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NANO Antivirus Pro was available as a giveaway on June 30, 2023!
NANO Antivirus Pro is an effective and fast certified anti-virus solution which protects against any kinds of viruses, trojans, worms and other malware including their encrypted and polymorph varieties.
The key benefits of NANO Antivirus Pro are:
- High level of protection against all common types of threats.
- High performance, efficiency, simplicity and usability.
- Handy licensing scheme for the protection of all your devices.
NANO Antivirus Pro is easy to install and use. It’s ready to protect your PC right from the box without any additional settings. But you can also use a lot of settings to customize your antivirus for your needs.
NANO Antivirus Pro is certified by Intel, OPSWAT and recommended by Microsoft. The product is repeatedly awarded by the test laboratory VB100 for the highest quality.
System Requirements:
Windows Server 2008 R2 or later (x32/x64)/ 7/ 8/ 8.1/ 10/ 11 ; Minimum requirements : Windows 7 and higher; CPU: 2 GHz or faster with SSE2 support; RAM: 2 Gb or more; Available hard disk space: no less than 3 Gb; Internet connection
Publisher:
NANO SecurityHomepage:
https://nano-av.com/File Size:
9.97 MB
Licence details:
200 days
Price:
$14.99
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Based on the install/setup executable details, the Properties show version 1.0.146.25785. In the developer's website News section, it started in 2015 and the last issue was in 2020. In 2020, the version tested by Virus Bulletin in the vb100 list was version 1.0.134.90567. Some people will see the major version number and presume the program is not progressing, but that is a common fallacy. You cannot determine whether a program is being maintained based on a major version number alone. The four group versioning system may be used in a different manner. Nano AV has a large (5 digit) number as the fourth group. That alone could mean that the program has more frequent updates than others that use a slightly different numbering system; nuff said 'bout that.
Going back in previous years (before 2020), Nano AV has consistently identified 100% of "in the wild" viruses (WildList detection 100.0%) on Virus Bulletin, however its diversity rating in 2020 was a low 83.15%.
2019-10 Nano AV was not tested due to technical problems
2019-08 For NANO Antivirus, the diversity test results for Windows 7 were discarded due to technical issues.
2019-06 WildList detection 100.0% - Diversity Test rate 99.80%
2019-04 WildList detection 100.0% - Diversity Test rate 99.29%
2018-02 Catch rate 100.0% - (Test reporting changed after 2018-02)
2017-08 Catch rate 100.0%
2017-06 Catch rate 100.0%
As for Virus Bulletin, their last newsletter was in December 2019, so I do not know if they are operating the same, but their testing page shows that the last report was for June 2023 (View the results of the VBSpam June 2023 (Q2 2023) test.)
I will not fault them for not keeping a Newsletter going.
As Mike mentioned, Virus writers will always target the largest audience, and Windows Defender is in that largest category. Very often the lesser known AntiVirus programs are ignored by Virus writers due to the smaller return in investment of their time. Therefore, I would not have a problem installing Nano AV on a computer that uses Windows Defender. I already have a system in place and feel no need to change.
I am not connected to Nano AntiVirus in any manner. Like others, I would like to see some later test reports that show excellent results.
Also, I have no connection with Virus Bulletin.
Regardless, always invest some time in doing your own research.
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Nano offer a free version with real-time protection.
As far as security goes … NOTHING is secure. It depends on your needs how much security you need and what dangerous stuff you do on the Net on a daily basis. For the average user, let me tell you, Windows Pro configured properly you are Ok with Windows Defender. You are even good with the built-in Windows Firewall.
Go ahead and give Nano a try. Uninstall it if it is giving you a headache.
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"recommended by Microsoft" - so Microsoft provides its own antivirus program but recommends a different one ?
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In order to be called antivirus, you need to know the virus and create net around it or remove it. However all anti virus software have no idea what the next virus will look like like or what it will do or under what name will surface, therefore, all antivirus software work after the fact (damage done). It is a false feeling of security, without knowing the virus first, therefore, all antivirus software work in the dark and promise to be first to find it and remove it, hence updates are done monthly, weekly or daily.
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What you are saying is about 15 years out of date. Look up "heuristic analysis", especially as it applies to "zero-day vulnerability". One of many examples is the "Bitdefender B-HAVE" engine. Almost every popular AV has heuristics built-in these days.
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"In order to be called antivirus, you need to know the virus and create net around it or remove it."
