ESET, any good, or not?

[Tony Cole]

Hi Everyone:

I have installed the new ESET Smart Security 8; replacing Kaspersky 2015. Have I made a wise choice, is ESET any good, and if so. Why?

Tony

 

[Paul Lee]

One of the best Great choice!
-Low memory usage
-Easy to use UI
-Great Signatures

 

[Ulikedat]

Eset is the worst of the worst. Too light for me and i don't like the high detection.

 

[Tony Cole]

Is it really that bad Ulikedat?

 

[BoraMurdar]

also

 

[MalwareT]

Great choice for paid AV.

 

[thepierrezou]

Eset is very very good: light, good detection BUT there is no proactive protection you need to use comodo (or something like that) with eset.
Or you can try to configure the HIPS good luck

 

[tonibalas]

Eset is a very good product and you will not be disappointed, light on system, great detection,good web blocking.The only thing they have to improve is their 0 day detection. But overall is a good program i was using until last week and i was really satisfied with it.
I hope i have helped you and to enjoy eset

 

[Malware1]

- great detections
- useful detection names
- very low FP rate
- great HIPS

 

[silversurfer]

I use ESET NOD32 ... lightweight on my system ... very good detection ... great web blocking
HIPS is on interactive mode ... first one has a lot of work to create rules ... but then everything is easy

 

[normalizerx]

Yes, ESET is very good, and besides detection rate it is one of if not the most stable AV I have used. Their beta versions are more stable than some of the other vendors' so called final releases (in fact they are often betas making a wider audience involuntary beta testers). Also when it comes to zero-day protection - if you are a regular surfer, I don't think you need Comodo or any paranoid set-ups. You don't need to make your PC fall hostage to security programs, it is not made to serve them but you.

 

[moonshine]

I've been using ESET since May and I haven't been disappointed so far. Just like everyone has said, it's got good detection rates and is light on the system too.

 

[jackuars]

You'll be protected with any antivirus you use. But nothing can give you 100% protection.

 

[Neno]

You'll be protected with any antivirus you use. But nothing can give you 100% protection.

With any decent antivirus and with common sense along the growing knowledge about this branch you will never get infected. Malware is overrated . But the social (spying) system we live in is rather underrated .

 

[moonshine]

With any decent antivirus and with common sense along the growing knowledge about this branch you will never get infected. Malware is overrated . But the social (spying) system we live in is rather underrated .

Couldn't have said it better. That is the truth right there!

 

[Adhit Prakosho]

Hi Mr. @Tony Cole
What made you switch from Kaspersky to Eset? according to your experience using Kaspersky.

 

[Exterminator]

ESET & Kaspersky are both excellent.Best way to get your answer is to try both on your system and decide which is best for you.As it has been said already common sense and education go a long way in staying malware free.Like some have said nothing is 100%.If you get a Flu shot there is still a chance you will get the Flu.However if you wash your hands & get the proper amount of rest your chances of getting it are reduced.

 

[UrAvgLinuxUser]

ahhhh mann...you made a great choice, simply because I have been using it since version 6 (Which is not that long ago) and I never felt protected that much in my life. Even though I am smart when surfing the web and I know which is bad and good, but its the point were I get alerts like crazy when it comes to watching mlb games or nba games or any other shows on my laptop at websites were they keep throwing you garbage pop ups or even downloads that download automatically without my permission.

I honestly could keep talking about it until you get tired of hearing about eset and end up switching to a different antivirus!lol

But being serious right now, it really depends on how you surf the web becuase no matter which antivirus you get, you will get infected. Eset will narrow that chance by a huge amount, but it wont completely protect you.
"The smarter you surf, the harder it becomes to get infected"

 

[songoku316]

for me the best choice great protection and very light

 

[NikolayfromRussia]

Eset is good product and I use it for years. In addition, I have a license until 2019 and not going to change it for another a. product.