Security Product Vendors → ESET phasing out NOD32 version 2.7

Thread at the ESET forum:

»www.wilderssecurity.com/ ··· t=262903

Press release:
»www.eset.eu/press-ESET-A ··· ivirus-2

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Bratislava, January 14, 2010
ESET Announces Plan to Discontinue NOD32 Antivirus 2.7ESET, a global provider of security solutions for enterprises and consumers, announces a plan that will lead to stop selling its obsolete version 2.7 and its all earlier releases of NOD32 Antivirus. Version 2.7 with support for MS Windows 95/98/ME/NT will be removed from ESET web sites, including product pages and e-Store on February 1st, 2010.

Technical support will no longer be provided for 2.7 as well as signature updates for the product will be stopped on February 1st, 2012.

ESET kindly recommends its customers to take advantage of the free upgrade to the current ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4, which offers significantly improved protection, new features and apparently easier-to-use configuration and scanning options.

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Knowledgebase article:
»kb.eset.com/esetkb/index ··· SOLN2386

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End of support for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7
KB Solution ID: SOLN2386|Last Revised: January 14, 2010
ESET will begin phasing out support for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7. On February 1, 2010 ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 software will be removed from ESET’s website and will no longer be sold. Virus Signature Database updates and customer support for NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be discontinued on February 1, 2012. ESET’s existing Knowledgebase content and product manuals for ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will continue to be available through the company website.

Support for this product version is being discontinued because it is outdated and relies on “retired” Microsoft operating systems. We recommend that customers who currently use ESET NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 upgrade to version 4.0, free of charge. Our latest version provides improved security and deeper functionality. For a list of frequently asked questions, please read the information below:

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So for existing users of NOD32 version 2.7:
Virus Signature Database updates and customer support for NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be discontinued on February 1, 2012.

I have some lower spec'd XP laptops @ work that version 4 slowed to a crawl. So, I went back to 2.7 on them. If they are still in use by then, I'll have to switch to something else...

Same here, HA Nut , got one on a straight Win 98 box that would choke totally on a 4.x build, as you say, time to start looking for something else.

Edit to add:Although

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Virus Signature Database updates and customer support for NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be discontinued on February 1, 2012.

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So, that is not that bad of a thing that ESET are pulling the proverbial plug immediately.
That gives folks time to shop around.

well thanks Jan....but this is the only version
I dig and that is to bad...now avast! fo ever!!

Hi guys,

I don't see reason to panic for the nearby future:
you can still keep using your 2.7 until 1 Feb 2012

i see them saying you can't buy it after feb 1....
how does one buy it today? i see no links nor see it listed in store. I also see a dos version listed under 'other products' but again no way to actually buy one.

I do plan on keeping a 98 machine in my collection.

Check under previous releases »www.eset.com/download/index.php#

ESET has removed all links for the 2.7 version installations.
For those that still run this version it will still be supported as already described in this thread.
If you have an installer of this build on-hand, keep it since you will no longer be able to download it directly from ESET.

That no longer works for 2.x builds, unfortunately.

Yep, they pulled it. I sincerely hope that Eset gets something going that is lighter than 4.x. Resource-wise, it and 2.7 are light years apart...

The Beta »ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2 BETA released seems to be a step in the right direction as ESET is leaning folks toward using it in lieu of some of the more recent 4.x builds which do have some bugs.

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The 4.2 Beta is NOT [Paid] - sorry about that folks, all that would like to test-drive are welcome.