ESET strengthens ESET HOME Security to harden households against advanced scams

Source: ESET

Date: 21 October 2025

BRATISLAVA — October 21, 2025 — ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today announces its upgraded consumer offering, ESET HOME Security and its Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) offering, ESET Small Business Security. The update introduces new features such as Ransomware Remediation, along with enhanced functionalities within existing features, including Microphone Monitor and Website Security Inspector. This launch also appreciates VPN as a critical cybersecurity tool. To that end, ESET has made ESET VPN available not only to ESET HOME Security Ultimate users, but also to those with ESET HOME Security Premium.

Recognizing scams as a global threat that can harm virtually anyone, anywhere, at any time, ESET now delivers enhanced scam protection, addressing attacks vectoring from all types of sources, including SMS, email, phone calls, URLs, QR codes, malicious files, and more.

The updated ESET HOME security management platform also introduces simplified security management, making it easier for home admins to protect their families, and SOHO owners to observe exactly who and what are protected, and to distribute security apps with a consistent, simplified experience.

“As a progressive digital life protection vendor, ESET carefully monitors the current threat landscape and develops its protection solutions accordingly,” said Viktória Ivanová, Vice President of Consumer and IoT Segment at ESET. “Heightened scam protection, added Ransomware Remediation, and multiple privacy protection improvements make both ESET consumer and SOHO offerings robust, all-in-one solutions for households and Small Office/Home Offices seeking reliable security that has low impact on performance and is easy to use.”

ESET HOME Security and ESET Small Business Security are available across all major operating systems—Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS—and cover all typical smart home devices. On top of that, ESET Small Business Security also protects Windows servers.

Key ESET HOME Security (for Windows) – improvements include:

Added Ransomware Remediation — Originally developed for large businesses, Ransomware Remediation minimizes the impact of ransomware attacks. Once a potential ransomware threat is identified by ESET Ransomware Shield, ESET Ransomware Remediation immediately creates backups of affected files, and after the threat is mitigated, it restores the files, effectively reverting the system to its previous state.

Enhanced privacy protection — New Microphone Monitor detects, and alerts users to, any unauthorized attempts to access the microphone hardware on Windows devices.

Enhanced browser security — New Website Security Inspector adds an extra layer of protection against phishing, scams, and malicious websites. This feature scans the rendered HTML in the browser to detect malicious content that can’t be detected on the network level and by URLs blacklist.

Key ESET Cyber Security (for macOS) enhancements – (new features and updates):

macOS 26 Tahoe support — User can enjoy ESET Cyber Security on the latest version of macOS.

HTTPS & HTTP/3 support — Improves overall end-user protection when online.

Device Control — This feature monitors and manages external devices connected to the Mac. It helps protect against malware and unauthorized transfers of data by restricting access to specific device types or even individual devices.

All these improvements are designed to address the evolving threat landscape with special attention to prevention. ESET also believes in the importance of both cyber hygiene and user experience because truly effective cybersecurity should be easy to set up and administer.

More information about the consumer offering and subscription tiers can be found here. Detailed description of SOHO offering is available here.

Table 1: Overview of available features in ESET HOME Security and ESET Small Business Security subscription tiers