NOD32 and Virus News - Eset Software

ESET Smart Security Integrates Mailshell Engine Into Its Protection Package

news@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:33:57 -0600

ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced the integration of Mailshell's email reputation, anti-spam and anti-phishing engine into its award-winning Eset Smart Security 3.0.

Bratislava, Slovakia (PRWEB) April 2, 2008 -- ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced the integration of Mailshell's email reputation, anti-spam and anti-phishing engine into its award-winning Eset Smart Security 3.0. The comprehensive solution includes ESET's anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall technologies, along with Mailshell's email filtering engine. ESET customers will join more then 6,000 companies and 15 million consumers relying on "Powered by Mailshell" products to protect them from spammers and phishers.

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ESET Attains OESISOK Certification

news@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:30:00 -0600

Threat Protection Leader is Latest IT Security Vendor to Complete Interoperability Testing Program

San Francisco, Calif., April 1, 2008OPSWAT, Inc., the leading provider of endpoint security integration technologies, today announced that ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, is the latest company to complete OESISOK certification. This certification provides ESET customers with validation that any ESET product will easily integrate with an enterprises existing network infrastructure.

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ESET Secures 48th Virus Bulletin Award in Ten Years Most in the Industry

news@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:53:32 -0600

New ESET NOD32 Antivirus Version 3.0 Detects 100 Percent of In-the-Wild Viruses for Industrys Highest Detection Rate

SAN DIEGO February 4, 2008 ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that its new ESET NOD32 Antivirus Version 3.0 product has captured an industry-leading 48th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin. Virus Bulletin performs independent comparative testing of antivirus products and is widely respected within the antivirus community.

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ESET Scores Advanced+ Rating in On-Demand Testing from AV-Comparatives

news@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:52:39 -0600

Detects 100 Percent of High Polymorphic Viruses, 97.7 Percent Overall

SAN DIEGO March 10, 2008 For the fourth time in a row ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, secured the prestigious Advanced+ rating from AV-Comparatives, an independent antivirus software research outlet .

The Advanced+ rating is granted to antivirus providers in two cases: if a product detects over 97% of the full malware test-sets, or if a product has a high proactive detection rate and a very low false alarm rate. ESET has captured the Advanced+ rating on four consecutive occasions, and in 13 of the last 17 tests.

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ESET and Safe-Protect Combine Forces...

news@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:34:51 -0700

ESET and Safe-Protect Combine Forces to Provide Businesses with Unified Threat Management Solution

ESETs NOD32 Antivirus for Linux File Server Provides Industry-leading Malware Protection for SMBs

SAN DIEGO March 3, 2008 ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced the general availability of Safe-Protect Box, an ESET Authorized Appliance. The solution integrates ESET NOD32 Antivirus software into Safe-Protects unified threat management (UTM) appliance, an ideal all-in-one security solution for small-to-medium sized businesses.

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SUBWAY Partners with ESET to Protect Customer Point-of-Sale Systems

news@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:05:34 -0700

SAN DIEGO February 21, 2008 ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced an agreement with the SUBWAY® restaurant chain, the worlds largest submarine sandwich franchise. Under terms of the agreement, SUBWAYs 23,000+ US/CA merchants are able to deploy ESET NOD32® Antivirus software directly on their point-of-sale (POS) terminals, protecting the computer systems from increasingly sophisticated threats.

SUBWAYs POS machines are mission critical to our restaurants successful operation, handling hundreds of transactions per day. Subway franchisees depend on the POS to work at optimum speed, moving customers quickly through the line. Therefore, it is critical that each of these machines is not hindered by malware that can slow or shut down systems, said Marina ORourke, SUBWAYs director of retail technology, who oversees testing and implementation.

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Eset Secures Advanced Plus Rating

news@nod32usa.com (Johnathan Kastner) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:02:12 -0700

ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, was named one of only two companies to capture the prestigious Advanced+ rating from AV-Comparatives, an independent research outlet that tests antivirus software.

The Advanced+ rating is granted to antivirus providers who proactively detect new or unknown threats, without mistakenly identifying safe files as malicious.

