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Independent Tests

AV-Comparatives named ESET the "Best Antivirus Product" the last two years as they know it's proactive, precise technology—not brand names—that stops malware. And ESET NOD32® Antivirus is the best virus protection available.

Direct comparisons with other antivirus solutions tell the story better than we ever could.

ESET NOD32® Antivirus consistently proves itself to be the best antivirus software, clearly ranking higher in detection, size and speed when compared to its competitors.

Compare antivirus solutions and see what happens when ESET goes up against Symantec, McAfee Trend and more. Discover why ESET is the most proactive, precise, lightweight and fast solution—and the best choice for home and business use.

Best Antivirus Software for Detecting and Eliminating Known and Evolving Threats


  • Approximately 80% of threats discovered by ESET are proactively detected using ThreatSense® Heuristics . For example, all variants of MyDoom, Netsky, Bagle and Mytob were detected heuristically—well before other vendors had issued a signature.
  • When it comes to "In-the-Wild," virus detection, no one even comes close, as the following chart illustrates.

Missed in-the-wild viruses in virus bulletin tests

Over the past nine years, ESET has collected 52 VB100 awards—more than any other vendor.

VB100 Tests Passed

Due to its highly proactive, on-demand detection rate and low false positives, ESET NOD32® Antivirus consistently receives the highest possible rating—ADVANCED+—from AV-Comparatives.org, an independent research group.

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Which Is the Best Antivirus?

Using the in-depth chart below, you can compare antivirus software and find out which type will provide the kind of protection you need. The study stands ESET NOD32® Antivirus up to some of the biggest brand names - Symantec, McAfee, and Trend Micro - comparing protection as well as performance.

Comprehensive Protection NOD32 Symantec McAfee Trend Kaspersky
VB100 Awards for detection of all In-the-Wild viruses in the VB test sets without any false-alarms. (virusbulletin.com, May 1998 - October 2008) 52 46 36 16 42
Advanced+ Awards Tests of proactive and on-demand detection (AV-Comparitives.org, May 2005 - August 2008) Advanced+/Advanced/Standard 12/2/0 6/3/5 2/9/3  0/0/3 9/2/3


Detection NOD32 Symantec McAfee Trend Kaspersky
Missed In-the-Wild Viruses in Virus Bulletin tests between May 1998 and October 2008 (virusbulletin.com)
- On-Access
- On-Demand
0
0
29
2
64
71
70
68
34
16
Real-time protection against 16 zero-day viruses (virustotal.com) 87% 7%* 33% 0% 13%
Proactive Test by AV-Test.org on 1-month old signatures (January 2008) 68% 26%* 30% 27% 24%


Performance NOD32 Symantec McAfee Trend Kaspersky
Scanning throughput of Media files and documents on Windows Server 2003 (VirusBulletin.com, February 2008) 46.7 MB/s 20.5 MB/s 27 MB/s No Data 16.4 MB/s
File access lag time (virusbulletin.com; August 2008) 0.02 MB/s 0.04 MB/s 0.08 MB/s No Data 0.04 MB/s
Commit charge (Clean Systems, West Coast Labs; September 2008) 100.63 MB/s 186.3 MB/s 157.93 MB/s No Data 156.12 MB/s
Application startup time (Internet Explorer, West Coast Labs; September 2008) 1.94 seconds 3.1 seconds 3.74 seconds No Data 2.17 seconds
Boot times (West Coast Labs; September 2008) 157 seconds 229 seconds 187 seconds No Data 168 seconds

* Norton AV

Compare antivirus software and the answer is clear. Big brand names don't stop malware. Advanced design and technology does. ESET NOD32® Antivirus, with ThreatSense® offers superior detection and performance, as well as the smallest footprint.