NOD32 Delivers Proactive Protection Against Rootkits

Eset’s NOD32 with ThreatSense� technology has been further enhanced to protect users and organisations against stealth rootkit applications. Rootkits, which by design are highly undetectable, are widely known to escape discovery by traditional signature-based antivirus methods.

Rootkits recently came to public attention when it was discovered that Sony included a rootkit on some of its music CDs and video DVDs in an effort to prevent illegal copying and distribution of copyrighted material. Designed specifically to be invisible� to users, rootkits can be used to hide malicious software, giving criminals the opportunity to exploit unprotected computers.

Rootkit detection is based on the new generation of intelligent signatures, which are a part of the ThreatSense technology says Richard Marko, chief software engineer for ESET. Currently, ESET is the only integrated threat protection system known to proactively detect even unknown rootkits.

Rootkit protection is available immediately to current NOD32 license holders and will be automatically installed to computers configured to receive automatic program component updates.

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