Cougar

1/ I'm still waiting for the program to update although it is pre-paid. Is the program waiting for the end of current contract for it to automatically re-install on the first day of the new one.?

I've upgraded from win 7 pro 64 to win 10 just recently. I've always had eSet(12.2.30) for some years now. I usually seek help on youtube whenever I change OS's to learn it and also to get a gauge on it's quirks and popularity. I almost installed it years back, but got turned off when a Beta Win 10 release update hung my system. Good thing I did a recent Win 7 mirror. I turned all updates off and decided to put 10 off until the end. Now, after install I can't believe the number of the authors who all have similar complaints, one claiming to have worked for MS. There seems to be consensus that MS is in cahoots with sellers who are trying to obtain buying habits of the computer users or web buyers to aid their own interests, or for MS to learn what future computer products they will be interested in buying. Just having to set up my basic operating system and not having yet gone deep into the suggestions of the authors who want their viewers to try this or that and to prove them right about Win 10. However, I have discovered so far that a few habits of Win10 were exactly what they said would happen, mostly the problem of it's resetting the default settings I made which is annoying. My question is why is ESet so quiet while all this is happening? Not a peep, just the occasional notification of another sale offer from them. But as a loyal Eseter, I have come to trust them, and know that behind the scenes, they are fending off the scores of conspirators who are at attack at the gates. But, still...... quiet...... I noted Win 10 Youtubers seem to have more than one virus checker in their start group. Some may have 2 active, each behaving with each other they will assure you. One I noted on his screen behind him that he has an eSet in mem, BUT he recommends that we should also have Malwarebytes, and have it check the system often. He took a few minutes to describe Spybot, which was interesting since I used an antiquated version it almost 20 years back. All this insecurity of others has me sit up and pay attention. I ask myself, isn't eSet checking the firewall for nasty intruders? Just wondering if I'm getting concerned for nothing and what your own thoughts are. Thanks for your help. .

Can I install NOD32 over Smart Security?. I mean a COMPLETELY INDEPENDANT install that will not find issues with a previous version?. A clean slate as it were. I have a 2 device account with Smart Security latest version. The desktop version unistalled and installed and works fine. The laptop version uninstall asked for a password. The ESET "key" process that is downloaded for this fix got jumbled up somehow. I ended up with a working version of ESET but with 3 red urgent notices, one of which said the "firewall is not working". Since nothing is working on the laptop, I ran MS Uninstall in safe mode to bypass the password and that worked(as administrator). I then removed the ESET directories. I ran the installer after this and it came up with "you already have the latest version of Smart Security". I suspect there is still a residual flag, maybe an .INF file somewhere in the system that the installation sees. (I don't critsize this, this is a smart way of doing it.) I can't play with fix procedures anymore as working with this snail pace laptop is torture, but I still love ESET. So for the last option, I thought I could purchase a CD version of NOD32 and install over what is there. I figure NOD32 should offer adequate protection for e-mails and casual browsing that my wife uses it for. Hope they still make this in CD format. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for the help. Suggestion to ESET: If an SSL is trustworthy, use the purchase licence key in all your password interrogations such as uninstall. People move away and programs can be running for years. Always revert to the original purchase.