Business Edition or Home edition?

[reevesloh]

My ESS4 version 4.0.424.0 is going to expire this december so i planning to continue use my current ESS4 by buy other 1 years license but i still figure out which one is better?Is it business edition have other extra function compare to home edition?Actually me is a home user that like to gaming and suffing internet but i really expect a full protection from Eset so which one is better?

[cssoz]

-{ Quote: "My ESS4 version 4.0.424.0 is going to expire this december so i planning to continue use my current ESS4 by buy other 1 years license but i still figure out which one is better?Is it business edition have other extra function compare to home edition?Actually me is a home user that like to gaming and suffing internet but i really expect a full protection from Eset so which one is better?" }-

if you're home user i recommend Home, and update to v4.0.467 (latest build = improvements + fixes). Your current version is buggy and out of date by months

Additional Business Edition Benefits

-{ Quote: "Supports Complex Compliance Requirements — ESET Smart Security adds critical features, such as external drive access control and scanning, Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) compatibility, as well as enhanced logging and reporting functions to support your compliance initiatives.

Host-based Intrusion Prevention System — ESET delivers host-based intrusion protection through a combination of capabilities including self-defense, advanced heuristics, web access protection and protocol filtering. In particular, advanced heuristics stops potentially malicious code by analyzing their behavior and disabling them before they can do damage. ESET's self-defense prevents malware from disabling our software and weakening the security of the user's system.

Easy to Manage — ESET Remote Administrator provides a single management console to control an entire network from a single screen—supporting tens to thousands of computers. Installation, updates, alerts and other tasks are all easily managed from these intuitive screens. To effectively manage your networked systems, the updated console smooths Active Directory integration and simplifies policy creation. With support for Oracle, MySQL and MS-SQL databases, it also handles increasingly large deployments and runs significantly faster. ESET Smart Security can be configured with antispam and/or personal firewall disabled to ensure compatibility with existing network security solutions. Integrated SysInspector makes it easier for IT administrators to diagnose and resolve problems.

Usability Improvements — For administrators, version 4 offers:

* License Manager with simplified tools to manage multiple licenses with different terms
* Read-only access for Management Console which enables multiple administrators to share tasks without risk of overwriting configurations
* Notification Manager to keep administrators informed of all key events with customizable alerts
* Full support of Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) in support of compliance initiatives
* More efficient use of network bandwidth and improved log storage scalability
* Advanced Protection status screen that informs you of threat detections
* Password protection that prevents ESET Smart Security from being uninstalled by unauthorized employees or visitors
" }-

or visit http://www.eset.com/smartsecurity/business.php at the bottom

[Capp]

Business edition functions the same locally as the home edition. Business Edition licenses have to be purchased with a minimum of 5-users, so if you are only installing it on 1 home computer, Home Edition is what you need.

The biggest different between Home and Business, besides how many users you can buy, is that Business Edition comes bundled with the Remote Administrator Console used to make deploying/managing licenses on a network easier.

The actual desktop product being installed functions the same though.

So, stick with the Home Edition license, or you'll end up buying more licenses than you need.

[Rmuffler]

Hello reevesloh,

Capp and cssoz have provided correct responses. If you are running a single home machine, a home user license is the recommended option.

Thank you,
Richard