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Because online safety has a direct correlation to user education, ESET Cybersecurity for Mac gives users both Internet security software and educational tools to help keep their computer data and personal information safe. Developed through ESET’s award-winning Securing Our eCity initiative and available exclusively as part of the ESET Cybersecurity for Mac product, the online training guides users through real-world scenarios via videos and other tools to better illustrate the need for increased protection. Through the online education exercises, users learn a variety of information to help keep their Mac safe, including leveraging a firewall, physical security best practices, the importance of updating software, email security tips, Internet usage best practices, strong password tips and staying safe on social networks.
“Staying safe online takes more than having a secure computer system, because the human element is often the weakest link,” said Charles Kolodgy, research vice president at IDC, in the press release. “In addition to security software, consumer education via online training is a crucial component in the fight against cybercrime.”
In addition to announcing ESET Cybersecurity for Mac for consumers, ESET is releasing ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Mac OS X. With businesses subject to regulatory compliance requirements to protect all endpoints, ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Mac improves compliance posture by ensuring up-to-date anti-malware protection for Macs as well as Windows and Linux platforms. ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Mac provides IT administrators with the ability to monitor all network endpoints across a multitude of operating systems, all from a single management console.
ESET Cybersecurity for Mac and ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Mac offer advanced security protection with unobtrusive interfaces that run in the background while delivering real-time protection from attacks. Both products use small amounts of memory and CPU resources to ensure optimum performance and offer a user-friendly interface.
Additional features include:
• Proactive cross platform protection – Protects against Mac, Windows and Linux malware
• Removable media control – Blocks usage of USB, Firewire, CD/DVD devices
• Full screen mode – No disruptions from alert and information windows when full screen applications like games or presentations are running
• Security settings control – Defines which user accounts have the capability to change settings
• Sample submission – Allows users to submit suspicious files to ESET Virus Lab for analysis and provides early warning of emerging threats
“To be truly cyber-secure, both businesses and individuals must not only be equipped with state-of-the-art security software, they must also understand the essential ways cybercriminals attempt to exploit their behavior,” said Anton Zajac, CEO of ESET, LLC. “ESET has been developing consumer and business training content and we are excited to be creating a new class of product that fuses these two essential elements of cybersecurity into a user-friendly solution.”
ESET Cybersecurity for Mac will be available for purchase in November 2010 at http://www.eset.com or through select retail outlets, including Apple, Fry’s Electronics, Office Max and Micro Center. The suggested retail price is US$39.99 for individual users which includes a one-year subscription and access to online training. The training will be immediately offered as part of the U.S. version of the product and will become available as part of the international version in early 2011.
ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Mac is available immediately at http://www.eset.com or through a network of worldwide partners.
For additional information, please visit http://www.eset.com/mac.
Source: ESET
I agree with Brian. Eset’s NOD 32 is probably the best security software for Windows. I have been using the beta of NOD 32 for Mac since Mac World Expo. It has yet to catch anything on my Mac mini. It did find a supposed Trojan on my friend’s hard drive that I was trying to recover his files using Disk Warrior. I agree the NOD 32 doesn’t seem to effect system resources or speed.
I’ll pass. As usual. No need for it.
I sacrifice a goat to Gozer, the Gozerian, on New Year’s Eve every year and have never gotten a virus on my Mac. And then I get to eat curried goat. Can ESET or any of the other vendors do better?
ESET Cybersecurity for Mac delivers advanced protection against internet security threats without impacting system performance.
TANSTAAFL!
I ran Norton Antivirus for a year on my first Powerbook. At the end of that year NAV prompted me to renew. On the prompt window was a button to press to see how NAV had been working to protect my computer. I pressed it. The report popped up:
Viruses Found And Removed: 0
Threats Encountered: 0
I did not renew my subscription.
At last Antivirus vendors starting to recognize the opportunity in MAC computers when malware threats are now also looking for new ground to do their business. http://renew-antivirus.com