Plus, ESET NOD32 Antivirus improved its botnet protection component, in order to automatically allow network signatures quickly detect and block malicious traffic related to bots and exploit packs, thus eliminating user intervention. The licensing model is different too, as the classical method with username and password required for activation is replaced with a license key. The AV tool now has slide buttons for enabling and disabling features, along with tooltip descriptions next to each option. This can be noticed by putting the configuration settings in contrast with version 8, for instance. The developer keeps the neatly organized structure that it has already familiarized us with, while trying to make ESET NOD32 Antivirus friendlier than before. Installation is faster than before and an initial scan is auto-triggered 20 minutes after setup completion or reboot. Since we can't contain our excitement any longer, we're just going to dive into the application to explore the new and improved features.ĭeveloped to protect computers from all popular types of malware, this program features preset and custom scan profiles, advanced heuristics and configuration settings, web access, email client and anti-phishing protection, along with extra security tools.Īs in the previous edition, you can enable or disable PUP (potentially unwanted programs) detection during setup.
ESET NOD32 Antivirus just got updated to version 9 a couple of days ago.