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ESET

ESET is a Bratislava company and one of the best-known antivirus makers in the world. It began in 1987, when Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško discovered a computer virus and wrote a program called NOD that could find and remove it.

The Vienna virus

In 1987 Trnka and Paško came across a computer virus that was later called Vienna. They wrote a program that detected and removed it. After the fall of communism the NOD project became a company that today employs thousands of people.

A global player

ESET protects millions of devices in homes and businesses in most countries of the world. Its researchers uncover large cyber campaigns, and their analyses are quoted by the world's media. The company's name refers to the Egyptian goddess Eset (Isis).

A Slovak tech success

ESET is proof that a global technology company can be built from Slovakia. It also supports education and science, for example through the ESET Science Award. More about threats in the article Cybersecurity.

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