ESET Announces ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux

[paf]

Guys, I don't use linux and I don't know anything about it. But I just saw this news, maybe they are importante and/or useful to someone here:

ESET Announces ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux

04.12.2011– ESET Announces ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux

SAN DIEGO – April 12, 2011 – ESET today announced the availability of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition for Linux Desktop and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux, the company's new security solutions for corporate workstations and home computers running Linux. ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux capitalizes on the award-winning ThreatSense engine to deliver advanced protection against cyber threats with minimal impact on system performance.

"Given the importance of consumer and business usage of Linux, it is essential to equip users with advanced security software to protect against cyber-attacks," said Richard Marko, CEO of ESET. “With ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux, ESET’s protection is now available for all major platforms and this ensures up-to-date protection against threats aimed at Linux, Windows or Mac OS,” he added.

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Key Benefits and Features

• Smart Detection and Proactive Cross-Platform Protection – Advanced heuristics technology delivers real-time, proactive protection from malware, hacker attacks and exploits. Product protects against Linux, Windows and Mac malware

• Small System Footprint – The unique build of ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux has been optimized to perfectly match the system environment. ESET engineered a smart solution with one of the lowest system footprints on the market ensuring fast startup and smooth performance

• Graphical User Interface – Optional graphical user interface which delivers intuitive access to features includes full screen mode, informative graphs, statistics and scheduler

• Security Settings Control – Defines which user accounts have the capability to change settings, so unauthorized users cannot disable or lessen protection

• Streamlined Management – Easy management and oversight of network security across all platforms, allowing for push tasks, updates and security policies to be applied from a single console (Business Edition only)

• Removable Media Access Control – Scans or blocks usage of USB, FireWire, CD/DVD devices to minimize risk of infection or data loss

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition for Linux Desktop and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Linux will be available in 15 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Czech, Canadian French, Latinoamerican Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese.

[hellnoire]

An interesting announcement.

[Bearcat]

Thanks for the heads up Paf. I will keep this in mind for my Linux installation.

[INDRANIL]

Interesting one nice share Paf .

[JayCub]

Thank you Paf, i see they cover Mac as well as Linux i wonder how the pricing will go and will they base it on the Mac prices or a free version to Linux users, some-how it's going to be a fee, it was Paul that initially made the point that these O/S where vunerable to infection just not on the scale of windows users, but both are growing every year.

[hsakarp_kahtap]

thanks Paf now Paul will buy this one .

[hellnoire]

thanks Paf now Paul will buy this one .

Nope. Doesn't have binaries for Arch... that and I know what to download and what not to.

[Neo]

i dont have any plans for an AV in linux

[Bluedot]

Linux doesn't need an AV. At least not yet.

[Ceyfer √]

Linux doesn't need an AV. At least not yet.

It's an eye candy, don't you love it?

I know because you're a responsible user...that's the most important trait the most mainstream Oses wants!