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Yeah you're right. In the past I also noticed this on a PC that was using Norton.

I added the bug (?) with the version number and I also changed a few other things. (My edit is marked everywhere I added something) Edit: (2014-08-10 19:00 UTC-00) Another small edit done. Hopefully the last for today...

It already is in the right forum section -> ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Linux Desktop. Oh, yeah. I only read Nod32 and I thought it was ESET Nod32 Antivirus for Home Users. Sorry...

1 and 2 are already included. during a scan you are able to click on the pause or on the cancel button to pause or cancel a scan. normally a scan can be automatically performed when the screensaver is running, the logon screen is shown or the computer is locked. And this two answers are for Windows programs. I don't know how it is with the Linux version, but you are at the wrong forum here. I would suggest that a moderator moves with topic to the Linux forum. BTW: Why you are running an in-depth scan? A normal smart scan should use much less resources.

I just noticed that I also have VSD version 4883. Strange! This is neither a global VSD number (they are much higher) nor is it an Android VSD number (they are much lower).

Now a small look into the German Norton forum. I'm talking about this topic: hxxp://de.community.norton.com/t5/Norton-360/N360-soll-mich-bei-Internetzugriffen-fragen/m-p/97005 (title translated: "Norton 360 should ask me if an application wants internet access") At first the server seems to be veeeery slow (currently?) and so also Google Translator wasn't able to translate it. This would be link (maybe later it will work): https://translate.google.de/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.community.norton.com%2Ft5%2FNorton-360%2FN360-soll-mich-bei-Internetzugriffen-fragen%2Fm-p%2F97005%23M10956 But I will describe what there is going on: Norton forum The OP is asking how he can change the firewall in that way, we would here call "interactive firewall". He wants a message for every program. I think (and he also) think that this shouldn't be a problem for any firewall. And IMO he asked his question very clearly. Now a guru (I think that must be a very "good" forum user) answers that we would call here to edit the rules manually - although the OP explicit said (before) that he don't want this. Of course the OP now describes it again and asks also what criteria Nortons firewall is using. And he also describes that he maybe wants to disallow some programs, although Norton is allowing it. Now he gets (from the same "guru") a IMO very bad answer: "Look into the help!" (a bit shorten, she said it a bit more polite) The OP seems to have looked into the help and says that he can't find anything. And he say "this is sad". Now a lector (don't ask me what's a lector there - maybe something like a guru) replied with an answer that will later marked as the best answer! I don't want to criticise his very bad writing (so I corrected this a bit), but here is a translated summery of the content he said: "The problem with this kind of programs is, that many many people don't look through. Per minute there came 5 till 6 times a question: 'This and that wants access to the internet. Is it allowed?' Most people [he said 80%] just clicked on yes (...) or they had a complete death internet, because some people always clicked on no. (...) Then the automatic firewall from Norton comes, where a list (...) knows [yes he said knows] what is evil and what not - I like this. (...) In the settings of Norton 360 look for "automatic program control" and this off (he don't wanted to use a verb here) and you have the old "Personal Firewall" with annoying access questions with unknown long columns of figures (=a long list of numbers). (...)" So the OP got's his answer. Now he asks where he can find this settings and he gots the answer. He said thanks and also adds "Now it works as I want.". So the topic could be at the end now, but no the "lector" has to say something more: "(...) Now have fun with your Norton, that annoys you every few seconds ^^ (... and with your) interrupting of the internet if you disallowed the access for a wrong process ;-). (...) I trust the Norton product 100% that all decisions are right. ;-)" So he make the OP looking silly. Very nice community there! And very good product that annoys you every few seconds! (I think of rules or something that can be created by the user without clicking through 20 windows they have never heard.) And now: How would this question look here in the ESET forum? OP: How can I configure ESET, so that it asks me for every program I execute, to display a message where I can select whether I want to allow or deny the internet access? An answer: Switch your firewall to interactive mode. (and maybe an screenshot for visualization) And that's all! End of the topic, marked as solved and the user would be happy! I think this is a difference (not only to the forums, also to the products)!

