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ESET, spol. s r.o.
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustrySecurity software
FoundedSlovakia (1992)
HeadquartersBratislava, Slovakia
Key people
Andrew Lee, Pavol Luka, Juraj Malcho, Richard Marko, Milan Masaryk, Ignacio Sbampato (alphabetical)
Revenue485,000,000 Euro (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
68,100,000 Euro (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
WebsiteESET.com

ESET is an IT security company head-quartered in Bratislava, Slovakia that was founded in 1992 by the merger of two private companies.[1] The company was awarded as the most successful Slovak company in 2008, 2009 and 2010.[2][3] ESET is privately held and has branch offices in San Diego, California; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Prague, Czech Republic, and Kraków, Poland as well as distributors in over 180 countries.

In December 2010, the company announced the appointment of Richard Marko as Global CEO, Milan Masaryk as CFO, Pavol Luka as CTO, Juraj Malcho as Chief Research Officer, Ignacio Sbampato as director of global sales and marketing, and Andrew Lee as the CEO of its North American branch. ESET's founders remain on as the company's board.[4]

Products

Main article: ESET NOD32

ESET's first product was NOD, an antivirus software for computers running MS-DOS. In 1998, ESET introduced NOD32 1.0 for Microsoft Windows, with version 2.0 following in 2003. The last supported build of the 2.x codebase is 2.70.39, released in November 2006 to add support for Microsoft Windows Vista. In January 2010, ESET announced they would cease selling or providing downloads of NOD32 2.x in February 2010 and no longer provide signature updates or support after February 2012.[5]

In November 2007, ESET released v3.0 of ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security v3.0, the latter being a new product combining ESET NOD32 Antivirus with antispam and firewall functions. In March 2009, ESET released v4.0 of ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security. In March 2010, ESET released v4.2 of ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security.[6][7]

In September 2010, ESET released ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Mac OS X Business Edition[8] and in November 2010, a home version called ESET Cybersecurity for Mac OS X.[9]

ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security 4.2 both support Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Server 2003 R2, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7; additionally, ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2 supports Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a.[10] Support for 64-bit (x86-64, not IA-64) versions of these operating systems is provided, although the program runs both 32-bit and 64-bit processes.[11] Users of older versions of Microsoft Windows, such as Windows 95, 98, Me and NT 4.0, will need to install the older 2.70.39 release. In addition to Microsoft Windows the company also supports the following operating systems: BSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Novell NetWare and Sun Solaris.

In May 2011, ESET began publicly beta testing ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security version 5.[12]

ESET also has ESET Mobile Security for Windows Mobile users and Symbian OS. In addition to malware protection it provides antispam filtering for SMS messages, a firewall and anti-theft features, like SIM locking and remote wipe.[13]

Technology

ESET's use of assembly language in its products contributes to their low system requirements and disk space utilization.[14][15]

ESET calls its scanning engine ThreatSense, and makes extensive use of generic signatures and heuristics.[16] This should not be confused with ThreatSense.Net, which is ESET's system for submitting suspicious files and malware to their virus researchers.[17]

ESET's products are regularly tested by organizations such as AV-Comparatives, AV-Test and Virus Bulletin. ESET is the first company to receive sixty-five (65) VB100 awards from Virus Bulletin and has not missed a single threat in Virus Bulletin's tests in the past six years.[18] ESET's products are regularly certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs.

Notes

  1. ^ "About ESET: Company Profile: History". ESET. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Firma roka je Eset a najúspešnejšia banka VÚB" (in Slovak). SME. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010. "Eset je len treťou spoločnosťou, ktorá dokázala titul Firma roka obhájiť."
  3. ^ Doktor, Vladislav (11 November 2009). "Eset je opäť firmou roka" (in Slovak). Hospodárske noviny. Retrieved 28 April 2010. "Firmou roka v dvanástom ročníku udeľovania cien za mimoriadne podnikateľské výsledky týždenníka Trend sa včera stala softvérová spoločnosť Eset, ktorá obhájila vlaňajší primát."
  4. ^ "Novým generálnym riaditeľom spoločnosti ESET bude Richard Marko" (in Slovak). ESET. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 40 (help)
  5. ^ http://www.eset.com/company/article/ESET-to-discontinue-NOD32-Antivirus-2.7/6974.php?contentID=6974 ESET to discontinue NOD32 Antivirus 2.7]
  6. ^ ESET Releases Service Build 4.2 for ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Antivirus
  7. ^ ESET launches ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server and ESET Smart Security 4.2
  8. ^ [http://www.eset.com/support/news/7798 ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition for Mac OS X released]
  9. ^ [http://www.eset.com/support/news/7971 ESET Cybersecurity for Mac v4.0.58 has been released]
  10. ^ ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2 - System Requirements
  11. ^ ESET Knowledgebase Article #401, Is ESET NOD32 Antivirus a native 64-bit application?
  12. ^ ESET Smart Security 5 Beta Program
  13. ^ ESET Mobile Security
  14. ^ Assembly language usage in NOD32
  15. ^ ESET Knowledgebase Article #358, ESET NOD32 Antivirus System Requirements
  16. ^ Zero-Day Attack - Heuristics and Signatures software from ESET
  17. ^ ThreatSense.Net Global malware monitoring system
  18. ^ "Virus Bulletin VB100 Results Overview: ESET". Virus Bulletin. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

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