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You buy anti-virus software to protect your computers/data which is the sensible thing to do but how effective is it?
Virus Bulletin are full time professional, independent antivirus experts and are widely recognized within the antivirus industry for their rigorous comparative tests focusing on virus detection rates, scanning speed, and generation of false positives. To earn a Virus Bulletin 100% Award, an antivirus product must detect all of the current “In the Wild” viruses.
NOD32 is the only solution worldwide that has not missed a single “In the Wild” worm or virus in testing since May 1998 and holds the world record of Virus Bulletin 100% Awards, obtaining the 34th Award in October 2005.
This table is based on the number of times all of
these products have been tested periodically on various operating
systems with the Virus Bulletin since May 1998 which is when NOD32
was first submitted to them for testing.
Anti Virus Software
Brand/Product |
Times Tested
Since May ‘98 |
Tests
Failed |
Tests
Passed |
Success
Ratio % |
NOD32 from ESET |
36 |
2 |
34 |
94.44% |
Norton/Symantec Antivirus |
32 |
3 |
29 |
90.62% |
Trend PC-Cillin/SvrPro |
17 |
4 |
13 |
76.47% |
Norman Virus Control |
38 |
10 |
28 |
73.68% |
Kaspersky AVP |
39 |
11 |
28 |
71.79% |
CA Vet |
34 |
10 |
24 |
70.58% |
Sophos |
39 |
12 |
27 |
69.23% |
CA InnoculateIT/eTrust |
32 |
11 |
21 |
65.62% |
Frisk F-Prot |
23 |
8 |
15 |
65.21% |
F-Secure FSAV |
30 |
11 |
19 |
63.33% |
Softwin AVX/BitDefender |
15 |
6 |
9 |
60.00% |
MicroWorld/eScan |
10 |
4 |
6 |
60.00% |
Dr Web32/Dialogue Science |
37 |
16 |
21 |
56.75% |
McAfee/Network Ass |
37 |
16 |
21 |
56.75% |
H+BEDV |
13 |
6 |
7 |
53.84% |
Command/Authentium |
30 |
14 |
16 |
53.33% |
GDATA |
16 |
8 |
8 |
50.00% |
VirusBuster |
26 |
13 |
13 |
50.00% |
Alwil Avast32 |
30 |
16 |
14 |
46.66% |
Grisoft AVG |
28 |
19 |
9 |
32.14% |
GeCAD RAV |
23 |
17 |
6 |
26.08% |
Panda |
4 |
3 |
1 |
25.00% |
Hauri/ViRobot |
9 |
8 |
1 |
11.11% |
(Figures correct as at October 2005 E&OE).
Where anti-virus software is concerned, consistency is the key to successful virus protection!
NOD32 offers excellent Protection for your Servers and Workstations at a price that is affordable for small businesses.
Charities and other non profit organizations may qualify for a 50% discount on the NOD32 System, contact us using the details below to find out if your organization qualifies.
For more information about how NOD32 can help protect your business call us
on 01744 25960 or email us.
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