OK. Good to know. (statistics?) ok. Maybe for transparency this should be added to the help file, so that you can read what data exactly is submitted with which option. I corrected my post.

Maybe there is...I know I have seen one in the past where afaik people from ESET Germany participates, could you call it semi-official. I have never seen this. And I also found it nowhere today. @Marcos Just to make it clear: It's good for you(r development) that this file is send to ESET. It's also not a static file by ESET, because it can be changed. And if you want, @SlashRose, you can deactivate this in the advanced settings --> Tools --> ESET LiveGrid --> Don't submit statistics. To deactivate only the logging of this, you can click on this page to "Advanced" an deselect there "enable logging". (for default this option is disabled)

Interesting thing what you found out. Have you also tried this with a zip archive? And maybe another password such as " " (one space), "virus" or "malware"? BTW: If you don't want to test this all with a real malware you can also use the harmless eicar testfile.

At first you are in wrong topic. But I think a moderator can move it to the EMS forum. And what's your problem now? If the activation was successful all should work correctly. (You can also check your license with taping on the menu button --> license.)

Good answers. It was also informative for me. Thanks.

@Marcos Thanks for your quick answer(s). @Webslinger: Please be patient and wait until Marcos wrote an answer. Maybe this thing will cleared in some time. Then you know who has the fault. Like you see ESET is working on clearing (=fixing) this and they don't just say someone else has the fault. Now at least Microsoft and ESET are in contact. So I hope this story will have a good end.

OK, so there is no German forum. Thanks.

@Marcos. Thanks great response and very informative! Just a small question: Why does it work with ESS v6?

Hey, you both @Arakasi and @Webslinger: Calm down! We want to discuss here in a nice way and so we all should follow the discussion guidelines!

By the way just because I'm interested: If it's a bug in Microsoft Windows Filtering Platform, why does it works with ESS v 6? @Webslinger: Come down! It's a small bug, ESET is not able to help it1 and you have a workaround with it it works. And it's really not a great protection lost if you exclude your routers IP. I don't think that any other program (malware or not) wants to connect directly to the router. 1: Attention, before translating this in your language if English isn't your first language. Use a dictionary or something like this! In other words: ESET don't have the fault.

Really? Never seen before! Can you give me some examples, please? @Arakasi: No Bing Translator . OnTopic and @SlashRose: Can you please say more exactly how this message looks like? And could you maybe make a screenshot? And especially for you : "Kannst du etwas genauer erklären, wie die Nachricht aussah/aussieht? Könntest du vlt. auch einen Screenshot machen?"

That's a difficult question. In every case it's additionally protection. But maybe a moderator or someone else can say more about this. (Especially I don't really know what HIPS blocks in auto mode.)

The solution was given above. You didn't transcribe the username/password correctly as you received them by email. Yeah you're right. A username for the license never begins with ESS. every time it begins with EAV!

Do you have device control deactivated?

