Whether you’re sending someone off to grade school, high school, or heading to an extended education class yourself, everyone deserves to be as safe as possible while on campus (and beyond). With e-learning on the rise and all education becoming increasingly digital, safety doesn’t just mean being physically secure: Your data, your banking info, and even your identity itself are under regular threat.
That’s where the ESET Smart Security Premium service comes in—and now through September 16, you can save 30% off a full year of protection(Opens in a new window) for your Windows, iOS, or Android device.
With Smart Security Premium, your digital defenses start with LiveGuard, a new personalized service that’s designed to stop a wide range of threats, including ones that have never been seen before. Documents, scripts, installers, and .exe files all get scanned for suspicious intent, and if the LiveGuard system determines them to be a threat, they’re run inside a special “sandboxed” environment at ESET HQ before they’re allowed to proceed.
You’ll also get ESET’s NOD32 Antivirus technology. In PCMag’s review, we ranked it as “excellent” for a comprehensive package that “offers numerous features beyond the basics of deleting malware and preventing new attacks.” We also called the Device Control system “the most comprehensive we’ve seen.”
Beyond that, Premium subscribers will also receive banking and payment protection, password protection, customizable parental control settings, and webcam protection, keeping you safe from outside monitoring during remote learning and all your other online meetings. Anti-phishing and anti-theft monitoring is also part of the package, which protects you from attempts to steal your usernames and passwords through threats like homoglyph attacks (where similar-looking characters are swapped to create fraudulent links that look legit).
All of this comes in a very small digital footprint, which fits into any type of system environment and keeps your device’s performance level high. This also means that updates are also equally small, saving you time and bandwidth. You’ll know what’s going on within that bandwidth thanks to their Connected Home Layer, which shows you what’s happening on your network and outlines vulnerabilities like open ports and unpatched software issues.
Don’t need that much extra protection? No worries: all three of ESET’s main digital security products are on sale for 30% off across the board, including their Basic Protection and Advanced Protection Packages. No matter what you feel you need, you can lock in a full year of savings now and stay safe throughout the school year and next summer, too.
More great news for students (and gamers, too): Smart Security Premium has a special “silent mode” that automatically kicks in when any program starts running in full-screen, and it also postpones system updates and notifications to optimize your resources elsewhere. This is especially helpful while streaming video or sharing presentations, so you don’t get thrown off message in the middle of that PowerPoint you put together for class.
Even if you only need a couple of these security services, investing in the Premium Suite today could save a lot of time, money, and aggravation down the road if you do lose control of your bank info and passwords or fall prey to an accidental click in a spam email.
Head to the ESET site(Opens in a new window), grab the discount before it expires, and spend the rest of the next year in a safer digital space.
