ESET NOD32 3.0 Antivirus System (Windows)

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• 9 stars

  The best AV out there!

  by stoneysilence on May 1, 2008

  Pros: Small, no stress on system, some of the best protection available

  Cons: Interface isn't the easiest in the world.

  Summary: This AV has to be the best AV I have ever used. It is excellent for gamers who want a small footprint AV that give excellent protection. They update their ...

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  Summary: This AV has to be the best AV I have ever used. It is excellent for gamers who want a small footprint AV that give excellent protection. They update their AV database as needed (can be up to hourly). Well worth the money.

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  3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  The best--buy it now

  by whjacobs on May 1, 2008

  Pros: Fast , accurate, comprehensive protection.

  Cons: None so far.

  Summary: I bought a 2-computer license for the home office version of the anti-virus + firewall suite , uninstalled Symantec, and never looked back (and will never go back to Norton). Standard installation ...

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  Summary: I bought a 2-computer license for the home office version of the anti-virus + firewall suite , uninstalled Symantec, and never looked back (and will never go back to Norton). Standard installation was a breeze, but there are enough advanced tweaks in the custom installation to satisfy any IT manager or geek. And if you do have a question, their tech service folks (based at their CA headquarters) are great. Communicating with them was a real pleasure. They understood my question without me having to repeat it slowly 5 times, and I easily understood their solution. My computer runs much faster now. Updates are usually daily, and lightening fast. It has blocked spyware for me and done exactly what it is supposed to do (which is more than I can say for the bloated Norton product). I highly recommend this product.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Best antivirus at this moment..

  by Tony N. Van on July 3, 2008

  Pros: Fast scanning as advertised, superb protection

  Cons: No firewall

  Summary: I just bought this anti-virus program at my local tech-shop and I'm satisfied. I had to purchase this anti-virus for my new comp because Kaspersky permanently slowed down as ...

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  Summary: I just bought this anti-virus program at my local tech-shop and I'm satisfied. I had to purchase this anti-virus for my new comp because Kaspersky permanently slowed down as well as altered my computer.
  
  Stay away from Kasperky products!!!

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  3 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  The BEST option out there, period

  by LANjackal on April 29, 2008

  Pros: Fast, easy installation, set-and-forget, highly granular preferences, practically zero system overhead

  Cons: Automatically updates virus definitions only, software version updates have to be done manually

  Summary: Having used the gamut of security software (McAfee, Norton, Trend Micro, F-Secure, Kapersky, in that order) I'll tell you that it doesn't get much better than NOD32.
  
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  Summary: Having used the gamut of security software (McAfee, Norton, Trend Micro, F-Secure, Kapersky, in that order) I'll tell you that it doesn't get much better than NOD32.
  
  Installation is fast and easy. Configuration is extremely granular but logical and easily understandable thanks to the updated GUI. Best of all, NOD is very unobtrusive, keeping notifications to a minimum. The most I've seen is a translucent popup over the system tray when the definitions are updated, and the popup automatically goes away after a couple seconds.
  
  NOD is practically unnoticeable in terms of system overhead, though it will grab and scan downloaded executables and archives, causing a bit of lag in your browser's download manager, but that's excusable. Aside from that, you'll never know it's running.
  
  The only major drawback of NOD that keeps me from giving it a 9 or a perfect 10 is the fact that its autoupdate feature apparently doesn't include versions of the software itself. I find this ridiculous as the subscription is time-based as opposed to version-based like most other security products. For example, I started out on v2.x and upgraded to 3.0 for free, but I had to do it manually. It should be automatic.
  
  But that's my only major complaint. If you run Windows Vista, there's no need for a 3rd party firewall and spyware is already taken care of by Windows Defender, so save yourself some $ and spring for this relatively inexpensive AV product. You'll be glad you did.
  
  BTW I run Vista SP1

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• 5 stars

  It Works but Support Sucks

  by Guchdog on December 23, 2008

  Pros: I've used Nod32 several years and have been always been pleased. It's very lightweight, it just does the job.

  Cons: Used to be way at the top, competition caught up.
  Support is slow and not helpful.

  Summary: I tried to add 2 more licenses to my original purchase which was last month. They told me I had to buy the full price version. What a rip off. ...

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  Summary: I tried to add 2 more licenses to my original purchase which was last month. They told me I had to buy the full price version. What a rip off. I told them that their competition is much better now and they aren't the clear leader any longer, their price just doesn't justify the cost. Ended up going to Kaspersky which offers 3 license per package, so far I'm happy.

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• 10 stars

  The most light weight and best performing antivirus

  by kadakz on October 30, 2008

  Pros: The most light weight and best performing antivirus i ever seen.

  Cons: Price is a bit high

• 10 stars

  the best antivirus protection that i never seen before

  by Lim Ming Hui on October 2, 2008

  Pros: I was been using this software this year and I found that this is the best Anti virus software. Its scanning was very fast than ever and it's virus detection system also very strong and using less of system memory.

  Cons: It did not have Firewall protection.

• 9 stars

  faster than AVG

  by 54now on August 9, 2008

  Pros: Best I'm used... simple but techie type will like it

  Cons: nothing yet ...

  Summary: My computer runs faster than when I was using AVG ( 8.0 ). Anyone looking for a great anti-virus ... look no further. I can't give you all of the technical ...

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  Summary: My computer runs faster than when I was using AVG ( 8.0 ). Anyone looking for a great anti-virus ... look no further. I can't give you all of the technical reasons why I like it.
  Your mileage may be different but for me, I'm sold on Nod32 with the Smart Security.

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• 10 stars

  The best anti-virus out there

  by princealbert665 on August 6, 2008

  Pros: Has caught every attack/virus that the web has ever thrown at me

  Cons: Absolutly none.

  Summary: Nod32 is the best anti-virus I have ever used. I've tried Norton, AVG, F-Secure, even McAfee; none of them even compare. Nod32 has caught viruses before a signature was ...

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  Summary: Nod32 is the best anti-virus I have ever used. I've tried Norton, AVG, F-Secure, even McAfee; none of them even compare. Nod32 has caught viruses before a signature was available for it. Their online scanner has helped me find and eliminate viruses on countless machines that had competing products already installed. Once my company's F-Secure license runs out, I will be implementing Nod32 throughout our entire organization. I recommend Nod32 to anyone who asks, and I've never had even one person who installed it ever have another virus, including myself.

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• 9 stars

  The best: fast & effective antivirus

  by caebrasil on June 25, 2008

  Pros: fast & effective

  Cons: no firewall maybe?

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