NOD32 Antivirus Software

The Halstead Alarm Company was founded in 1971
and incorporated as Halstead Electronics Ltd. in 1988.

Introducing NOD32

NOD32 Antivirus System provides well balanced, state-of-the-art protection against threats endangering your PC and enterprise systems running various platforms from Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / 2003 / XP, through a number of UNIX/Linux, Novell, MS DOS operating systems to Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino and other mail servers.
Viruses, worms, trojans and other malware are kept out of striking distance of your valuable data. Advanced detection methods implemented in the software even provide protection against the future threats from most of the new worms and viruses.
The fourth generation of the NOD32 Antivirus System features a fully integrated software suite characterized by an unprecedented detection track record, the fastest scanning rates and extremely low utilization of system resources.

NOD32 Awards

Unique technologies built into NOD32 Antivirus suite of programs result in unprecedented detection efficiency and the highest hard disk scanning rates. The most prestigious international awards earned by NOD32 Antivirus system are presented below. Among the awards, Virus Bulletin 100% Awards are of special importance due to the high professional recognition of this international publication on computer virus prevention, recognition and removal. NOD32 have earned the award a record 23 times already. Since the first submission of NOD32 for Virus Bulletin testing in May 1998, NOD32 system did not miss a single "In the Wild" virus in any of the tests.
Full listing of our results can be found at: http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?eset.xml

NOD32 Antivirus First To Receive Checkmark Antivirus Certification Levels 1, 2 And Trojan For Windows 2003

ESET was the second company to be certified against this rigorous test set of more than 28,000 spyware objects. In fact, NOD32 had a significant lead over dedicated spyware applications.

West Coast Labs’ certification process represents the true test of an antivirus product’s capability to detect viruses, worms, and Trojans. Eset is pleased to provide its growing client base even further proof of the top detection qualities of NOD32

Antivirus on the Windows 2003 platform,” commented Miroslav Trnka, Eset’s Chief Technology Officer.

“Unprecedented Virus Detection
NOD32 Checkmark certification comes just after the product received its record 23rd Virus Bulletin VB100% Awards granted by Virus Bulletin, the “Antivirus Industry Bible”. Analysts have confirmed the company’s claim of having the only product to never miss an ‘In the Wild’ (ItW) virus during its Virus Bulletin testing since May 1998.

About Checkmark:
The Checkmark provides a clear and unambiguous indication of attainment of a relevant standard for users of computer security solutions. The Checkmark standard is a real-world, industry accepted test. Users can very easily tell if a product possesses a Checkmark certification by ensuring that the Checkmark logo appears on the product package, by contacting West Coast Labs, or by visiting the Checkmark web site, www.check-mark.com.

Virus Bulletin February 2006

Since May 1998, NOD32 remains the only antivirus in the world not to have missed any 'In the Wild' (ItW) virus in the prestigious tests of the international publication on computer virus prevention, recognition and removal, the Virus Bulletin.
The July tests of the Virus Bulletin performed on NetWare 6.0 platform have confirmed top virus detection capability of NOD32 system combined with the highest scanning rate.
NOD32 was the only product (out of 11 tested) with 100% detection across all the test sets. The second fastest product required more than twice the time to scan the executable files and it missed 35 polymorphic virus samples.

2005 SWPower Editor's Choice Award

In the test performed by SWPower in September 2005, NOD32 received the highest possible rating of six points. The mark given by SWPower editors shown the current best antivirus based on update, price, efficiency and available localize version. Full review in Slovenian language: http://www.nod32.si/Test_NOD32_revija_SWPower.pdf