nod32

What really slows Windows down

This article suggests what we already knew (and what our customers quite often suspect) - Norton's products grinds your machine down to a snails pace while "Nod32 gets good security reviews and seems to leave the system fairly nippy".

The article and it's conclusion.

How to update NOD32 with new license details.

A simple flash animation on how to update NOD32 with new license details. Just click on the Yellow Next button to move to the next step.

We also have a PDF which details the main steps to update NOD32

And remember, if you need to buy NOD32 licenses, You can now buy NOD32 direct from RunPCRun.

TightVNC and NOD32

After the virus signature database update on 25th April NOD32 started to detect TightVNC (usually at c:\Program Files\TightVNC\WinVNC.exe) and an associated .dll as a threat.

By way of a solution disable 'Potentially Dangerous Applications' in the NOD32 Control Center under AMON > Setup > Options

There is a Flash demonstration for it here - Show Me

Merging NOD32 registry entries around a domain

If your on a domain and you can log onto a machine as administrator, here's how to quickly update each PC.

Update one machine and export the
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Eset\Nod\CurrentVersion
\Modules\Update\Settings\Config000\Settings]

key, and edit and delete all except the un/pw (example below)

Download Psexec from Sysinternals.

then go to the cmd line and type.

psexec -d -s \\thepc c:\windows\regedit.exe -s \\server\public\av.reg

where \\thepc is the PC you want to update

The best antivirus for your money - ESET's NOD32

runPCrun is a NOD32 reseller. Please check out our stance on reviews and recommendations.

RunPCRun recommends ESET's NOD32 antivirus products for all our clients.
This article covers the advantages we perceive of using NOD32 over other (perhaps better known) products.


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