Comments on: Goodbye NOD32; Hello Kaspersky! http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/ Connecting Ideas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:55:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vuqar1.618 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-520098 vuqar1.618 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:54:38 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-520098 Hello friends!Here is the solution: http://www.eset.com/home/compare-eset-to-competition Hello friends!Here is the solution:

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]]> By: Lestrad http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-520038 Lestrad Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:25:40 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-520038 Again, "Vuqar", if you'd read the posts, you'd see that several of us who have made comments here have been greatly disappointed wth ESet's tech support. If we were using a pirated version of the software, do you really think we'd try to get answers from tech support? It's the very fact that we pay a lot of money on a yearly basis for AV software that makes us expect something from a tech support department. In my case, the people who handled my e-mails could barely speak English, and sent stock messages that didn't apply to the situation. Not once did anyone seem to take an undetected Trojan seriously. Your latest post, while longer, still sounds as if it's pasted from a box of pre-prepared talking points. Folks, this thread looks as if it's going to turn into a spam war. I for one am not going to spend any more time here. Read the article and the comments through Feb. 2010 and then go seek honest opinions about the two AV suites elsewhere. Again, “Vuqar”, if you’d read the posts, you’d see that several of us who have made comments here have been greatly disappointed wth ESet’s tech support. If we were using a pirated version of the software, do you really think we’d try to get answers from tech support? It’s the very fact that we pay a lot of money on a yearly basis for AV software that makes us expect something from a tech support department. In my case, the people who handled my e-mails could barely speak English, and sent stock messages that didn’t apply to the situation. Not once did anyone seem to take an undetected Trojan seriously.

Your latest post, while longer, still sounds as if it’s pasted from a box of pre-prepared talking points. Folks, this thread looks as if it’s going to turn into a spam war. I for one am not going to spend any more time here. Read the article and the comments through Feb. 2010 and then go seek honest opinions about the two AV suites elsewhere.

]]> By: vuqar1.618 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-519894 vuqar1.618 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:01:47 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-519894 Of course if you use the pirate of nod32 or smart security it probably will not work properly.Eset smart security was and will be the best antivirus in the world. Kaspersky works very slow and heavily loads the system down to hang.I recomend to use Eset Smart Security 4.2.4.0. Of course if you use the pirate of nod32 or smart security it probably will not
work properly.Eset smart security was and will be the best antivirus in the world.
Kaspersky works very slow and heavily loads the system down to hang.I recomend to use
Eset Smart Security 4.2.4.0.

]]> By: Geaf http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-519871 Geaf Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:22:31 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-519871 Hehe. these moronic posts shouting that NOD32 is the best ever really are pathetic. I reckon they never even bothered to read the article or my previous comment. well, a lot of time has passed and I am now back to using ESET products. However I went back to the older 2.7 version. It is much easier on the system, plus, unlike versions 3 and 4 you do not have to disable http scanning in order for some programs tro function! there are lots of programs that WILL NOT WORK unless you do this in versions 3 and 4. What kind of crap is that? Either you allow an exception for a program and then expect the antivirus to LEAVE IT ALONE! or you do not and expect the antivirus to scan the activity of the program. Yet the recent versions of NOD32 just do not care about certain exceptions!!! It is a known fact for many programs, you go to their support and they tell you 'Oh do you use ESET? You have to disable the HTTP scanning for the program to work'??!! Great antivirus software then! So even when I add programs to the exceptions it still scans them? It used to be a great program and now it is not. End of story. Kaspersky on the other hand, whilst being a great AV, I did not like the interface and it also uses a lot of resources... Hehe. these moronic posts shouting that NOD32 is the best ever really are pathetic. I reckon they never even bothered to read the article or my previous comment.

well, a lot of time has passed and I am now back to using ESET products.
However I went back to the older 2.7 version. It is much easier on the system, plus, unlike versions 3 and 4 you do not have to disable http scanning in order for some programs tro function! there are lots of programs that WILL NOT WORK unless you do this in versions 3 and 4.

What kind of crap is that?

Either you allow an exception for a program and then expect the antivirus to LEAVE IT ALONE! or you do not and expect the antivirus to scan the activity of the program.

Yet the recent versions of NOD32 just do not care about certain exceptions!!!

It is a known fact for many programs, you go to their support and they tell you ‘Oh do you use ESET? You have to disable the HTTP scanning for the program to work’??!!

Great antivirus software then! So even when I add programs to the exceptions it still scans them?

It used to be a great program and now it is not.

End of story.

