NOD32 experience

I have NOD32 v3.0.657 FTW!!!!

It has very low system resource usage and is very secure! it never misses a virus

 

Very happy for you. How do you know it never misses a virus though?

Do you actively look for viruses to test your systems AV capabilities?

Just thinking...

Cheers,
Theo

 

thats great. im sure the world is as excited as you are.

however, im pretty sure this belongs in off-topic, as its more of a declaration than a discussion. thoughts?

also, i have no anti-virus at all. its working out pretty well for me so far. it also has an infinitely small footprint, 0 resource usage, and scans through my files infinitely faster than nod32 or any other anti virus software.

i also have not had a virus since i have had this setup.

so i think i have the best anti virus software. nothing. it would be really hard to make an argument against this, because if you tally up your viruses and my viruses, we are both at 0, but i obviously get better performance out of my AV solution...

just stirring up trouble.

 

how do you know??

If you only run it, how can you be positive it never misses one.....

 

online reviews my friend....plus i've been using it for years...where is teh virus?

 

Oh, if you read about it on the Internet, it must be true!

 

It's from a trusted source d00d

 

I have the best car in the world.

It's from a trusted source too. He told me so because I can't drive it yet.

Spam man.

 

j00 are teh $P4MM3R!!!!

!f j00 d0n'+ 1!k3 my +|-|r34d$ then why enter them?

 

Kiddo, don't you have a spade and a bucket to build some sand castles?
Please go outside to play and don't waiste people's time with your "!'m teh v!ll@g3 !d!0t"
We know by now...

 

! pwn+ j00

 

From recent malware tests, ESET NOD32 sits somewhere between first tier and mid tier AV. Kaspersky and Avira tend to perform just as well or better on tests from av-comparatives.org and av-test.org.

 

Nod32 sucks. avira is way better. i bet if u installed avira youd find some viruses that nod missed. seriously nod32 just doesnt do it.

 

I always used to think i'm safe when my friend told me to do this test...he sent me a RAR file which contained an 8 months old Virus.

Upon receiving that RAR file, I scanned it with NOD32, says it's clean.

So I right click on the virus after extraction and scanning again, says it's clean.

I did not ru the EXE as my fiend told me it would destroy my system I just scanned it with NOD32.

So I sent the file to www.virustotal.com

and here is the result!!!!

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/8874817b028feeb61b341d8aadddaa43


Uninstalling NOD32 right now and installing ZASS FTW

 

Please read this thread

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=261190

 

That link is broken

 

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/8874817b028feeb61b341d8aadddaa43

 

What version of NOD32 are you using? I have 2.7 which is rather old, and I was thinking of upgrading to 3.x. After your comment I am thinking about switching to another AV. Too bad, since I always like NOD32 because it did not hurt performance as much as other AV.

EDIT: Apparently IBO did not test correctly.

 

CHECK THIS OUT!

They removed the link I posted to the virus found on the NOD32 forums!

Check the firstp post!

 

Well I have the latest version dude! I'm always updated!

I always thought NOD32 was the best and my friend kept telling me for a year that Zone Alarm Security Suite is better but I never believed....

until now he remembers that he ran this file 8 months back and nod32 never caught it....so i asked him to send it....even after 8 months...NOD32 still does not catch it!! what kinda weak AV is that??

 

LOOK A THIS!!!

I posted this on the ESET Forums and they immediately removed my link!!!

How unprofessional is that?!?! is that a way a professional company deals with a virus??

And the comments the guys over there ar giving me are hilarious...they were like...just coz one virus got through does not mean u take all the credit away from NOD32. 1 virus is enough to blow a whole system up!!! geeez

 

I'm a regular at Wilders so let me explain a few things. Let me say off the bat that I'm not affiliated with ESET in anyway.

Regarding the removed link, it is policy at Wilderssecurity that virustotal links are not to be posted. It is implemented because having a link to virustotal tends to fuel pointless and often destructive arguments on what antivirus is the best.

The point most are making is as follows: no antivirus ever detects 100% of viruses. Just because Zonealarm (which uses the Kaspersky engine) detects this virus and NOD doesn't is not proof that one is better than the other. Antivirus testing is very difficult. Please refer to this link for an explanation on why this is so.

http://wiki.castlecops.com/AntiVirus_features#Why_Antivirus_tests_are_not_as_easy_as_they_look

The ESET staff member was completely professional and explained why the virus is not detected.

The bottom line is that please do not attach significant importance to this incident when choosing your antivirus. Reputable testing organizations can be found at www.av-comparatives.org, www.av-test.org and http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index .

