Microsoft using NOD32 still?

Hi

I've seen a link here recently (that i think ronjor posted) to a site that contains information on how Microsoft uses NOD32 to scan its products before release. Is this true for all products, or at least all major products (office, windows, etc) that Microsoft sell on CD? and is it worldwide?

If this is the case, then why don't Eset make more of this? Seems like quite a good selling point to me. I wanted to check here for any comment, official or otherwise, before I start spreading the news around my part of the world.

thanks, lee

 

Hi Lee,
You know it seemed like a big thing to me to hear that M$ were using NOD32, and it is.
I realised later on that ESET has a stronger position for themselves by not normally mentioning that but instead relying on the strengths of their product - zero hour protection through advanced heuristics, high scanning speed and low system resource consumption, great ROI for business and low cost for class leading protection for home users.

 

Very good...MS using NOD32.....that's a good news...

 

dose this mean nod32 is the best and stongest antvirus

 

Microsoft Release Labs Renews Its License With Eset’s NOD32 Anti-Virus Software
http://www.nod32.com/about/press.htm

 

home user protection is differnt than protect company computer

 

I don't think so. Business networks may or may not be well run, may or may not be well protected, may or may not have windows critical updates, staff may still be able to install junkware, they may or may not have their own mail server...could be using plain old POP e-mail.

Curious what Microsoft's plans are for eXtendia...that dual engined antivirus that they snagged up majoriy shareholding of.

I don't know what antivirus Microsoft uses on ALL their networks though.

 

big Business networks like in microsft they dont realy only on antvirus only !!! the have alot os security softwares ,filters , network filters , email filters , network firewalls , system montring , limet of using intrnet .................. , so they dont need for strong antivrus , so they use easy and light antvirus

its different than home user , they dont have a lot of this security software and they have alot of virus soures,
so they need very strong antvirus

 

well, and if someday microsoft decide not to use anymore the nod, this will mean that is not a good software?

 

not me !!!! i will not say that

some pepole use the news to prove the nod32 is strongest antvir because microsoft use it !!!

and i belive this is not the way to say the nod32 is strong , there is a trust way to say that is by testing it like http://www.av-comparatives.org/

here we can know the power of any antivirus

do you agree with me ?

 

absolutely agree

 

Microsoft snagged RAV, not Extendia. RAV's engine was used in Extendia products, but has since been replaced by BitDefender's engine in the GDATA AV's--from which Extendia is derived. Extendia is still using the RAV engine in some of their stuff, but I don't believe they will much longer.

 

HI GUYS.


M$ used Norton before....

 

...then they saw the light

 

yeah man.

being nod user 4 a year now.

Only av that challenged me besides nod....pc-cillin

 

maby the price and cost and service ,,, is make M$ decied to change from norton to nod32

 

c'mon....norton sucks.

if not then world is a fair place and all of a sudden pc brands give away the best av for free.

 

Just FYI, Microsoft uses Nod only in its release labs, and together with a number of other AV's. To protect their own network, they use the solution from Computer Associates (the enterprise version of eTrust).

Sorry if this is disappointing for someone.

 

sure about that?

 

Not sure why you might think it would disappoint someone?

Seems good to me that MS uses NOD in its release labs.

 

Hey with u.

NOD STILL #1 4 M.

NOT THE 1 DISSAPOINTED. I CAN BET HALF OF THE CROWD IN FORUM IS CHECKING OUT EZ.

 

MS might be using NOD32 internally in some areas/depts, but it's interesting to note that they use something else for scanning Hotmail atts.

I believe they now use Trend Micro after previously using McAfee.


StevieO

 

Not disappointed me.
Today I read a news about a security hole in Computer Associates's AV.
Disappointed will be Microsoft.

Best Regards,

DonKid.

 

True, however Microsofts network...I'd consider that waaaaaaaaaaaay above the norm, far from your typical business network. 95% of other business networks however...don't have luxuries like these.

Business e-mails can also manage to attract more problems then the average home users. Poorly designed websites with contact pages that have direct e-mail links without encoding (harvesting spiders), contact lists from other businesses without good protection (worms that hit WAB/PAB/PSTs), etc etc.

 

Just a bummer for those IT guys who have to support it. I've not been a fan of Innoculan/InnoculateIT/EZTrust, or any CAI products. One of the first big boy to farm out support overseas, ever try talking to their support while in a noisy server room? Language barrier compounded by background noise = frustration to the Nth degree.

Not to mention I've seen a virus make it past it more than once, even taking servers down.