ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 for Mac ( CRAP )

It's still beta version, isn't it?
Why have you actually wanted to run such unsafe software, wasted a lot of time, even if you usually never had problems with Apple?

Hopefully you checked their forum first?

Kaspersky AV for Mac is also trying; Symantec is more trouble - obviously some people run Windows and share files, emails, pdf docs as well and need to or are req'd even.

And always always always have good solid off line backups, bootable clones and images.

Re ESET NOD32 AntiVirus for Mac

Well, I did install and run the scan without nothing showing as a problem. However, when I wanted to remove the app after reading some comments here and despite their suggestion just to do Force Quit, I decided not to follow their recommendation as I don't know where they would take me. For example, when I wanted to simply trash it, it could not be done, so I was not confident to follow their advice and open ESET .dmg file and start Uninstal.

The best advice I found is on this forum: go to System Prefs/Accounts, find apps that load automatically, and delete the ESET file from there (the icon was on the white bar line on my desktop). Then you can trash the app straight from 'Application Folder' as well as their quarantine folder in System Library/Application Support/ESET.

And what works on Windows doesn't seem to carry over very well, ie, even Intego has trouble and causes a performance hit.

With Norton, maybe the best advice is to check out their own Community Forum, keep it away from normal production or system for daily use, and set it up on a TEST CLONE. If OS X could be test run in a VM that would be dandy, but can't, where all changes are discarded when shutdown.

ESET NOD32 forum any help?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15

Snow Leopard compatible? I noticed OP said they used Drive Genius 2, and I am pretty sure you need to upgrade to DG3 to be safe, same as every OS update where Disk Warrior and TechTool Pro had to be updated. (There is Data Rescue 3 as well.)

People often say that they don't see the need for uninstallers and that is a PLUS over Windows. I kind of like having a central location and means to uninstall scripts trigger from a Programs control panel.

Another way to "uninstall" is to rollback to prior to point in time. There aren't any such "Sandbox" tools though where you can setup and then test and when done, tell the system to undo everything.

Thanks The hater,

Here is my beef. When I downloaded NOD32 dmg file and opened it, there was an 'Uninstall' icon, but after the installation, there was no folder or 'package' with Read-me or Uninstall—only the app.

It must be me, but I get cold feet when I see these omissions. AntiVirus on Windows is a headache issue where fake sites are lurking to mess with the system (it happened to me with ESET as well). Serious software developers/companies should pay attention to that and do all possible to protect the user.

Windows 7 and just MSSE is all most anyone should need unless they download untrusted files or torrents.

So you just need the DMG and maybe copy the contents and the uninstaller. I have a huge folder/sub folders for all the packages, installers, and rather than keep them on DMG I copy them off and have both.

TechTool Pro also has some stealth tricks. Application package script, hidden into places and added to launchd I suppose. I actually wanted to learn and compare Vista 4 yrs ago and now I know better what I like.