How come ESET Smart Security is getting very poor performance results?

[Berryracer]

I always though Eset Smart Security and NOD32 were the lightest and least obtrusive security solution since their debut of version 2 and nothing comes close to their lightness,

look at this score:

AV-Test

What gives?

 

[Virgorising]

I always though Eset Smart Security and NOD32 were the lightest and least obtrusive security solution since their debut of version 2 and nothing comes close to their lightness,

look at this score:

AV-Test

What gives?

Slow down, Neo! I believe U R missing the scoring was not on a scale of 1-10.....but 1 to SIX.

So, the app scores really well!

Check out the industry averages.

 

[Lifted]

According to that one site you linked to. Another site shows it being a top performer. In the real world these performance tests don't mean much in the decision making process when determining which AV solution to deploy.

 

[Virgorising]

According to that one site you linked to. Another site shows it being a top performer. In the real world these performance tests don't mean much in the decision making process when determining which AV solution to deploy.

NO, the site he linked us to shows the SAME, there is no disparity; he just missed the scale in the first one. Scroll up. And sorry, I read reviews with detailed metrics for every build of every app I own or want to own, given, tHEY CHANGE OVER TIME. In this technology, boy, those are in no way arbitrary or subjective. And, they MATTER.

I do the same re benchmarks re CPUs. Don't you???

 

[Lifted]

NO, the site he linked us to shows the SAME, there is no disparity

No, the site he linked shows performance as 2/6, tied for last place out of the 25 products reviewed.

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/home-user/windows-7/julaug-2013/

tHEY CHANGE OVER TIME

Exactly.

Performance can change after every engine or definition update, so unless they measure "performance" over the course of a year, it means little.

This site shows the ESET suite in 3rd out of 21 for performance.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/avc_per_201206_en.pdf

Granted, that was June 2012, but the site the OP linked shows ESET in 16th out of 25 during the same time period.

Some AV products are faster with web browsers, some faster with office suites, and others faster with java, or archives, or email, or...

When it comes to businesses there's much more at play, such as the management tools, number of incidents of updates causing downtime, 3rd party support, availability and quality of support from the vendor, etc.

The point is, testing methodologies play a huge role in the outcome of these tests. There's also the potential for bias. In the end you have to test several products, perhaps based on sites such as the one the OP linked to, and use what works best for your environment and wallet.

 

[Virgorising]

Peformance was only one element out of three. In the other two, it rated HIGH.

I switched to Norton IS when I did, based on perusing many detailed reviews via reputable sources. Its performance continues to corroborate all of them. And I am vigilent and very picky. Not to mention I have never had an infection of any significance. Once in a while in a hurry top download and test something, I get a BHO. I Do away with it immediately. I think 4 years ago I got a trojan. But that was nothing. Can't remember what I was running re protection at the time. But it wasn't Norton.

If that changes, I will then consider something else.

Finis.

 

[Lifted]

Peformance was only one element out of three.

And performance is the topic of this thread. In case you somehow missed the title:

How come ESET Smart Security is getting very poor performance results?

 

[Virgorising]

And performance is the topic of this thread. In case you somehow missed the title:

Sigh. The OP, whom I happen to like, turns at high RPMs and often becomes obsessed over minute elements in many things, hence the title of this thread. He did the same re FX updates.

So, please stop this isometric struggle of nit picking; YOU had some perspective on THE OFTEN MOOT and varying reality of this element in your previous post.

Discerning people come to know which are the elements important to them and for which reasons...in my case: detection rates, definitions databases/updates, infection preclusion....resource usage. I also like invisible auto scanning when the system is idle.

Time for we here to sleep!!!!