Source: hxxp://www.antivirusworks.com/ESET-Mobile-Security-Home.asp Hello, I tested EMS since a quite long time now and here is my feedback. I hope it will be useful. And yeah, I know there was recently an EMS Feedback Competition, but I didn't joined it, because I wasn't able to win, because I'm not North-American. But for me that's no reason to don't give feedback, so I gave me a little more time and here is my feedback. What you should know about the device on which I tested EMS... The device #Technically Device: Samsung Galaxy S4 OS: Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) Rooted: No ESET Mobile Security for Android: v 3.0964.0 (downloaded from Google Play) This is what I noticed... Mistakes / Errors / Bugs The most mistakes I found were translation errors. You really should check your translation. There were not only spelling mistakes, also some parts are just "forgotten". Because I'm German I only checked the German translations, especially in the Help file and there especially many space errors. Here are all mistakes I found marked in red (and I'm not a professional translator!): I added a spoiler, because this are so many pictures that you can go mad if you have to scroll over all. #Help #Translation #Translation #Knowledgebase #UserInterface And now I want to show a special mistake in the app. If you press the menu button and tap there "Support" you come to the following page. There stands the knowledgebase is only available in English. And now we try to understand two ESET customers: One English-speaking (left) and one (e.g.) German-speaking (right): Ok, for the English man it's now no problem. And for the German man? He tried it and tab on the button... Tadaaa...! So there are two problems: It's useless to write "only English" there when the language is set to English It's also in some cases untrue, because you can switch the language. Maybe you should edit it, so that the user is automatically redirected to his language when available, when not available then you can display this message "only in English". Another error I found was this: on myESET I coudn't find a siren button anywhere! #UserInterface #Technically #myESET Edit (2014-09-06): I tested it again and I think that the siren button is only displayed if the device is marked as suspicious or stolen. So you at first have to mark it as stolen?! Maybe this could be changed and the siren button should directly added to the myESET site.And this is something I already posted, but anyway I want to repeat it. In this post I tried to kill ESET with the task manager. It disappeared from the notification area, but I throught it was not really "down" and it was only the GUI. But then I tested Anti-Theft and it don't worked properly! It sends nothing to myESET! #Technically #myESET #Critical #Crash And: I think about 2 times ESET crashed with the Android message "ESET Mobile Security has stopped." (or something like this). I have the buttons "report" or "close", but if I tap on "report" it only wants to report this to Google and I think then it won't get to you and I also won't give Google all information about this. #Technically #Crash Sorry that I can't provide more information, but I can say that nothing badly happened. EMS was already there in notification area and it worked ok after the message. This is really not bad (it's only an display error) and I also don't know if it's your "fault", but sometimes there is a small bug. If I'm in a "submenu" of EMS and tap on the top left on the "back-button" (I know it's not a really back button, but you know what I mean...) then there is this animation: The screen zoomes out (and got smaller) in the middle of the screen. Sometimes the "background" in this animation isn't the previous screen, but it's just black. #UserInterface see also the 13st point at AntiTheft/myESET at suggestions. There is also bug. In your customer care dialogue there is at the field "issue description" only one line! I think this is a mistake and there should be a multi line box. At first to structure what you write (with paragraphs) and secondly to not discourage the user to write more details. #UserInterface #Support On the optimization page of AntiTheft under GooglePlay services stands something that is very confusing: #UserInterface #Anti-Theft The status is green and ok, but in the text below stands the opposite. (Of course Google Play services are active in reality) Edit (2014-08-10): see this post. Maybe there is something wrong with the version numbers. They are completely different. #Technically #Antivirus also see the 9th point of my suggestions for ESET Mobile Security Edit (2014-08-27): If you are in a Roaming net (I don't mean data roaming), then ESET noticed this and notificate you. So far so good. But if I clicked on "change setting" I can't switch roaming off. I only come to the settings where I can change what Roaming net I wish to have. I think it's just impossible to change the roaming setting on the device. So if this is the case you should replace the button "change setting" in this case with "On your device this setting can't be changed." or something similar. #Technically Edit (2014-09-21): At the first start of EMS (tested on another device with the newer version 3.0.1040) you can select at the first or second