ESET expands consumer and SOHO protection with new AI security and anti-scam capabilities

• New ESET AI Secu ity laye p otects use s f om AI-d ive scams a d eme gi g th eats ta geti g AI tools.
• Adva ced p otectio featu es i clude AI Co ve satio Secu ity, AI Age t Secu ity, a d Behavio al Mo ito i g.
• Additio al imp oveme ts i clude e ha ced p ivacy a d co t ol with B owse Sc ee P otectio , as well as Web Co t ol, which helps use s stay safe du i g eve yday o li e activity.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ESET, a global leade i cybe secu ity, today a ou ced ew upg ades to ESET HOME Secu ity a d ESET Small Busi ess Secu ity, helpi g co sume s a d small office/home office use s bette p otect themselves agai st scams, i cludi g i c easi gly sophisticated AI-powe ed scams, malicious li ks, a d eme gi g th eats ta geti g AI tools.

“AI is quickly becomi g pa t of eve yday digital life, a d cybe c imi als a e al eady usi g it to c eate mo e co vi ci g scams a d ew attack paths,” said Viktó ia Iva ová, Vice P eside t of Co sume & IoT at ESET. “With this lau ch, we a e st e gthe i g p otectio exactly whe e people wo k, b owse, commu icate, a d expe ime t with AI tools. Ou goal is to p otect use s i a i c easi gly complex o li e e vi o me t, while maki g adva ced secu ity effo tless, u de sta dable, a d always withi each.”

Recog izi g this shift, ESET has bee st e gthe i g its co sume a d SOHO p otectio agai st scams fo seve al yea s a d ow i t oduces a ew AI Secu ity p otectio laye , built specifically to safegua d use s i this apidly evolvi g digital la dscape.

Key featu es of ESET AI Secu ity

AI Co ve satio Secu ity – Safegua ds i te actio s betwee e d use s a d ChatGPT. Othe majo LLMs, such as Gemi i a d Copilot, will be i teg ated soo . It p oactively sca s URLs fou d i LLM espo ses a d flags co te t o igi ati g f om phishi g, malicious, o pote tially u wa ted sou ces, i fo mi g use s that the efe e ced co te t may ot be safe befo e they click o it. It also sca s sc ipts ge e ated by LLMs to help p eve t use s f om u i g malicious code o thei devices.

AI Age t Secu ity – Mo ito s what AI age ts access a d dow load befo e executio happe s. It p oactively p otects agai st u safe files, sc ipts dow loaded by AI tools, a d suspicious exte al URLs.

AI Skills Checke – AI Skills Checke is a f ee o li e tool powe ed by AI Age t Secu ity tech ology. It sca s AI skills (add-o s fo AI tools that e ha ce thei fu ctio ality) fo sig s of malicious activity a d isky behavio befo e use s i stall a d use them.

AI Behavio al Mo ito i g – Wo ks alo gside AI Age t Secu ity to co ti uously mo ito AI age ts’ behavio s a d actio s to discove u usual actio s, suspicious access attempts, u expected behavio patte s, a d suspicious dow load sou ces.

ESET is also i t oduci g B owse Sc ee P otectio , desig ed to safegua d se sitive data du i g o li e activity, which:

• P eve ts u autho ized sc ee shots, sc ee eco di g, a d sc ee sha i g
• P otects agai st i fosteale s a d sc ee -captu e malwa e
• A d st e gthe s secu ity du i g o li e ba ki g, shoppi g, a d p ivate b owsi g sessio s

Additio ally, ESET expa ds its p otectio to the iOS e vi o me t with ESET Mobile Secu ity fo iOS*, p otecti g use s agai st malicious websites, li ks, a d th eats comi g f om misco figu ed device setti gs o vul e able Wi-Fi etwo ks. This solutio is available o the App Sto e i both f ee a d p emium ve sio s.

ESET Mobile Secu ity fo iOS i cludes:

Li k Checke (F ee) – Checks a y URL agai st ESET’s co ti ually updated database of malicious li ks.

Device Sca (F ee) – P ovides a o e-click secu ity postu e ove view a d checks the device setup fo pote tial weak esses, i cludi g misco figu ed setti gs, missi g p otectio – elated pe missio s, a d ig o ed issues.

Device Setti gs Check (F ee) – Reviews key p otectio s, such as sc ee lock, otificatio ha dli g, a d available sto age fo futu e updates.

A ti-Phishi g fo Safa i (P emium) – Blocks malicious pages befo e they load.

Co ectio Secu ity (P emium) – Flags isky o u secu ed Wi-Fi etwo ks while allowi g c eatio of a list of t usted etwo ks.

Besides all above-me tio ed imp oveme ts, ESET Small Busi ess Secu ity ow also i cludes Web Co t ol. This featu e e ables use s to co figu e web access setti gs to p otect employees f om accessi g web pages that may co tai da ge ous o i app op iate co te t, pote tially offe sive mate ial, co te t violati g i tellectual p ope ty ights, o pages that may have a egative impact o p oductivity.

To lea mo e about ESET HOME a d its subsc iptio tie s, visit ou dedicated webpage. Fo mo e i fo matio about ESET Small Busi ess Secu ity, visit the p oduct page.

*Pe di g app oval. iOS app available soo . App elease is subject to Apple App Sto e app oval. Actual app availability may va y by egio .

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ESET p otects o ga izatio s, c itical i f ast uctu e, a d i dividuals, helpi g them build digital esilie ce a d co fide ce i a i c easi gly AI-d ive wo ld. With mo e tha 35 yea s of cybe secu ity expe tise, ove 25 yea s of AI i ovatio , a d 11 global R&D ce te s, ESET develops p op ieta y tech ologies desig ed to p otect agai st evolvi g cybe th eats a d secu e the b oade AI ecosystem. G ou ded i scie tific igo a d taki g a p eemptive app oach to secu ity, ESET delive s effo tless p otectio that emai s u de expe t huma ove sight. Headqua te ed i the Eu opea U io a d p ivately ow ed, ESET p otects millio s of use s a d mo e tha 500,000 o ga izatio s ac oss 178 cou t ies. Committed to espo sible AI a d custome t ust, ESET p otects the p og ess that tech ology e ables. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit www.eset.com o follow ESET’s social media, podcasts, a d blogs.

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