Hello,
ESET will release a version of
NOD32 which is compatible with
Microsoft Windows Vista around the time Microsoft ships their new operating system.
There are two things, though, you should keep in mind:
- Right now Microsoft Windows Vista exists only in beta-test form. It is not a gamma release1, "pre-release" version or a release candidate . As such, it is incomplete, may contains bugs and have missing functionality or functionality which is removed or changed in the final version.
- System utilities software such as access control, anti-virus, backup, disk defragmentation, disk imaging and so forth are very tightly-coupled with the operating system. Unlike applications such as word processors, graphics programs, mail clients and so forth which use fairly well-documented APIs and can be expected to operate with the computing environment in a relatively fixed number or ways. System utilities, on the other hand, interoperate with the operating system at a very low-level, which may mean functioning as a device driver to redirect I/O into a virus scanning engine, but could also mean more exotic methods, such as modifying the operating system in memory2 while it is is running because there is no API to provide the functionality the anti-virus developer needs in order to protect the system against threats.
So, in a nutshell, if you intend to run a version of NOD32 intended for use with production versions of operating systems such as Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP and 2003 Server on top of a test version of Microsoft Windows Vista, expect to do some tweaking to get the two to interoperate. Also, you may encounter problems which do not occur with NOD32 under earlier versions of Microsoft's operating systems.
ESET may, from time to time, test versions of NOD32 for Microsoft Windows Vista and other operating systems. Some of these test-cycles might be private (and closed to public participation and discusssion) while others might be public. There is no need to contact ESET to ask about participating in testing the software--although not every ESET employee reads every message in the forum, we do read and discuss some of the things brought up here. When the time comes to recruit people for testing purposes, this forum
will be a primary means to do so.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
1Which, admittedly, I have not seen used at a software developer for a number of years now.
2Given as an example--I'm not aware of any anti-virus program which currently does this.