screen whether you want to provide ESET with statistics about the usage of EMS to improve EMS. (and no I don't mean LiveGrid - this you can select later) But once you (de)selected this you cannot change this setting anymore. In the settings of EMS for Android you can't change it anywhere. #UserInterface Edit (2014-10-08): The name of the device owner isn't displayed when the device is locked. If this is by design then I would suggest to make an option where the user can select whether the name should displayed or whether not. #UserInterface #Anti-Theft This are my ideas... Suggestions ... for ESET Mobile Security I would like to see more information and settings for advanced users. Like in ESS. There are many settings and I find this great! Here are some examples what you can add:show date/time of VSD updates (not only VSD number) #UserInterface #Antivirus auto delete log files (configurable) #Technically #Antivirus more details for the settings of ESET LiveGrid (like in ESS) #Technically #Antivirusyou should not just be able to activate or deactivate LiveGrid. You should be able to activate and deactivate statistic sending of data and activate and deactivate submission of samples like here in ESS: let the user configure what hints should be shown. (let the user select for what he wants to get a notification: Information/Warnings/…) #Technically #UserInterface add option to make a custom scan (e.g. for only scanning the download dir or a new entered SD card) without having to scan the complete device #Technically #Antivirus Edit (2014-08-11): I noticed that this was avaliable in EMS v2. Why have you deleted it? Edit (2014-08-10): And it would be nice to have a more detailed logging. IMO it's a bit too few that you can see actually: #Technically #UserInterface #Antivirus Edit (2014-09-06): You should be able to set the number of wrong PINs/passwords/password patterns until the device will be locked by ESET. Also it might be useful to set another count of wrong tries for making the first photos (and these will be used later if the device is really marked as stolen) #Technically #Anti-Theft save the log files on SD card if available to save disk space #Technically add option to manually submit a sample to ESET #Technically #Antivirus And I know it would be hard work, but it would be a unique feature (3): Add SysInspector for Android, so you can (like in ESS) make a great log! #Technically Or at least you can also add the ability to "only" send the log files from EMS to ESET for supporting. (I saw this thing already in your customer care dialogue. OK) And although I already said this too I want to repeat it: Add the phishing protection to more mobile browsers. Especially Firefox and Dolphin! It can't be such impossible! If you have to write to the producer of the browsers or make add-ons or I don't know... But especially for an open source browser (like Firefox) I can't understand that it is not supported! Don't say there is no API - be proactive and take the initiative! #Technically #AntiPhishing I also already said that a web protection, additionally to phishing protection, might be useful. #Technically #AntiPhishing I really don't want to bloat the product, but maybe some widgets would be nice. Just to view the actual state (antivirus, anti-theft and especially Security Audit) or to quickly start a scan or to quickly block the last caller or to see the ESET robot dancing (no - just a joke with this robot ). #UserInterface Just a small tip. In the "new features part" there is just a listing of text. Why not "linking" it to the new features, so that the users can try it with on click... eh... tap. #UserInterface I also found a secret function. If you go to the Application Manager, view the App Info for EMS and then click "Manage disk space" then you came to a secret display in EMS. The first "bug" is, that this has nothing to do with disc space, but that's not the problem. The second is, that you have a repair function there. Nowhere else you have something and this is the only way to come here (you can't come there through the "normal GUI"). #Technically #UserInterface Edit (2014-08-10): And now the real bug. (I just forgot to write it...) - This display is every time displayed in the devices default language. Regardless what language is set in the EMS settings. #Translation Edit (2014-09-08): You should unify the version numbers of the Android version downloaded from ESET.com/Google Play and Amazon App Store (a complete suggestion you can found here) and you should try to update them quite at the same time so the versions in all 3 "App stores" are the same and up-to-date. Edit (2014-10-08): You should be able to filter the log files. #UserInterface Edit (2014-10-08): I think it would be a nice idea to add statistics like in ESS and NOD32. #UserInterface Edit (2014-10-08): If you select a file in quarantine then there it says the "date" at XY. But I think this can be improved, because a date can be quite anything, e.g. the file creation date. But because it's the date when EMS detected the file I would change this to "detected" instead of "date". #UserInterface ... for AntiTheft / myESET: #myESET #Anti-Theft (all points in this part) more things should be logged (on myESET). E.g.: #Technically log when the password is