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ESET Introduces Malware Protection for Enterprise and SMB Linux Environments

news@nod32usa.com (Johnathan Kastner) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:08:26 -0700

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:27 PM - Dubai Time

SET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today unveiled three new Linux solutions for enterprise and SMB network environments. The new Gateway, File and Mail solutions are built on the companys award-winning ESET NOD32 Antivirus scanning engine and provide Linux users with the highest level of malware protection with little impact on network performance. ADAOX Middle East, the regional development center for ESETs products in the Middle East, will promote the new solution in the Middle East region through its offices and reseller network.

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Security threats remain prevalent

stjohn@nod32usa.com (StJohn (singin) Murray) — Thu, 17 May 2007 12:03:42 -0600

The security company ESET has highlighted last month's most prevalent internet-borne threats.

Trojans continue to pose the biggest security threat on the internet, ESET's statistics showed.

A full 14 percent of the overall threat activity charted on the internet was made up of the five most common trojans.

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Military Families Benefit from Strong Antivirus Defense

stjohn@nod32usa.com (StJohn (singin) Murray) — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:57:07 -0600

Operation Homefront-San Diego/Camp Pendleton Chapter today announced that military families using donated computers to stay in touch with family members serving overseas have a new reason to smile. ESET, the fifth fastest growing company in San Diego and a global provider of security software, has donated 500 NOD32 Antivirus software licenses that will provide a full year of comprehensive protection from computer malware for Operation Homefront military families in San Diego.

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Eset's Zero Day Emergency Response guru visits Dublin's technology business event

news@nod32usa.com (Greg Hewitt-Long) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:20:59 -0600

If you're in Ireland, and involved in info-tech security - 25th and 26th April 2007 are dates NOT to be missed!

Don't miss Randy Abrams; renowned as one of Americas top security specialists and a much sought after analyst and speaker for security trends and issues.

Seminars at Theatre 1, RDS Main Hall;

April 25th, 13:00 - Rooted in UNIX and Stealthed in Windows - Modern Rootkits
April 26th, 13:00 - The Catahoula Leopard Dog - A Study in Heuristics

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Eset Security Suite Beta 1 - now available!

news@nod32usa.com (Greg Hewitt-Long) — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:23:27 -0600

ESET is looking for people to help test ESET Smart Security Public Beta 1 (ESS). It contains the following components:

The next version of ESET's anti-malware engine (NOD32 v3.0)
A personal firewall with port stealthing and advanced filtering features
Antispam filtering with Bayesian filter, whitelisting and blacklisting.

If you are interested in beta testing ESS - click here!

CeBIT: Eset's Internet Security suite

news@nod32usa.com (Greg Hewitt-Long) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:41:52 -0600

Eset is presenting an Internet Security suite at CeBIT (hall 6, stand J16). Eset Smart Security adds a firewall and antispam function to the existing NOD32 virus scanner.

The solution goes easy on computer resources even though it provides better protection for systems by integrating components. Eset has announced a public beta version that can be downloaded starting on 2nd April 2007; interested parties can, however, already have a look at Smart Security at the vendor's stand.

Eset's Beta Program

Top three computer threats are newcomers

news@nod32usa.com (Greg Hewitt-Long) — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:38:13 -0700

According to the latest data from ESET's ThreatSence.Net, the top three threats to computer users in February were all new to the top ten.

In first place is Win32/Nuwar.gen 3.65%, part of the family of worms that has achieved wide propagation since the beginning of the year. Second in the ranking for February is a web-based threat, HTML/TrojanClicker.Agent.A, which reached 3.63% of detections during last month. This threat is a trojan that exploits web browser vulnerabilities to download other malware components. Finally adware, Win32/Adware.Yisou, which has been particularly widespread among Asian users, pops up in third place with 3.14%.

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Julie Amero - a cautionary tale...

news@nod32usa.com (Greg Hewitt-Long) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:50:13 -0700

SAN DIEGO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 15, 2007 -- The furor over "Norwich vs. Amero" continues to grow as IT managers and teachers alike realize that they may be at risk. This week's Malware Report covers basic tips teachers and IT managers must follow to prevent facing the same fate as the 38-year-old substitute teacher, Julie Amero. Quoted in the podcast is Nancy Willard of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, who says, "In Connecticut, there is now a precedent: if the school district's technical system is not absolutely, totally secure and if there is ever a situation where a student accidentally views pornography or spyware is accidentally downloaded which delivers pop-up porn sites, then whatever teacher is supposed to be supervising the students is at high risk of arrest and conviction."

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