 

Can you post a link to the response from ESET?

 

The link for the thread is at http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=212422

Judge for yourself.

Cheers
Jeremy

 

so they deleted a link , they still let you complain about the product . from what i gather nod does not scan in archive but does catch it on execution , whats the problem ?

 

tell me , now it's not the best ?

 

Jeeeez, you are fickle aren't you, IBO?
Starting the thread with fanboy talk about NOD32 and less than 1 week later, howling at the moon that it's bad, bad, bad?
Don't be daft. Every AV program slips once in a while.

 

also use threatfire with nod32
if you have a x86 os

http://www.threatfire.com/

 

that's almost funny, after your orig post..........

just shows that not every av is going to catch a threat every time.......

 

i never had an antivirus software for a decade. never caught a virus
so i think actually not having one is better because it doesn't use any system resources.

 

A lot of it has to do with common sense. If you are clickker happy and like to click on all manner of attachments like freeporn.exe, then no av will save you.

However if you visit only a set circuit of websites and have your email filtered at the gateway etc, then you are less likely to get infected. However having an AV is still a good idea.

 

Okay... so the dreams of another fanboy are destroyed?

I like.

 

Hehe awesome.

 

Evidently IBO has not done his tests correctly.

 

I tried the virus on my backup desktop, i actually executed it. it installed an application just fine then it fuxored my system! Way to go NOD, u were full updated and missed an 8 months old virus!

 

FWIW, this appears to me to be a rash and unwarranted judgement by the OP. Further, the posts at Wilder's seem irresponsible and just plain rude.

Good luck with the new AV - which I hope you'll soon praise as the "best in the world."

 

Almost any company's official forums aren't that great IMO, as they tend to censor a lot of things. However, if you really wanted to discuss it there, you probably could have done so if you didn't go on a rant and instead calmly pointed out that it didn't catch a certain virus in your testing.

 

As others have pointed out no virus guard is 100% foolproof. One thing to remember here is that you didn’t accidentally get infected; your friend sent you this file most probably knowing that Nod32 will fail the test. He might have just gone through some virus tests results and found out this particular virus being able to go undetected by NOD 32; is this really a good reason to ditch NOD 32?

Read some of the results posted the professional virus guard testes (links given in huangker’s post), Zone alarm is not even in most of the lists…. And you are willing to place your trust on something that is not even popular (as a virus guard) or tested properly, over one fabricated failed test ? Good luck

Given enough time and resources, I'm sure we can find several viruses that would would go through Zone alarm and not through NOD32..... If i send you one such virus will you again switch to NOD 32 and praise it as the " best AntiVirus in the world" ?

EDIT : I just saw OP's other post, so I added that final part.. sorry.. but couldn't resist...

 

so far, NOD32 has been doing a great job on my system. i trusted it on my brand new laptop, and its not let me down so far. its detected 3 unsafe apps n blocked them, and helped me remove one, which got into my system while i foolishly tried something out without my firewall (yeah, dumb). i totally agree with phoenix, about IBO's friend knowing that this particular virus will go thru NOD32. there are very few viruses that can get thru NOD32..its NOT a reason to change ur AV, NOD is great

 

This would be my guess as well. No anti-virus will catch everything, but NOD32 definitely does a better job than most. I would be very weary of an anti-virus product that's not tested by the major sites. Similar to how it's a bad sign when movie reviewers aren't allowed an advanced screen to judge a movie. From what I've heard, Zone Alarm's anti-virus is pretty bad. Again this is from people telling me, so this is far from a good gauge. Nevertheless, it's entirely up to you. If Zone works for you, then it works.

 

The only anti-virus software that I use is myself.

I've never had a problem with viruses or spyware since going anti-virus and anti-spyware software free over a year ago. I found that internet and email smarts are far better than any software solution.

Although I must admit that I do use some anti-spyware software occasionally to get rid of those pesky tracking cookies.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I use FireFox to browse the internet coupled with NoScript and AdBlockPlus which makes an already safe browser even safer.

 

To clarify, ZA's antivirus engine is based on the Kaspersky v6 SDK. They have their own anti spyware engine which actually quite strong.

Check this page. I found it recently. It is a test done by av-test.org, a very reliable testing organization.

http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/03_13a.xml

Another clarification regarding

Wilders host the official ESET support forums however the two are quite separate. The removal of the post was not done by ESET but rather by a Wilders moderator due to the policy forbidding www.virustotal.com posts.

The thread was also closed by Wilders moderators as it became rather anti-constructive. Had the product in question been any other anti virus, the thread would still have been closed.

Cheers
Jeremy

 

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