Are There Patterns in Antivirus Software Theft?Īntivirus software consistently ranks among the most pirated applications– perhaps because it is needed by such a wide range of users. The piracy channel is a viral sounding board for new products and features, so it makes sense that ESET would see a surge in popularity having just released a new version. One the other hand, ESET, which released a new version of Nod32 Antivirus software in mid-October, barely registered on V.i. Labs’ list of most pirated software applications altogether. It claimed 8.1 percent of the antivirus market behind Microsoft, Avast, and AVG in 2014, and this year slipped to the 7th spot, claiming 4.2 percent of market share, according to this year’s data from OPSWAT, which sells services and products to manage and secure IT infrastructure.Ĭould the uptick in piracy of its marquee product be a factor in this reversal? On one hand, it’s worth nothing that Symantec’s market share also dipped slightly in this year’s OPSWAT analysis, yet it dropped off V.i. Meanwhile, an analysis by OPSWAT doesn’t show a single ESET product among 2015’s most popular.Īt the same time its popularity soared in the pirated category (it ranked 8 out of 11 last year), ESET itself lost legitimate market share. NovemMichael Goff an antivirus software product out there surging in popularity – and you would never know it from looking at its legitimate market share.ĮSET Nod32 Antivirus Version 8 ranked as the most pirated antivirus software in an analysis by V.i. Pirated Antivirus Applications 2015: A Closer Look
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