ThreatSense.Net®

Global malware monitoring system

Products utilizing the ThreatSense® technology include also a new feature, ThreatSense.Net® — an online early warning system that monitors global malware epidemics. The gathered data is used to enhance the ThreatSense engine to detect new malware.

Customers can opt-in to automatically provide ESET’s researchers with anonymous data packages about new threats detected by NOD32 on their computers. Threats detected by advanced heuristics are analyzed, and an effective virus database update is launched before the threat can spread worldwide and mutate into numerous variations.

ESET respects its customers’ privacy — submitting of information is an optional feature. If user decides to send information, it is not only anonymous, but, in addition, all documents and files containing potentially sensitive data are excluded from submitting. Since its launching in March 2005, the technology gathered information from more than 10 mil. users, with the number still increasing. ThreatSense.Net® technology also enables users to manually submit such files that appear to be infected. These suspicious files are submitted in a secured, encrypted form directly to virus labs to be available to ESET’s analysts and experts. A suspicious fileisanalyzed, and if a new infiltration is detected, its sample is added to next update.