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Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:56

Integrated Solution Couples New Version of ESET NOD32 Antivirus with Antispyware, Antispam and Firewall Features to Deliver Unprecedented Speed and Ac

ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced the introduction of ESET Smart Security, a new, integrated security solution for consumers and businesses. It includes antivirus, antispyware, antispam and firewall features built on ESET's award-winning advanced heuristic ThreatSenseR detection system and the ESET

NOD32 scanning engine. ESET Smart Security combines speed, accuracy and minimal computer system impact to deliver a significant improvement over traditional solutions in the marketplace today. It provides the industry's highest level of accuracy and fewest false-positives through ESET NOD32 Antivirus*. With significantly lower performance overhead compared to conventional solutions, ESET Smart Security uses only 40MB of disk space and scans systems up to 30-times faster than other products.

"Threats no longer appear in the form of pure viruses or spam or phishing. They now come as `blended' threats which require an integration and intelligence among individual security features. Smart computer users are looking for the best level of integrated protection with the minimal amount of inconvenience," said Justin Stanford, CEO of ESET Southern Africa. "This drives users to look for malware solutions that provide great protection, are easy to install, don't slow down their computers and work completely behind the scenes."

Unlike security suites which combine standalone products, ESET Smart Security tightly integrates the antispyware, antispam and firewall features with the new version of ESET's flagship ESET NOD32 Antivirus scanning engine. This tight integration allows each module to share information with the other to evaluate and classify every threat appropriately.

ESET's ThreatSense technology provides the industry's highest level of accuracy. It is the only antivirus technology that has not missed an in-the-wild-virus in Virus Bulletin VB 100 testing over the past nine years, while producing only one false-positive during that time. It has also received more Advanced+ awards from AV-Comparatives.org for proactive protection than any other product.>"Our research indicates that consumers and businesses are looking for maximum protection, low system requirements, accurate results and fast scanning speeds--in that order. They are tired of solutions that slow down their computers and interfere with other applications," said Stanford. "ESET set out to build a solution that addressed these concerns while offering the best level of protection available. With ESET Smart Security, we've surpassed our goal and savvy computer users will be amazed by its ease of use, intelligent lightweight design and near-zero impact on system performance."

Unique to ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus V3.0:

• Hands-on service - All ESET customers receive the same level of excellent technical support service, whether an individual computer user or an enterprise.

• Ease of installation - ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus V3.0 scanning engines are quick and easy to install, no matter what solution is currently running.

• Advanced threat protection network - ESET solutions are backed by ThreatSense.Net, a global early warning system built into the products. ThreatSense.Net extends the power of ThreatSense's powerful analytics by automatically submitting samples of and information about new malware to ESET researchers for analysis, thus helping to close the window of vulnerability opened by new threats.

ESET's new solutions are ideal for the business environment. By incorporating ESET's Remote Administrator, both ESET Smart Security and the new version of ESET NOD32 Antivirus can be deployed and managed remotely from a central location.

Availability

ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus V3.0 will be available for purchase on November 5, 2007 (for the consumer edition) and November 26,2007 (for the business edition).

The suggested retail price for a single PC one year license for ESET Smart Security, which includes a year's subscription to all updates to the product, including new versions, is R472.00 (excl VAT).

An ESET NOD32 Antivirus V3.0 license for a single PC, which includes a year's subscription to all updates to the product, including new versions, will retail for a suggested price of R312.00 (excl VAT).

About ThreatSense

ESET solutions are built on ESET's one-of-a-kind ThreatSense technology. This advanced heuristics engine enables proactive detection of malware not covered by even the most frequently updated signature-based products by decoding and analyzing 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. ESET Smart Security takes this advanced methodology to the next level by applying it to the integrated solution as a whole, passing evaluation information between its integrated features for the most accurate protection possible.