Waaaayyyy back when McAfee invented [or at least popularized] anti virus software, yeah, that was pretty much it. And that method is still used, e.g., Virus Total and published indicators of compromise -- cisa.gov/news-events/events/understanding-indicators-compromise-ir108
Often that's enough -- not every cyber criminal gang has or invests the resources to develop something like BlackLotus, or wants / needs to pay $5000 for a license. There's plenty of low hanging fruit.
That said, zero days -- exploits targeting vulnerabilities that are unknown -- do exist, though they *usually* are used against high value targets since they are expensive, and once someone finds it, it *usually* becomes ordinary malware. As Jason posted, security apps like Defender or the Bitdefender he mentions use heuristics to spot suspicious behavior, IT dept.s scan logs for their entire network to spot suspicious activity, and big companies like Microsoft & Google are working with AI to monitor networks.
Regarding NANO Antivirus Pro, a quick Google did not come up with any hits for the common AV test sites like AV-Test.org. That doesn't mean it's good or bad -- it just hasn't gone through their processes to get evaluated. Free AV software without nags may be hard to come by, so for many it will be worth a shot. You **may** also be able to hedge your bets a little bit -- Defender normally takes a back seat when 3rd party AV software is installed, but the Microsoft PC Mgr. Beta seems to wake it up to take a more active role. pcmanager-en.microsoft.com/
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mike, Asking Google's 'Bard' "What was the date of the review of "NANO Antivirus Pro" reviewed by PCMag?" found February 2019. AV-Test reviewed NANO Antivirus Pro in March 2022. The review was titled "NANO Antivirus Pro 2022: Good Protection and Performance". In the review, AV-Test gave NANO Antivirus Pro a rating of 6 out of 6 stars for protection and 5.5 out of 6 stars for performance. PCWorld reviewed NANO Antivirus Pro in June 2020. This, all to say, means the program has been reviewed by reputable companies...........just not often or recent.
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Hott, So because no one has reviewed it recently you think that means it must be old
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How it is better and how it compares to Avast is what I want to know; a comparison table to all the other AV programs would be good to see. without that, I have to vote thumbs down. Sorry..
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Morgan Pierce, there are a number of sites /orgs that perform that testing & ranking, and they are what media companies like PC Mag use when they review AV software. Not everyone agrees that their tests & ranking are accurate in the real world, and some don't like the process they have to go through to get evaluated. Personally, I agree with you that it would be helpful in this case.
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Morgan Pierce, no disagreement, but here's some help: https://www.av-comparatives.org/consumer/ . They regularly test AV programs.
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I would consider it if it was crossplatform on Linux, but as is, there are plenty of AV's to choose from. Others might prefer crossplatform on Mac, another consideration.
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Giving this a WIDE berth - They say: "The product is repeatedly awarded by the test laboratory VB100 for the highest quality". Well, unless I am missing something, this has not been the case since Feb 2020.
Does not give the greatest confidence, especially since is didn't do brilliantly back then either.
Most of the products tested then had a Diversity test rate of over 98% (a lot had 99-100%), NANO scored 83.15%!
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I have used NANO Antivirus before, and had no problems with it. I found it to be okay on resources. Its a nice, handy antivirus. I think the free version is all anyone needs as it offers real time protection. I think the prices (longer, the cheaper) are reasonable.
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I see no benefit of installing an unknown antivirus program when a FREE Microsoft Defender Antivirus is installed on this PC, while Nano Antivirus Pro, which is now being offered will probably be a payment version!
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Amee Robertson,
But if you installed it, and it found a trojan/virus or two, despite Defender being installed, would you see the point then?
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Amee Robertson, I'm with you, I see no point installing something with a 200 day license when there is plenty of permanently free antivirus software out there that does the same job, and probably better than this unheard of software.
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Amee Robertson, In last few years Windows defender has rated in top 5. I still use Kaspersky as some malware with fast systems can't catch or react before it's too late, especially ransomware.
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Terry E. If Defender says, "no action needed" then I believe that!
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"I see no benefit of installing an unknown antivirus program when a FREE Microsoft Defender Antivirus is installed on this PC..."
Many [most?] cyber criminals are in it for a payday, vs. state actors involved in espionage etc. They design their malware to avoid detection as best possible, turning off or working around AV software. With so many 3rd party AV apps it's hard if even possible to try and work around every one of them, but one thing's for sure, every copy of Win10 & 11 comes with Defender, so it's targeted more than anything else.
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