Extensive protection of sensitive data is important in a home environment, as well as in any other. ESET Smart Security 4 represents a complex security solution for computers, which was improved and optimized to provide superior performance and small footprint simultaneously. ESET Smart Security 4 is created by a symbiosis of previously known and newly added features. These advanced technologies in combination with ESET´s famous Proactive Protection ensure comprehensive protection against viruses, trojans, worms, adware, spyware, phishing, rootkits. In other words, ESET Smart Security 4 is the result of ESET´s continuous quest for perfection in computer protection. download
The four main modules (Antivirus, Antispyware, Personal Firewall and Anti-Spam) were optimized to provide even better integrated protection by maintaining a high level of performance and speed simultaneously.
Included is also ESET´s famous Advanced Heuristics to protect from unknown threats and generic signatures for reliable detection of mutations of known viruses. ThreatSense® and ThreatSense®.NET technology minimize the vulnerability window after the virus outbreak and make the smart detection concept of ESET complete.
Main modules
- Antivirus
- Antispyware
- Personal Firewall
- Antispam
Other technologies
- Anti-Stealth technology against rootkits
- Protection against phishing attacks
- SysInspector
Key benefits
- Protection from the Unknown – Award-winning ThreatSense® technology delivers the most effective protection against new attacks on the market.
- Built for Speed – ESET’s solutions are lightning fast, delivering superior scanning performance.
- Easy on System Resources – ESET typically uses only 35-40MB of system memory, a fraction of what other products consume. Laptop users will welcome the new automatic energy-conserving battery mode.
- Easy on You – more user friendly than ever before – from the compact and intuitive interface, the minimal use of alerts, to self-training firewall – you will be up and running in a snap, hardly noticing the solution quietly working in the background.
New features
- Self-Defense – a built-in technology to prevent malicious software from corrupting or disabling the system’s security.
- SysRescue – allows user to create computer recovery medium on a CD and USB key for system boot-up.
- Portable media access control, including USB, CD, flash disc, closing this vector of potential malware infiltration.
- Encrypted communication – developed for Windows XP and Windows Vista to scan HTTPs and POP3s protocols for malware. Included is also the so-called “learning mode,” for the state-of-the-art firewall, affording even greater level of protection.
- Support of More E-mail clients, including Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird
- Non-Graphical User Interface with the option to switch automatically to high contrast mode when in Windows.
- Smart Optimalization – function permitting increase in the scanning speed
- Integrated ESET SysInspector – a powerful diagnostic tool for in-depth analysis of the operating system, including running processes, registry content, startup items and network connections.
- Integrated Anti-Stealth®– advanced technology to protect against rootkits
- Trusted Zone Authentication by identification of a server within the network or by the local network settings (works only with ESET Authentication Server)
- Firewall Profiles are new to group the user selected rules into profiles which can bring much better user experience