Kaspersky on the other hand, whilst being a great AV, I did not like the interface and it also uses a lot of resources…

]]> By: Lestrad http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-519845 Lestrad Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:08:17 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-519845 You spammers seem to assume that no one will read the article and comments. Perhaps you haven't read them yourselves. What they say, almost unanimously, is that NOD 32 WAS a good program but their technical support is rotten, and that the program as it exists now lets viruses (in my case, Trojans) through. ESet, the way to win customers' trust back is to provide decent customer service and LISTEN when a customer reports a virus attack instead of trying to deny it has happened. Paying people to spam forums is NOT the way. You spammers seem to assume that no one will read the article and comments. Perhaps you haven’t read them yourselves. What they say, almost unanimously, is that NOD 32 WAS a good program but their technical support is rotten, and that the program as it exists now lets viruses (in my case, Trojans) through.

ESet, the way to win customers’ trust back is to provide decent customer service and LISTEN when a customer reports a virus attack instead of trying to deny it has happened. Paying people to spam forums is NOT the way.

]]> By: vuqar http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-519826 vuqar Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:55:32 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-519826 Eset Smart Security is the fastest,effective and best antivirus in the world. Eset Smart Security is the fastest,effective and best antivirus in the world.

]]> By: Marta http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-519817 Marta Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:53:35 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-519817 I am sorry but I cannot agree with the opinion that Kaspersky is not antivirus program. I am sorry but I cannot agree with the opinion that Kaspersky is not antivirus program.

]]> By: Vuqar http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-519651 Vuqar Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:22:06 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-519651 Nod32 was and will be the best anivurus of the world.Eset the fastest and antivirus in the world.Kaspersky is not antivirus!!!!!!!!!!! Nod32 was and will be the best anivurus of the world.Eset the fastest and antivirus in the world.Kaspersky is not antivirus!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Geaf http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-482447 Geaf Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:39:11 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-482447 I found this after a google search about nod32 and kaspersky. So many people have always recommended KAV or KIS to me but I was totally hooked on and convinced by NOD32, not partly because of Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy podcast and his recommendation. Plus, when I first tried NOD32 I was so impressed by the seemingly insignificant memory footprint and low CPU usage, I bought into it right away. Lately however, during a couple of momentary lapses in reason on my part, I opened some files without first scanning them separately. The first time it happened I had NOD32 running to scan opened or created files, also the processes running in memory. Suddenly I noticed myself, a huge increase in CPU usage. I opened up my task manager replacement program and saw some obviously randomly named files using a lot of CPU. names like Rg57Klm00.exe running from either C:/ or C:/windows or a TEMP folder. There were four of them at one point and I killed each one whereupon a new one would return and keep re-spawning the others. It took some doing to kill off the right processes in order to stop this self perpetuation cycle!! Then I noticed four hidden processes of IE windows. I fired up an http monitor and saw that these browser windows were all going to Russian urls. Two of them didn't work when I visited them and the other two had some kind of forms on them, nothing written but I guessed it was probably some kind of stolen data exchange for the virus to report any data it found on the host PC. I then decided to rip the router Ethernet cable out and not allow any more virus activity to use the network until I fixed it! In the end, the virus had downloaded other viruses and I traced back to what I think happened. It was a lot of stuff to try to work out and the viruses had done so much damage that I ended up reinstalling Windows. :( Yet all throughout the whole process, NOD32 was happily sitting there, scanning everything, yet not warning of virus activity at all! I just switched to KAV 2010 and I have to say, so far, it has been excellent! Very small memory imprint so NOD32 no longer wins on that score. In fact NOD32 was actually starting to become a lot harder on the system than it ever used to be, since going up to version 4. In conclusion, KAV seems to be better and comes with very high recommendations. It has warned me off of a few viruses already, even finding one in a file I had on my HDD that NOD32 must have missed every time it did a full scan... I found this after a google search about nod32 and kaspersky. So many people have always recommended KAV or KIS to me but I was totally hooked on and convinced by NOD32, not partly because of Leo Laporte, The Tech Guy podcast and his recommendation. Plus, when I first tried NOD32 I was so impressed by the seemingly insignificant memory footprint and low CPU usage, I bought into it right away.
Lately however, during a couple of momentary lapses in reason on my part, I opened some files without first scanning them separately. The first time it happened I had NOD32 running to scan opened or created files, also the processes running in memory. Suddenly I noticed myself, a huge increase in CPU usage. I opened up my task manager replacement program and saw some obviously randomly named files using a lot of CPU. names like Rg57Klm00.exe running from either C:/ or C:/windows or a TEMP folder. There were four of them at one point and I killed each one whereupon a new one would return and keep re-spawning the others. It took some doing to kill off the right processes in order to stop this self perpetuation cycle!!
Then I noticed four hidden processes of IE windows. I fired up an http monitor and saw that these browser windows were all going to Russian urls. Two of them didn’t work when I visited them and the other two had some kind of forms on them, nothing written but I guessed it was probably some kind of stolen data exchange for the virus to report any data it found on the host PC. I then decided to rip the router Ethernet cable out and not allow any more virus activity to use the network until I fixed it!
In the end, the virus had downloaded other viruses and I traced back to what I think happened. It was a lot of stuff to try to work out and the viruses had done so much damage that I ended up reinstalling Windows. :(
Yet all throughout the whole process, NOD32 was happily sitting there, scanning everything, yet not warning of virus activity at all!
I just switched to KAV 2010 and I have to say, so far, it has been excellent!
Very small memory imprint so NOD32 no longer wins on that score. In fact NOD32 was actually starting to become a lot harder on the system than it ever used to be, since going up to version 4.
In conclusion, KAV seems to be better and comes with very high recommendations. It has warned me off of a few viruses already, even finding one in a file I had on my HDD that NOD32 must have missed every time it did a full scan…

