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ESET Named One of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies by INC. Magazine for the Third Consecutive Year

nancy@compsecglobal.com (Nancy Pursley) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:43:47 -0500

ESET Ranks No. 379 on the 2009 Inc. 500 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 667.4 Percent

SAN DIEGO August 13, 2009 - ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that Inc. Magazine has ranked it among the fastest-growing private companies for the third consecutive year. Distinguished as No. 379 among the top 500 organizations, ESET grew at an impressive rate of 667.4 percent, ranking eighth among the top security companies and 11 in the top 50 businesses in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. area.

âBeing acknowledged by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies is further testament to our continued leadership in the security market,â said Anton Zajac, president and CEO of ESET, LLC. âWe attribute our continued success to our loyal customers, product quality and employee dedication.â

ESET develops software solutions that deliver instant, comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats. ESET Smart Security, an integrated antivirus, antispyware, antispam and personal firewall solution, was named CNET âEditorsâ Choiceâ in April 2009 and finished first among its peers in a leading consumer publication in June 2009. ESET NOD32 Antivirus consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing, including 57 VB100 awards, which is the most in the industry. ESET products are available in more than 160 countries and are represented by an extensive global partner network.

âIf you want to know which companies are going to change the world, look at the Inc. 500,â said Inc. editor Jane Berentson. âThese are the most dynamic, fast-growth companies in the nation, the ones finding innovative solutions to problems, creating smart systems, and inventing products we soon discover we can't live without. The Inc. 500 list is Inc. Magazineâs tribute to American business ingenuity and ambition.â

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ESET Plug-in for Cisco NAC Release Candidate Announced

nancy@compsecglobal.com (Nancy Pursley) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:58:29 -0500

ESET Plug-in for Cisco NAC Release Candidate is now available for public testing. This phase of public testing is expected to last four weeks.

The current versions of ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security have built-in interoperability with Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) to ensure endpoints on a network comply with network security policies. With the ESET Plug-in for Cisco NAC, earlier versions of ESET NOD32 Antivirus (2.7 and 3.0) and ESET Smart Security can also achieve Cisco NAC compatibility.

With Cisco NAC and ESET security software, network administrators can ensure each endpoint has the required security status before granting it access to the network, ensuring a high level of security.

For more information or to download a copy, please visit ESETâs Beta Test Program portal.

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ESET Records 56th Virus Bulletin VB100 Award

news@nod32usa.com (Greg Hewitt-Long) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:57:33 -0500

Detects 100 Percent of In-The-Wild Viruses, Polymorphic Viruses, Worms and Bots with Zero False Positives

SAN DIEGO â June 4, 2009 - ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it has captured a record 56th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, a widely-respected independent comparative testing group. ESET is still the only company with more than 50 VB100 awards and continues to lead the industry with the highest detection rates combined with zero false positives - the winning formula in malware prevention. June's report focused on the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003 platform.

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ESET Secures 11th "Advanced+" Award in Proactive test from AV-Comparatives

nancy@compsecglobal.com (Nancy Pursley) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:01:06 -0500

Closest Competitor has 5 Awards

SAN DIEGO â June 1, 2009 â ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, has secured its 11th "Advanced+" rating in retrospective testing from AV-Comparatives, an independent research organization. Only two other products were awarded "Advanced+" in the latest testing, which measured proactive on-demand detection capabilities of 16 antivirus products.

AV-Comparatives provided a three-level ranking system of Standard, Advanced and Advanced+ award. To receive an "Advanced+" rating, a product must be rated with not only an excellent proactive detection rate, but also a low false positive rate.

To measure for effective detection, the products were "frozen" and measured by the same updates and signatures they had on February 9th with the highest detection settings used. Then new samples found between February 9-16th were applied to the tested products.

"ESET is the only vendor tested by AV-Comparatives that has always received the highest ranking (Advanced+) in proactive detection tests," said Andreas Clementi, founder and chief researcher for AV-Comparatives. "ESET always saw the importance and need of a strong heuristic in the fight against malware, and its impressive testing record reflects this."

ESET's industry-leading products, including the popular NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security, deliver a significant improvement over traditional solutions in the marketplace today. Powered by ThreatSenseÂ® technology, ESET's products combine speed, accuracy and minimal system impact. The advanced heuristics engine enables proactive detection of malware not covered by even the most frequently updated signature-based products. Unlike traditional approaches, ESET solutions use an emulated environment to decode and analyze executable code in real-time. 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.

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ESET Captures 52nd Virus Bulletin VB100 Award

jpaytonREMOVED@compsecglobal.com (Justin Payton) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:11:55 -0500

SAN DIEGO, September 30, 2008 â ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it 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 ESETâs 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 â 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, ESETâs antivirus products continue to boast a success rate of over 96 percent â the industry's highest. Most antivirus vendors have success ratios in the 50-75 percent range.

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ESET Smart Security Integrates Mailshell Engine Into Its Protection Package

newsREMOVED@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:33:57 -0500

ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced the integration of Mailshell's email reputation, anti-spam and anti-phishing engine into its award-winning Eset Smart Security 3.0.

Bratislava, Slovakia (PRWEB) April 2, 2008 -- ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced the integration of Mailshell's email reputation, anti-spam and anti-phishing engine into its award-winning Eset Smart Security 3.0. The comprehensive solution includes ESET's anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall technologies, along with Mailshell's email filtering engine. ESET customers will join more then 6,000 companies and 15 million consumers relying on "Powered by Mailshell" products to protect them from spammers and phishers.