changed per SMS log when the password is reset online this both would be good because then you could find out if an unauthorized person changed your password You have already SIM protection. Why not make the same with the SD card (if there is one)? #Technically Especially you should centre this information more: #Help #SupportIn the description of the app on Google Play should be at least a link or a description why and for what the app needs so many rights. This description can be found after many research in a kb article. Link to this article directly in the Google Play description! I can think and I also read ratings on this app on Google Play where some users complain that there are many rights needed! And this can be prevent (IMO many) users from downloading this app. But if they have an explanation why this rights are needed then all is good! (Without reading the kb article1 I can think why many of these rights are needed - because of Anti-Theft!) You should make a list of all SMS commands.2 So that users can e.g. print a PDF file and then they have all this commands. Or maybe make an option to send this list directly to a trusted friend, so that he also always have this list. If the device is in suspicious state then make also a screenshot from the device. And I don't mean e.g. a wrong PIN/password at the lock screen entered, but some other things... #Technically Today modern smart phones have many sensors. You make only use of a few if it's stolen. Make use of them! That's the advantage of Anti-Theft on mobiles over Anti-Theft on laptops!3 So here a few examples what you can use: #Technically #JustAnIdeaTemperatur: I think sometimes it can help in what temperature the device is. E.g. when it's winter and the temp. is room temperature then you can be sure that it is in a room. orientation sensor: With it you would be able to see if the device lays on the ground or a table or if it is e.g. in a pocket. For displaying this information the most fantastic thing would be to see a 3D image on myESET.3 With the help of HTML5 it is possible! humidity sensor4: similar to temperature Gravity sensor/Accelerometer: to see if it falls down or may smash (it would also be good if you could see this in "activity" like "device is fallen down" and maybe it could also release suspicious state) Barometer: with it you would get out how high the phone is. (e.g. on a mountain or in the Netherlands ) Proximity sensor: to see if something is in the near RGB sensor: to sea how dark it is (again to sea if it is in a pocket or outside of a pocket) Sound record: (OK, it's not a real sensor)start/stop record controllable from myESET Automatically record if sound is higher than set volume Edit (2014-09-14): Or make it in a way that you can call your locked phone (from a trusted friends phone number) and the call will automatically accepted, so that you can hear it in this way. send names of near WLANs #Technically #JustAnIdea send names of near Bluethooth devices (maybe only if battery is over 50% or so to save energy / see "Power saving") #Technically #JustAnIdea Power saving: (of course this is really important (maybe the most important thing) for anti-theft, because if the battery is empty, then it's empty! You think: "The thief will reload it!" - I think in many cases he won't do, especially after he saw that it is blocked! And also it hasn't to be stolen. Maybe you just forgot it somewhere or something else) And this all of course only applies when the device is marked as stolen! #Technically maybe make it graded, so that it deactivate the one thing if the battery is charged under 90, the other thing under 70% and so on... let the display fade out set the brightness to the lowest or set it to automatically automatically close running apps (they are not needed anymore) and maybe let the user set exclusions before blocking the device only activate WLAN/Bluethooth/GPS when necessary (e.g. if you want to collect every 10 minutes the device location then activate GPS before, find the location and send it to myESET and deactivate GPS afterward or check every 1 minute for WLAN networks and between this time deactivate WLAN) automatically activate "energy save mode" (of Android) Even if this was already said by some other users I also want to say it: Remote Activation of WLAN/GPS and all these necessary "optimizations". It should be activated automatically when the device is marked as stolen and if it is looked. And I know many apps that can activate/deactivate WLAN, so it should be possible! #Technically If the device is locked and you have registered trusted friends, then their numbers are shown on the lock screen. Maybe this is useful, but maybe the friends don't want this, so please let the user decide if he want this and add an option to switch this off. #Technically #UserInterface And now an a bit science fiction... But I have to say that it is - theoretically - possible (right now, not only in the future), but there are some reasons and technically things against it. You also don't have to take it seriously and if you want to call me cr zy, mad or something like this after reading this idea, just do it, but let me tell this idea... 3 Right now mobile phones have many facilities for sending data... or to say it more like a human: to communicate. And