Multiple platform, award-winning, standalone 32-bit antivirus system with easy-to-use graphical user interface for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003 and Windows XP. Also available for DOS, Novell Netware (server), Lotus Domino, Linux mail and file servers (Linux, RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Debian, OpenBSD,...) on x86 platform. Centralized management of NOD32's network installations is provided by Remote Administrator (console&server).

NOD32 supports both automatic and manual updates. By default, an automatic update task is scheduled after the installation of NOD32. If necessary, a manual update can be forced by clicking the Update now button in the main update panel.

The NOD32 installers available on our website are indeed self-extracting archives. After you download the particular installer and save it to the disk, run it from that location. The files will be extracted (by default, to C:\Program Files\Eset\Install directory) and the setup program will be launched automatically.

First, the conventional "identification by signature or file name" which is common to all current antivirus programs. Second, by using heuristics (standard or advanced) to check other file characteristics which may be indicative of malware.

NOD32 can be uninstalled directly from the Start menu - Programs (All programs) - Eset - Uninstall, or trough Start - Settings - Control panel - Add / Remove programs

All are centralized in NOD32 Control Center shown after double-clicking the white-green CC icon in the lower-right corner of your screen.

To update NOD32 manually, open NOD32 Control Center - Update - Update and click the Update now button in the right-pane.

years ago the answer to this question would have been 'Once a month'. Times have changed. While most products still offer monthly updates, many developers now offer daily, weekly and even hourly updates. If you receive many untrusted items daily, you may want to consider daily or weekly updates. If you rarely receive e-mail or new applications, you may feel a monthly update is sufficient.

No, at the time an update is to be performed it's crucial to have a connection to the Internet already established.

NOTE: OfficeScan is not supported on personally owned computers. For personally owned computers, PC-cillin Internet Security is the antivirus software provided at no cost to all UW faculty, staff, and students. See the PC-cillin Internet Security FAQ (www.uwyo.edu/askit/displaydoc.asp?askitdocid=572&parentid=1) for further information on this software. See How to Install and Update OfficeScan (http://www.uwyo.edu/askit/displaydoc.

The preferred method of payment is by IDEAL. IDEAL can process Rabobank, ABNAmro, SNS bank, ING bank and Postbank payments. Later on this year payment by Paypal is possible. Paypal can process credit card payments (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discovery).

The version number of the currently installed virus signature database appears in the status window of all NOD32 modules as well as among NOD32 System information. If your NOD32 is out-dated, a pop-up notification window will appear at NOD32's startup. To make sure you have the most current version installed, visit our website www.koopnod32.nu and compare the version number provided by your NOD32 with that listed on the website.

The NOD32 on-demand scanner provides an on-demand virus checking of your disks. It is recommend to carry our a full system scan of all disks on a regular basis.

Because its definitions are broken. Inform the vendor about the problem and wait a few days until updated definitions are out.

We generally update every 2-3 weeks. We have customers all around the world, so to be fair, we try to vary our update schedules. If you'd like to know when we update, join our mailing list. (However we do sometimes sneak in an update without a newsletter, so check back on a regular basis! ;-D) While we endeavor to give individual attention to all of the crystals on the site, it is physically (and energetically) impossible to give a reading on every crystal.

Some poorly programmed anti virus software will alert you when a program tries to write any files into your computer’s hard drive. Our file merger software takes a few small files and turns them back into one LARGE file. In order to do so, it MUST write the file into your hard drive.

Antigen products support multiple scan engines from industry-leading vendors. Below is a chart of what scan engines are available with each product. Messaging Security Suite1 (Includes Antigen for Exchange, Antigen for SMTP Gateways, and Antigen Spam Manager) a best practice, Microsoft recommends that customers do not activate more than five engines in any given Antigen product installation.

Your computer may have come preinstalled with antivirus software, however, you may need to configure it to receive regular updates. If you do not have any antivirus software the university has a site license for Anti-Virus software of which more details can be found here.