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ESET Attains OESISOKâ¢ Certification

newsREMOVED@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:30:00 -0500

Threat Protection Leader is Latest IT Security Vendor to Complete Interoperability Testing Program

San Francisco, Calif., April 1, 2008âOPSWAT, Inc., the leading provider of endpoint security integration technologies, today announced that ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, is the latest company to complete OESISOK certification. This certification provides ESET customers with validation that any ESET product will easily integrate with an enterpriseâs existing network infrastructure.

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ESET Secures 48th Virus Bulletin Award in Ten Years â Most in the Industry

newsREMOVED@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:53:32 -0500

New ESET NOD32 Antivirus Version 3.0 Detects 100 Percent of âIn-the-Wildâ Viruses for Industryâs Highest Detection Rate

SAN DIEGO â February 4, 2008 â ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that its new ESET NOD32 Antivirus Version 3.0 product has captured an industry-leading 48th VB100 award from Virus Bulletin. Virus Bulletin performs independent comparative testing of antivirus products and is widely respected within the antivirus community.

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ESET Scores âAdvanced+â Rating in On-Demand Testing from AV-Comparatives

newsREMOVED@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:52:39 -0500

Detects 100 Percent of High Polymorphic Viruses, 97.7 Percent Overall

SAN DIEGO â March 10, 2008 â For the fourth time in a row ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, secured the prestigious âAdvanced+â rating from AV-Comparatives, an independent antivirus software research outlet .

The âAdvanced+â rating is granted to antivirus providers in two cases: if a product detects over 97% of the full malware test-sets, or if a product has a high proactive detection rate and a very low false alarm rate. ESET has captured the Advanced+ rating on four consecutive occasions, and in 13 of the last 17 tests.

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ESET and Safe-Protect Combine Forces...

newsREMOVED@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:34:51 -0600

ESET and Safe-Protect Combine Forces to Provide Businesses with Unified Threat Management Solution

ESETâs NOD32 Antivirus for Linux File Server Provides Industry-leading Malware Protection for SMBs

SAN DIEGO â March 3, 2008 â ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced the general availability of Safe-Protect Boxâ¢, an ESET Authorized Appliance. The solution integrates ESET NOD32 Antivirus software into Safe-Protectâs unified threat management (UTM) appliance, an ideal all-in-one security solution for small-to-medium sized businesses.

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SUBWAY Partners with ESET to Protect Customer Point-of-Sale Systems

newsREMOVED@betterantivirus.com (Sean Cannon) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:05:34 -0600

SAN DIEGO â February 21, 2008 â ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced an agreement with the SUBWAYÂ® restaurant chain, the worldâs largest submarine sandwich franchise. Under terms of the agreement, SUBWAYâs 23,000+ US/CA merchants are able to deploy ESET NOD32Â® Antivirus software directly on their point-of-sale (POS) terminals, protecting the computer systems from increasingly sophisticated threats.

âSUBWAYâs POS machines are mission critical to our restaurantsâ successful operation, handling hundreds of transactions per day. Subway franchisees depend on the POS to work at optimum speed, moving customers quickly through the line. Therefore, it is critical that each of these machines is not hindered by malware that can slow or shut down systems,â said Marina OâRourke, SUBWAYâs director of retail technology, who oversees testing and implementation.

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Eset Secures Advanced Plus Rating

news@nod32usa.com (Johnathan Kastner) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:02:12 -0600

ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, was named one of only two companies to capture the prestigious âAdvanced+â rating from AV-Comparatives, an independent research outlet that tests antivirus software.

The âAdvanced+â rating is granted to antivirus providers who proactively detect new or unknown threats, without mistakenly identifying safe files as malicious.

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ESET Introduces Malware Protection for Enterprise and SMB Linux Environments

news@nod32usa.com (Johnathan Kastner) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:08:26 -0600

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:27 PM - Dubai Time

SET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today unveiled three new Linux solutions for enterprise and SMB network environments. The new Gateway, File and Mail solutions are built on the companyâs award-winning ESET NOD32 Antivirus scanning engine and provide Linux users with the highest level of malware protection with little impact on network performance. ADAOX Middle East, the regional development center for ESETâs products in the Middle East, will promote the new solution in the Middle East region through its offices and reseller network.

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Security threats remain prevalent

stjohn@nod32usa.com (StJohn (singin) Murray) — Thu, 17 May 2007 13:03:42 -0500

The security company ESET has highlighted last month's most prevalent internet-borne threats.

Trojans continue to pose the biggest security threat on the internet, ESET's statistics showed.

A full 14 percent of the overall threat activity charted on the internet was made up of the five most common trojans.

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Military Families Benefit from Strong Antivirus Defense

stjohn@nod32usa.com (StJohn (singin) Murray) — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:57:07 -0500

Operation Homefront-San Diego/Camp Pendleton Chapter today announced that military families using donated computers to stay in touch with family members serving overseas have a new reason to smile. ESET, the fifth fastest growing company in San Diego and a global provider of security software, has donated 500 NOD32 Antivirus software licenses that will provide a full year of comprehensive protection from computer malware for Operation Homefront military families in San Diego.

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