In parallel with NOD, the company also started developing Perspekt. It wasn't until 1992 when Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško, together with Rudolf Hrubý, established ESET as a privately owned limited liability company in the former Czechoslovakia. Under the communist regime, private entrepreneurship was banned. The product NOD was launched in Czechoslovakia when the country was part of the Soviet Union's sphere of influence.

At present, ESET is regularly recognized as Slovakia's most successful company on an annual basis and as Europe's biggest privately held cybersecurity company. This sparked an idea between friends to help protect PC users and soon grew into an antivirus software company. However, its history dates back to 1987, when two of the company's founders, Miroslav Trnka and Peter Paško, developed their first antivirus program called NOD. The company was founded in 1992 in Bratislava, Slovakia. ESET's security products are made in Europe and provide security software in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, and its software is localized into more than 30 languages. MSPs must switch to ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux by August 3, 2022.ESET, s.r.o., is a Slovak software company specializing in cybersecurity.

MSPs: Can temporarily switch to ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Linux Desktop.

Home users with a multi-platform license (ESET Internet Security, ESET Smart Security Premium or other home bundle licenses) are not eligible for the free upgrade to ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux.

More information will be provided by email.

Existing users with a single home license for ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop will get the new ESET PROTECT Essential On-Prem license bundle for Linux free of charge.

Business license users: To protect Linux-operated devices after August 3, 2021, business license bundles will be available for new customers, for example, ESET PROTECT Entry which includes ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux.

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