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I got this notification also. On Virustotal there is no detection.

I'm also using HIPS in smart mode and so far received notification only once. It was after a program update, but I can't remember which one it was. Unfortunately I also didn't take a screenshot. Message was saying that HIPS detected some changes to updated application and it asked me to approve or deny them.

You can enable/disable it in advanced setup as shown below:

Hi, I just saw this question now. You can enable/disable runtime packers scanning in real-time file system protection settings or in scan options settings. I don't know which option you are asking about. Anyway defaults are OK so you don't need to change anything.

Yes.

Real-time file protection is performed by accessing and scanning data. So we are talking about one thing not, two or three. If your are worried, download an update from your manufacturer's site and update it so you can be sure to have a clean one. If you don't know how to do it ask someone who knows how to do it. Since we are going in circles and I doubt I'll be able to answer your questions, I will stop responding to this thread. Have a nice day.

Instruction to check it out: Source: https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/uefi-vs-bios.html

It's exactly the opposite. If real-time file system protection could not access boot sector it wouldn't be able to scan it. Since it can access boot sector it can scan it. So "scanning" and having access to is "the same". File system protection is protecting your system by scanning data. That's it's main purpose.

Real time file system protection has an option to scan boot sector /UEFI so IMO it's accessible to that module.

I don't understand what you mean by "Advanced Threat Protection". Can you post a link to description of this feature or technology?

I'm sorry but I don't understand your question.

I believe so. Tooltip for that setting shows this:

ESET employs different modules which perform different tasks. You can perform on demand scan and scan UEFI if you like but there is also real-time protection as explained on website from my previous link:

Yes it can. Itman showed you where it can be enabled or disabled. Some more info is also posted here: https://help.eset.com/glossary/en-US/technology_uefi.html

Unfortunately not. Password protect will only protect settings from changes. Even when set, you can still open GUI and see your email address.

I checked binaries on my installation and they have two certificates. One is OK but the other gives this error: It seems that it's self signed and root certificate is not installed:

Yes I agree about website speed loading. The difference in speed when performing file related operations is much higher though. At work I can compare MD and Panda when performing daily backup over network. It's around 5 GB in size, a lot of small files. With Panda installed it takes about 2 - 3 minutes, with MD enabled it takes 40 - 45 minutes. So the difference is huge in this situation. I also agree that PCs are very fast so most people won't notice slowdown when using MD. Only after disabling it one can notice the difference in speed when performing file related operations.

I can speak only for myself. I buy it because ESET performs better than MD on my system. I don't think that here is much difference in protection level but system impact is much smaller with ESET on my system. Since I encounter malware approx. once every ten years, 95% vs. 99% detection ration doesn't matter to me. I also like that I can configure my AV how I like without having to use 3rd party tool or Gpedit /registry.

Hi. In my opinion you don't have to worry about SSD wear unless you are performing actions that would perform full speed 24/7 writing to that disk. You can google for SSD endurance test and you will see that most disks can handle hundreds of terabytes of data written, some even more than petabyte. I've just checked wear level of my SSDs after two and a half years of usage, mostly using Eset product during this time. Here is a result:

I tested with VPN enabled (system wide VPN not extension) and web protection works OK for me. Maybe extension is encrypting network traffic which is not decrypted by Eset, so content is scanned only after it's downloaded?

I don't think that Banking and payment protection is the source of the problem. I experience this problem with Nod32 Antivirus installed and also with Internet Security when I was using it.

Right after startup notification was not shown on my system also. Few hours later after next update, notification was shown. Waiting for another one to happen to see how it goes.

I reinstall Eset frequently and initial definition update can be slow. Sometimes it takes few seconds (that's rarely) to download update, other times it can take even few minutes. I believe it's a problem of their CDN provider. Their network speeds are not stable. At least not here where I live.

I have both enabled. Though today I got notification (2 notifications when I was at computer), which didn't happen for some time before today.

I've had similar experience for a while, but today I got message again.