Detects 100 Percent of Viruses, Worms and Bots with Zero False Positives
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 11, 2008: ADAOX Middle East, the regional business development centre of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, today announced that ESET®, the leader in proactive threat protection, has captured a record 50th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, a widely-respected independent comparative testing group. ESET is the first company to reach the 50-award milestone.
“ESET is one of the best security products available in the world today. The company has invested a lot in research and development and delivered the most advanced proactive technology for combating threats, viruses, worms, bots and malware in a fast and easy-to-use product,†says Neo Neophytou, Managing Director at ADAOX Middle East. “By winning the VB 100 award for the 50th time, ESET has broken records. We are happy and proud to promote this award-winning product to all our customers across the Middle East.â€
Virus Bulletin introduced its first VB100 award in 1998, and conducts several comparatives every year, rotating its platforms between Linux, Windows, Windows servers and Novell Netware. In order to display the VB100 logo, an antivirus product must meet two criteria: (1) Demonstrate it detects all “In-the-Wild” viruses during both on-demand and on-access scanning; and, (2) Generate no false positives when scanning a set of clean files. Since the inception of VB100 awards in 1998, ESET’s antivirus products boast a success rate of over 96 percent — the industry’s highest. Most antivirus vendors have success ratios in the 50 – 75 percent range.
“With excellent detection and no false positive issues, ESET has stormed its way to a record 50th VB100 award,” said John Hawes of Virus Bulletin. “The ESET installation process proved fast and efficient, and the command line scanner was a joy to operate.”
“No other company can claim 50 VB100 awards, and we are very pleased to be the first,” said Anton Zajac, CEO of ESET, LLC. “I want to personally thank our employees, and notably the research and development teams that continue to produce security software’s most proactive, precise, lightweight and fast product.”
ESET File Security for Linux — the subject of this month’s testing — is powered by ThreatSense® technology, an advanced heuristics engine that enables proactive detection of malware not covered by even the most frequently updated signature-based products. Unlike traditional approaches, ESET solutions decode and analyze executable code in real-time, using an emulated environment. By allowing malware to execute in a secure virtual world, ESET is able to clearly differentiate between benign files and even the most sophisticated and cleverly-disguised malware.
About ESET:
ESET develops software solutions that deliver instant, comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats. ESET pioneered and continues to lead the industry in proactive threat detection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus, its flagship product, consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing and is the foundational product that builds out the ESET product line to include ESET Smart Security. ESET Smart Security is an integrated antivirus, antispyware, antispam and personal firewall solution that combines accuracy, speed and an extremely small system footprint to create the most effective security solution in the industry. Both products have an extremely efficient code base that eliminates the unnecessary large size found in some solutions. This means faster scanning that doesn’t slow down computers or networks. Sold in more than 160 countries, ESET has worldwide production headquarters in Bratislava, SK and worldwide distribution headquarters in San Diego, U.S. ESET also has offices in Bristol, U.K.; Buenos Aires, AR; Prague, CZ; and is globally represented by an extensive partner network. For more information, visit www.eset.com
About ADAOX:
ADAOX is the regional business development and support center for ESET’s range of security products including the award-winning ESET NOD32 and ESET Smart Security. ADAOX, today, is a leading Value Added Distributor which provides IT Security Solutions and Services to customers across the Balkans and the Middle East regions. ADAOX enables customers protect, store and manage their valuable data; and works closely with its Channel Partners to empower them by extending technical expertise, support and training to develop their overall capabilities.
With offices in Cyprus, Greece and the United Arab Emirates, ADAOX specializes in value added distribution and support of IT Security Solutions in the areas of Malware Protection, Disaster Recovery, Web Filtering, Internet Bandwidth Optimization, Unified Threat Management, Antispam and Intrusion Detection & Prevention. ADAOX is committed to ensuring customer satisfaction by offering its partners and customers quick response to all their queries and the best prices in the market.
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