AV-Comparatives named ESET NOD32® Antivirus the "Best Antivirus Product" in 2006 and 2007 as they know that proactive, precise technology—not brand names— stop malware. ESET NOD32 Antivirus was awarded "The Best Proactive On-demand Detection" and "The Best Overall Speed Performance" for 2008. ESET products remain the best virus protection available in 2009, whether it's ESET NOD32 Antivirus or ESET® Smart Security built with the same ThreatSense® engine.

Direct comparisons with other antivirus solutions tell the story better than we ever could.

Using the in-depth chart below, you can compare antivirus software and find out which type will provide the kind of protection you need. The study stands ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to some of the biggest brand names - Symantec, McAfee, and Trend Micro - comparing protection as well as performance.

Comprehensive Protection	ESET NOD32 Antivirus	Symantec	McAfee	Trend	Kaspersky
VB100 Awards for Detection of All In-the-Wild Viruses in the VB Test Sets Without Any False-Alarms (virusbulletin.com, May 1998 - December 2008)	55	49	38	16	45
Advanced+ Awards Tests of Proactive and On-Demand Detection (AV-Comparitives.org, May 2005 - November 2008) Advanced+/Advanced/Standard	13/2/0	6/4/5	2/10/3	0/0/3	9/3/3
Missed In-the-Wild Viruses in Virus Bulletin Tests between May 1998 and December 2008 (virusbulletin.com)
- On-Access   - On-Demand	0 0	29 2	64 71	70 68	34 16
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Real-Time Protection Against 16 Zero-Day Viruses (virustotal.com)	57%	14%*	32%	No Data	21%
Proactive Test by AV-Test.org on 1-Month Old Signatures (January 2008)	68%	26%*	30%	27%	24%
Performance Advantages Click to learn more
Scanning Throughput of Media Files and Documents on Windows Server 2003 (virusbulletin.com, February 2008)	46.7 MB/s	20.5 MB/s	27 MB/s	No Data	16.4 MB/s
File Access Lag Time (virusbulletin.com; August 2008)	0.02 MB/s	0.04 MB/s	0.08 MB/s	No Data	0.04 MB/s
Commit Charge (Clean Systems, West Coast Labs; September 2008)	100.63 MB	186.3 MB	157.93 MB	No Data	156.12 MB
Application Startup Time (Internet Explorer, West Coast Labs; September 2008)	1.94 seconds	3.1 seconds	3.74 seconds	No Data	2.17 seconds
Boot Times (West Coast Labs; September 2008)	157 seconds	229 seconds	187 seconds	No Data	168 seconds
* Norton AV

• When it comes to "In-the-Wild," virus detection, no one even comes close, as the following chart illustrates.