NOD32 2.7 beta available for testing

[Marcos]

ESET is proud to present a new beta version of NOD32 2.7 that brings full Windows Vista compatibility as well as significant improvements in terms of detection and cleaning of malware.

New features:
- full Microsoft Windows Vista 32/64-bit compatibility
- new Anti-Stealth technology against active rootkits
- new category for unwanted applications
- improved cleaning of already infected systems


THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU START:
1. users with a different language version of NOD32 installed must uninstall their NOD32, restart the computer and delete the program files/eset/install folder before they continue installing this English beta.

2. paying users who have already their username and password for update entered in their NOD32 Control Center should leave the "Use current settings check-box ticked" in order to preserve their username and password, otherwise they must be re-entered again in the NOD32 update setup window.


The beta (Release Candidate) is downloadable from:

Windows 9x/ME:
http://u4.eset.com/rc/nd98enst.exe

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
http://u4.eset.com/rc/ndntenst.exe


Trial users can download the beta with a temporary username and password embedded from

Windows 9x/ME:
http://u4.eset.com/rc/eval/nd98enst.exe

Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (32/64-bit)
http://u4.eset.com/rc/eval/ndntenst.exe


Please report any issues found to beta27@eset.com, any positive or negative opinions are welcome in this thread.


We hope that these improvements will contribute to even better protection of your computers.


ESET, spol. s r.o.

[SSK]

YES! Got it...

[ThunderZ]

64 bit One more item moving me closer to switching to XP64. Thanks Eset.

[Tommy]

Finaly. Lets grap it
Can it be installed over 2.5, or should i first de install the old version?

[Brian N]

yay!

[FirePost]

Originally Posted by Tommy

Can it be installed over 2.5, or should i first de install the old version?

Originally Posted by Marcos

Paying users who have already NOD32 installed can install the beta over the existing installation of NOD32 in order to preserve current username and password for update.

It would seem that one can install over the top.

[lodore]

thanks Marcos i will have to try that on my old pc soon.

[SSK]

So far, so good. Did a clean install, memory use looks more or less the same. Full system scan slightly slower / slightly more noticeable on my system.

Testing continues!

[Big Apple]

Installation over the top without any problems. Except, it did not preserve my current username and password, had to enter again, it showed login: beta.etc! Nice new options, so far...so good!
Another step ahead!

[Tommy]

Clean install worked fine, but trayicon won't show up after first start. Will have a look at this later. So far it seams less memory impact and scanning moves faster and with less CPU as 2.5.
So fra first impression is good.

[_Rupert_]

Firstly, massive thanks to the ESET team for working so hard on this excellent product!

So far, everything seems great!

I know what I'm about to say is extremely trivial, but I find it quite annoying all the same, and thought perhaps you could correct this with the release of 2.7.

On the Logs section of the Control Center, I'll compare what you have in the tree on the left to what you get in the right after clicking that item on the tree.

Event Log --- Event log
Threat Log --- Threat Log
NOD32 Scanner Logs --- NOD32 Scanner logs

Would be so greatful if you could just make the L's capital lol

[trjam]

got it.

[trjam]

In Nod32 on demand setup I see the new Adware/Spyware/Riskware ability along with Heueristics and Advanced Hueristics.

[NOD32 user]

Thanks for all the hard work ESET.

Looking good

[PaulBB]

Thanks, awesome news. Btw what is this?

NOD32 Lite Edition
http://www.eset.sk/produkty/nod32-lite-edition

[WSFuser]

http://www.3000ad.com/ubb/graemlins/w00t.gif, a beta!

maybe ill give it a spin...

[trjam]

Doing a full scan now. Saw a intersting box on intial setup already checked about checking for software that isnt good. It said something more definitive but I didnt pay attention. Guess BS is needed for tweaking, great job Eset. A beta out of you is like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

[Triple Helix]

Looking real good! I like the new features!!

Cheers,

TH

[Alphalutra1]

I will give this a test on my pc, even though i don't got a license, but I will take the trial offer and help report any bugs, just because I like this software and all. Great to see it progressing!

Alphalutra1

[shek]

Great job, ESET.

So far so good.

[webyourbusiness]

is there an admin or local mirror version?

[trjam]

Potentially unsafe software applications is the other new tic.

[Marcos]

Originally Posted by webyourbusiness

is there an admin or local mirror version?

ESET has never provided administrator version as beta. I for one do not think an administrator would put any beta on a production server they use. For testing purposes, standard version is enough as the mirror facility has not changed whatsoever.

[webyourbusiness]

Originally Posted by Marcos

ESET has never provided administrator version as beta. I for one do not think an administrator would put any beta on a production server they use. For testing purposes, standard version is enough as the mirror facility has not changed whatsoever.

I meant the local mirror version, not the remote administator tools. I have installed the beta 2.7 over the top of my personal desktop machine, and apart from the username/password changing to beta passwords, I've experienced no problems so far.

[ctrlaltdelete]

I tried to install on top of a non-english version, did not work

I noticed 1 screen (the AMON part) in the setup process was in the same language as my Windows is (Dutch).

Made some pictures during install, u can find them here.