Because of the superior performance of its products over the past ten years, ESET has collected 53 VB100 awards—more than any other vendor.
You might think something so powerful would tax your resources. But quite the opposite is true.
Because of its highly optimised code and light system footprint, ESET NOD32® Antivirus includes one of the fastest scanners in the industry,
as the following charts clearly illustrate.
West Coast Labs is one of the world's leading independent test facilities, specializing in product testing and certification for security technology vendors.
West Coast Labs performs Checkmark certification, a highly regarded certification program, that provides end users with confirmation of a security product's effective functionality and performance.
ESET products currently hold eighteen Checkmark certifications.
In September '08, West Coast Labs tested Business anti-malware products from six leading vendors and compared product performance and impact on system performance.
ESET Smart Security (Business Edition) had the lowest system memory usage and the least impact on system and application performance.
The following charts compare ESET Smart Security with five other leading anti-malware vendors.
For the full report
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Add it all up, and it's no surprise that ESET NOD32® was named "Best Antivirus Product" for 2006 and 2007 (read more here).