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    Any plans for ESET "Basic"?

    in ESET Internet Security & ESET Smart Security Premium & ESET Security Ultimate

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    I really do not see the need for a feature de-contented version. Both ESS and NOD32 offer very good protection using default settings which involves little user involvement after the initial set-up and that isn't painful at all.

     

    You get what you pay for.

    Indeed you do get what you pay for.

     

    Nod32 in my humble opinion is the 'basic' program - an anti-virus without much need for fettling! The performance:protection ratio is pretty damn solid out of the box too. ESS has many more aspects for the end user to play with, should they choose to do so, and can cause the inexperienced a few headaches if not careful. The option is there to 'set and forget' too.

     

    I think ronxp2000 raises an interesting point as more AV companies move to offering freebie software however I don't see the need for Eset to offer freebies. With freebies all I see are endless promotions and cut-price upgrade adverts popping up all the time. I installed a paid-for internet security suite from a well known freebie AV company (starting with an 'A') and that too has upgrade adverts plasted on the main UI page :rolleyes:

    AV-Test: Nov-Dec 2015

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A test is simply a snapshot in time. I've seen Wilder's posters change their AV on a daily basis based off a single test or some other whim. Good for Avast! customers/fans that it out performed Eset's offerings in one test; same for BitDefender and Kaspersky Labs customers too.

     

    I don't care about Eset's 'score' given it protects me just fine and causes zero issues and zero lag on my PC. AV-Test has always thrown up some interesting results for Eset products, specifically in the performance area.

     

    A lot of these tests aren't worth worrying about given that (a) many vendors have specific departments dedicated to getting the highest detection scores possible within tests  - which has little correlation to real world situations (b) several AV vendors have been caught manipulating their own software to try and obtain the highest detection scores possible and © many of the AV vendors and testing organisations appear (to an outsider such as myself) as having very close relationships e.g test sponsorships.

     

    In the end it's largely left to the individual to try various AV products and hope they find one that suits them best. I found that in ESS after years of KIS.

    AV-Test: Nov-Dec 2015

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Solid showing by Eset but nothing spectacular. I finally experienced what *may* AV-Test have witnessed in a performance slowdown - copying the unzipped DDU onto a USB drive took an age as ESS scanned each file before copying onto the drive.

     

    Interesting reading Wilder's Security Forums as one of the current test darlings causing mayhem on people's PC's with constant performance issues (AKA slowdowns). It's exactly what I had when I tried the same software.

    New AV Test

    in General Discussion

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    Another AV Test - another poor result for the impact score.

     

    Protection: 5.5/6.0

    Resource: 3.5/6.0

    Usability:   6.0/6.0

     

    Change the resource usage - an ongoing problem in just the AV Test reviews - to a 5.5 or 6.0 and the results table looks very different.

     

    It remains a mystery how a few years ago AV-C gave Eset an award for lowest PC resource usage when in the same period AV-T stated time and again resource usage for Eset products was high. Another mystery is why Eset bother with AV-T or at least why they don't work out why their products continue to record such poor resource usage scores.

    Advice to buy key

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by TJP

    I've used G2A for gaming software and found the experience was fine. That said, they have been associated with selling  Russian product keys as well as trading in Humble Bundle keys and stolen keys (if one believes Ubisoft, EA etc). I believe Steam don't have anything to do with G2A keys (as in, if it the CD key doesn't work or is black listed, tough luck).

     

    If it smells rank, leave it alone. To me, a 3 month product key is a promotional key that's being re-sold.

    AV-TEST: June 2015 test (Windows 8.1)

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by TJP

    There is also this quote from VB:

     

    "ESET’s VB100 record remains unrivalled, with an unbroken string of passes stretching back into the mists of time. The company’s latest edition has the usual slick and professional feel, with a stark, minimalist layout on the main screen but the expected wealth of fine-tuning options readily available.

     

    Stability was once again impeccable with no problems observed at all, but performance impact was a little high with our set of tasks slowed down noticeably.

     

    Detection was solid across the board, and with yet another clean run over the certification sets, ESET’s epic record of passes continues to build."

     

    More here: https://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/archive/2015/04/vb201504-comparative#id4310008

    AV-TEST: June 2015 test (Windows 8.1)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It's the same story test after test from this testing organisation. AV-C gives ESS a high score for performance (as in ESS barely affects performance) and AV-T consistently give ESS a poor score for performance.

     

    As I see it, one large problem is the AV-T is one test that is used by a variety of publications online and print.

    Change of Representation in Australia

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    After coming back to Eset from Kaspersky, whom with I never had a single issue renewing their products from licence sellers all over the internet. Perhaps I should have stuck with the wealthy Russian :(

     

    I don't understand how renewing is even an issue in this day and age; my licence should be good as a trigger for a renewal discount irrespective of whomever I chose to shop with be it Eset Australia or one of their partners. Do we have to email Eset Australia with our licence info in order to renew with them or will they simply point us back to Microbe?

     

    I too never received a single e-mail from Pro1 or Microbe about the merger until recently (which is a EOFY discount code).

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