Detects 100 Percent of In-the-Wild Polymorphic Viruses, Worms and Bots

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 30, 2008: ADAOX Middle East, the regional business development centre of ESET NOD32 Antivirus,announced that ESET®, the leader in proactive threat protection,has captured a record 52nd VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, a widely-respected independent comparative testing group. The October 2008 comparative review was conducted on the Windows Server 2008 platform, showcasing ESET’s continued support for the latest Windows environments. ESET is still the only company with more than 50 VB100 awards and continues to lead the industry with the highest detection rates with zero false positives — the winning formula in malware prevention.

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 continue to boast a success rate of over 96 percent — the industry's highest. Most antivirus vendors have success ratios in the 50-75 percent range.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus' stylish new look remains impressive both visually and in usability terms." said John Hawes, Virus Bulletin. "Analysis of results showed the product's usual excellent detection rates and yet more splendid scanning speeds over the clean sets, with nothing missed in the WildList set. ESET adds yet another VB100 to its record tally."

ESET 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.