NOD32 from Slovakia-based ESET is one of the most successful antivirus programs on the market as determined by numerous tests by different organizations. Aside from the program’s certification from ICSA Labs, it has a 96% success rate in its 54 tests under Virus Bulletin and become a recommended product of PC Pro Magazine. It uses several layers of analysis and protection to ensure that machines are protected from the whole gamut of malware and Spyware threats. The multi-awarded Threat Sense technology in the program is recognized as one of the industry’s most effective detectors while raising few false positives. Upon installation, it’s also designed to find and neutralize existing threats that were not addressed by previous antivirus software. New threats that are brought in everywhere from USB flash drives to emails are also detected and addressed.

Written mostly in assembly code, NOD32 was built to be efficient. Using a mere 44MB of system memory and 35MB of storage memory for most functions, it’s a much lighter application compared to many other antivirus packages. At the same time, it also comes with a security feature that prevents unauthorized changes or installations to the program. A battery mode is also available to help extend laptop operation time without sacrificing any functionality. NOD32 aims to be as unobtrusive as possible, disabling pop-up alerts for full-screen applications.

Price: 33 EUR
Site: http://www.eset.com/products/nod32.php

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