD32 is not recognized by the MS Security Center on Windows XP as an antivirus program... How are things now ?What makes you think that MS security centre does no recognise Nod 32?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korgg Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Well I had the vague impression that older versions of NOD32 weren't seen by MS Security center ... Just installed it on my computer from work instead of Kav and Norton xxx ... Much better now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted March 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Hope you get on well with it. In the UK, we can get telephone support at normal telephone rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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