]]> By: Usdating http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-472155 Usdating Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:44:04 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-472155 this information is great to me!! thank you guys for your awesome posts As Nick says, iA?ll re-read it again, and again ... this information is great to me!! thank you guys for your awesome posts As Nick says, iA?ll re-read it again, and again …

]]> By: PC guru rank 1 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-452436 PC guru rank 1 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:33:34 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-452436 nod 32 nod 32

]]> By: John Smith http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-452406 John Smith Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:05:22 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-452406 October 2009, I had a horrible Virut.NBP attack. Of course NOD32 never saw it coming, I lost all my EXEs, etc... switching to KIS 2010 NOD32 4.0 is really bad. Kaspersky continues to improve October 2009, I had a horrible Virut.NBP attack.

Of course NOD32 never saw it coming, I lost all my EXEs, etc… switching to KIS 2010

NOD32 4.0 is really bad. Kaspersky continues to improve

]]> By: Ivan http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-429085 Ivan Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:21:56 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-429085 Hi, I unfortunatelly have to agree with you... I have been using NOD32 for years and years now.... Recommending it to all of my friends and relatives - so I must have brought them chunk of money myslef... One thing is - I never needed their assistance until recently when I dealt with horrific experience... I am graphic designer, not PC guru but I would definetely not call myslef beginner (which is what their tech supprt called me)... I am not going to go into details but they were fast to blame my machine, windows, drivers, god almighty himself but it was by no mean Eset error... So thank you for this post, I will be defintely switching to Kaspersky - NOD32 if you guys are reading this post get your act together and sort out your cusomter support!!! No matter how big company is it only lives as long as customers are buying product... If I would treat my clients the way you treated me (and lots of other people from what I read here) I would be gone loooong time ago.... Hi,

I unfortunatelly have to agree with you… I have been using NOD32 for years and years now…. Recommending it to all of my friends and relatives – so I must have brought them chunk of money myslef… One thing is – I never needed their assistance until recently when I dealt with horrific experience… I am graphic designer, not PC guru but I would definetely not call myslef beginner (which is what their tech supprt called me)… I am not going to go into details but they were fast to blame my machine, windows, drivers, god almighty himself but it was by no mean Eset error… So thank you for this post, I will be defintely switching to Kaspersky – NOD32 if you guys are reading this post get your act together and sort out your cusomter support!!! No matter how big company is it only lives as long as customers are buying product… If I would treat my clients the way you treated me (and lots of other people from what I read here) I would be gone loooong time ago….

]]> By: Marta http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-429070 Marta Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:26:09 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-429070 Hi, How would you compare Eset NOD32/Eset Smart Security and Kaspersky AV/Kaspersky KIS? I an trying to find out some opinions from direct users of both of the antivirus software. Thank you in advance. Hi,

How would you compare Eset NOD32/Eset Smart Security and Kaspersky AV/Kaspersky KIS? I an trying to find out some opinions from direct users of both of the antivirus software.
Thank you in advance.

]]> By: anders http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/comment-page-1/#comment-236180 anders Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:48:10 +0000 http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/goodbye-nod32-hello-kaspersky/#comment-236180 I have been using F secure for several years without any problem. I had a plan to try Kaspersky but after reading the above comment I am afraid to try any new Antivirus Software. I like F secure. I have been using F secure for several years without any problem. I had a plan to try Kaspersky but after reading the above comment I am afraid to try any new Antivirus Software. I like F secure.

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