Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Eset Smart Security

I know I might be a bit late on this, but I just decided to write a quick nice little review.  The product is Eset Smart Security, or ESS (aka Especially Stupid Security).

I came across it while looking for a decent firewall for Vista.  I used to use ZoneAlarm, but it caused some weird problems and so I removed it.  So I downloaded this and checked it out.

Quick Pros -

Free during beta

Clean interface

Exceptional Virus, Spyware, and firewall  protection

Quick Cons -

Some annoying bugs

No context menu integration - it's supposed to be added in the second release

Way bigger memory and CPU footprint than Nod32, but it's not unexpected (it's a security suite, after all!)

Final Verdict -

If you are a sort of advanced user, and don't mind a few little bugs, check this out while it 's free (although I'm sure there would be a crack for it as soon as it goes final on the market).  The firewall is decent, better than I thought, and the antivirus is Nod32, which says a whole lot.  For beginners and impatient users, I would recommend that you wait for at least the second beta release.

2 comments:

drago said...

:)

Anonymous said...

nice review, I liked it