Today is the last day of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. We were able to hand out lots of licenses to popular commercial software programs to our readers. The application for today is ESET NOD32 Antivirus, a antivirus software by the Slovakian company ESET. NOD32 is offered as a 32-bit and 64-bit edition for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.
Installation is pretty straightforward and comes more or less with the usual choices. It is a little bit surprising (positive that is) that no reboot is required after installation. NOD32 will place its icon in the Windows System Tray and the first thing the user should do is to right-click it and select Update from the options provided. This ensures that NOD32 will download the latest virus definitions from a company server.
The interface of NOD32 comes with two display modes. Standard mode is the default mode of the security software which will hide options in the interface from the user. Advanced mode can be enabled to display all options in the interface. One example would be access to logs which is only visible when advanced mode is activated.
One interesting aspect of the interface of NOD32 is the possibility to switch menus while scanning. Most antivirus software applications do not permit this and block any attempts to switch menus during scans.
Antivirus software has to do well both performance- and detection-wise. It is beyond of the scope of this article to evaluate the capabilities of NOD32 but there are a few independent organizations that regularly test security software. NOD32 is usually ranking very well on tests performed by sites like AV-Comparatives or CheckVir. Those tests suggest that NOD32 has a low false positive rate, a good detection rate (both signature and heuristic) and a fast scanning engine.
ESET is proving an online scanner based on the NOD32 antivirus engine on the Internet which is unfortunately only compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
We have five licenses for ESET NOD32 Antivirus. If you want one leave a comment and let us know what you use to protect your computer system.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD 32 and I am late
I use AVG and Super AntiSpyware. I am a person on limited income and have not been able to afford the expensive packages. NOD32 is a product that is highly recommended. I’d appreciate a licensed copy.
great give away…. am currently using NOD32 Smart Security…..
After my Trial of Eset Nod32 AV expired, i switched over to Norton 2009 and there has been no looking back!
They have hit a homerun with their 2009 AV.
Will need an incentrive to switch over now :)
This is one off the best scanners. I use this one on the office, but also like to use it at home. It uses hardly any resources and is really fast….
I would love to get an official version.
This is the best antivirus!!! Everybody like it!! I like it too :))
I’d like a shot at this too. Thanks!
I also use AntiVir Free.
Would be nice to win NOD32.
I’m currently using AVG and it is REALLY slowing my system, I’d love to get a license for Nod32 – thank you in advance all the way from Ireland! :)
Tô nessa!!
Quem sabe pinta o nod prá mim.
brigadão proceis
To house I use KIS 2009 on a laptop computer for internet but on the computer tower I don’t have any antiviruses and therefore I don’t connect me in internet.
I would like to also try ESET NOD32 antivirus to try his/her efficenza against KIS 2009!
I would want to be able to recommend the mile to my pupils of computer science antivirus on the market.
Hi,
I wud love to hav a license…
Thanks in advance
reg..Sridhar
I guess it’s too late , but trying is doing no harm ! I always wanted this NOD32 so….
Happy hollydays , and Merry Christmas from Jerusalem !
I use AVG~Free but I have heard that NOD32 is the best and would certainly like to try it. Thanks~RC
I use AVG Antivirus Free
Happy Holidays to gHacks! I use AVG 8 Free on one notebook computer and Avast! Home on a much older notebook computer. I would love to have a license for NOD32.
always been in love with this one, from day one!
Wish I had known about this. Have tried most Av and settled on using the 30 day trial of NOD32. Would love to not have to download and install every month :) Great product – super detection, light on resources!
NOD32 is great
I’m using Webroot Antispyware/antivirus. the newer version crashes on Windows Vista, I had to go back to version 5 something to get it to work.
I would love to have NOD32. I hear it’s what all the hackers use t5o prtect their computers.
I´m using Avira AntiVir free edition. I´ve always heard about ESET´s effectiveness and I´d love to have it in my Vista.
Hi, I would love to have nod32 for christmas. I currently use avast and it misses alot of stuff!
I understand this is one of the best anti-virus programs out there. I am currently using the free version of Avira and would love to have this addition/replacement. Thanks in advance.
Hello,
Apart from being a superb anti-virus program, NOD can often be run in conjunction with other anti-virus programs and this is a huge plus because, no matter how good an anti-virus program is, no single program can catch all the malware on the Internet.
So, I would really like to win one of the five licenses.
No antivirus program running, due to previous experiences with McAfee/Norton AntiVirus programs. Would like to give NOD32 a try.
hmm,iuse at the moment avg and ilike realy to try nod32.anyway happy new year to all
Please provide me a copy of NOD32.
Thanks.
This would be an awesome program to get.