Compare Antivirus Software to NOD32

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.

	ESET NOD32 Antivirus	Symantec	McAfee	Trend	Kaspersky
Comprehensive Protection
Unified Anti-Threat Engine - protects against viruses, spyware, adware, rootkits, identity theft	Yes	No, multiple components required in a large suite.	No, multiple components required in a large suite.	No, multiple components required in a large suite.	No, multiple components required in a large suite.
VB100 Awards for detection of all in-the-wild viruses in the VB test sets, and without any false-alarms. (virusbulletin.com)	46	38	30	16	37
Missed In-the-Wild Viruses in Virus Bulletin tests between May 1998 and February 2007 (virusbulletin.com) - On-Access - On-Demand	0	29	64	68	34
	0	2	71	64	15
Real-time protection against 16 zero-day viruses (source: virustotal.com)	87%	7%*	33%	0%	13%
Retrospective/ProActive Test by AV-Comparatives.org on 3-month old signatures (May 2007)	68%	24%*	24%	No Data	9%
Performance
Executable scanning rate (December 2006, Virus Bulletin) on Windows 2003 Server x64 on AMD Athlon 64 processor	40 MB/s	10 MB/s	13.4 MB/s	19.9 MB/s	5.9 MB/s
Scanning rate of executables (February 2007, Virus Bulletin) on Windows Vista Business Edition(32-bit)	43.17 MB/s	14.54 MB/s	11.61 MB/s	No Data	12.12 MB/s

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.

* - Norton AV