hi
please help me here, am trying to choose a security software for my xp. but am stuck here, because both of these products eset smart security and symantec endpoint protection v11 are very good.

all i want to know is which one of these will give me the best protection, and also consume few system resources

thank you.

ESET all the way!

Eset

Eset

Symantec in my humble opinion, but I would advice you to install each on a test system and compare the foot print.

Eset still

I personally prefer Avast for antivirus, Comodo for firewall.

I think eset smart security is better than symantec
With eset smart security , it’s not necessary to sacrifice speed for detection. Scanning and update processes happen behind the scene without a perceptible decrease in performance.eset smart security Antivirus includes one of the fastest scanners in the industry,

Compare antivirus software and you'll discover that eset smart security is by far one of the smallest applications in the industry, especially for providing protection against a wide range of threats. For example, the v2.7 of ESET NOD32 Antivirus installer is just 11 MB. The program utilizes approximately 15 to 22 MB of RAM.


Forrest
Brothersoft Support

Eset Smart Security

hmmm..... i wonder how many of these answers are based on tests that they ran on each of the applications

One: mine

ESET with no questions asked.symantec has shown over time that their products doesnt even worth looking at... its hasnt been only my experience!

Have you used both in a multi-country based company, consisting of 55.000 users in one of these countries alone? The solutions which Symantec offers for corporate environments beats ESET every day in regards to configurability, management, scalability, et cetera.

If you need more opinions: ESET

what the heck!!? why is this even an argument? in the past, symantec has been more of a virus than anythign else. i thought this was common knowledge!
for one thing it uses HUGE system resources. that is an ABSOLUTE FACT.

to make it worse for symantec, ESET is INSANELY more effective. amongst the best in the industry. Its heuristics are unbeatable. eset either matches or beats symantec in every way when it comes to detection.

so you have eset, that uses virtually no system resources AND catches more. then of course there was the discovery that Norton 2005 actually ran as a rootkit, behind the scenes, the only antivirus to do so, so you didnt actually know what the hell it was doing (and why it uses so much resources). it was practically a virus. even after uninstalling, you needed special tools to completely remove it.

i dont know. im not an expert. im really not. if youre concerned about virus detection: ESET. footprint: Eset. the rest of it...whatever.

most of the problems ive had with peoples PC's in the past has been because of symantec. either because it completely failed to stop anything, or (even more often) it was the virus itself.

No, that is not a fact. You are mistaken older Norton products for home users with corporate Symantec products. Symantec Endpoint Protection is a corporate solution. ESET is fine for home use, not for use in a corporate environment.

But now that I have read the opening post again, it seems like the topic starter wants a home use solution, so why would the topic starter even bother looking at corporate solutions?

ESET Nod32 3 all the way....

ESET Nod32 Antivirus

actualy i have tried the symantec corporate edition before and i know how it works but i would love to know how the symantec corporate solution beat eset? what does the symantec has to offer that eset doesnt?
not to mention the last proactive test from av-comparatives which eset passed by finding 71% of the viruses with NO false detection.now correct me if im wrong that heuristic detection is very important in a corporate network.
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2007_11.php
BTW have you compared the resources each product takes when they are active? you'll be shocked when you see the numbers.

ESET NOD32 is the best all around for corporate users, the best companies in the world use eset
Reference: http://www.eset.com/company/customers.php
wow, microsoft is its customer

Eset ranks the best at every valid comparitive site ive seen, researching this proves this as fact.

I would love to know how many of you have deployed and managed both of these products in a corporate environment. Has anyone honestly used both? (Personally i have done one of the two so i will not comment on on Vs the other)

As stated before, me.