what you can do with this "chance" is called Internet of Things. It's not impossible, but it seems to be a bit unreal... Maybe in 20 years this will change... #Technically #JustAnIdea Now to my idea. The idea is just that the ESET products should cooperate, especially EMS. If one device with EMS is marked as stolen it should automatically look for other devices with EMS (via Bluetooth or something else) and if these devices perceive that there is a device "in trouble" then they can "help" it. They can e.g. provide a limited volume of their data volume and let the device use it's internet connection. (useful abroad when roaming is turned off) Or they can also use their own GPS to locate the device more exactly. Or and this wouldn't be such like the Internet of Things, because a human ("oh no, no device!") will be included, they can display a message on the "helpers phone" that there is a stolen phone nearby. So the helper could go on pursuit! OK, now you know what I mean and I think you can understand that this idea is a bit fantastic. And this was - if I remember correctly - also said by a user, but you know... I want to say it again so you know that's also my opinion: If the device is locked you can do quite nothing. That's good, but, apart from the fact that the thief could get crazy, because every button he pressed and every touch he does results in doing nothing5, just the displaying of this blocked thing is dangerous. #Technically #UserInterface If someone knows that it's blocked by ESET and even if he don't knows ESET he surely can get the idea that he will tracked. And that's the reasons for the idea that you should make something like a fake Android-lock-screen. The thief won't get appalled and he thinks it's a normal mobile phone. If you then get your phone back you at first have to unlock the "normal" Android-lock screen and after this you have to unlock the real protection by ESET. So the Android-lock-screen should just work as a "hidden layer" and after it's there is the real "protection layer" by ESET. If I deactivate notifications from the Application manager then nothing happens! I would suggest to add this as a suspicious action, because a normal ESET user wouldn't do this! And here also appears a bug: After reactivating the notifications ESET isn't anymore displayed in notification area. But I found a workaround: Just change the language to anyone and rechange it to system default or what you have before and the icon reappears. #Technically Edit (2014-09-06): If you connect it to a computer then no data is displayed and you also cannot add files. That's good! (or was this an error). Anyway if it is possible you might also try to receive some information from the computer (or at least the USB port?), because most likely this computer is a computer from the thief. At least you should display "Connected to a computer" and "Disconnected from a computer" as an event in the Anti-Theft "log". #Technically Edit (2014-09-06): There should be added a "siren off" button to myESET (is already there) and a SMS command to mute the siren, because you should also be able to deactivate the siren if you activated it by mistake or any other reason and you want to save the rest of the battery. #Technically This is what I want to ask... Questions If SIM protection is activated and one time no SIM is inserted, will EMS also block the device? (I didn't wanted to test it, sorry) #Technically #Anti-Theft The default setting if malware is found is to delete the file. Why not quarantine? #Technically #Antivirus In the options of Anti-Theft you can deactivate SMS commands. What is deactivated when you do, only SMS commands from any phone number (with password) or also SMS commands from trusted friends? #Technically #Anti-Theft And now a special question. I'm using Android KitKat and if I create a rule there stands my system doesn't support SMS/MMS blocking. So far so ok. But in the help file there stands the complete SMS and Call Filter (so SMS/MMS and also Phone Filter) won't work! So this is strange. I don't tested it, but I'm sure you can say me what's true, don't you? #Technically #Anti-Theft #Help [sOLVED] Edit (2014-08-27): You can scan a phone number. If you tab e.g. from an instant messenger or SMS on a phone number you can not only call it, but also scan it with EMS. What will be scanned there? What should ESET scan in a phone number? Edit (2014-10-08): Now I got this out. If you scan a phone number it will scan for USSD codes and warn you if there are some. This functionality is included in EMS, but there is also a free ESET USSD Control which will do the same. In the description of this app are also more information about the feature, but maybe I will later open a topic about this. Edit (2014-09-06): Does EMS also provide cross-over-platform protection, that means that e.g. also Windows malware is detected? If not you could maybe add it... #Technically #Antivirus Edit (2014-10-08): What do you think about adding something like "remote encryption" additionally to remote wipe. This would be good if you want to secure your files after it is stolen, but you don't want to delete them. And another question: If you do a remote wipe will these shred the files (so they can't be restored) or do you only delete them conventional? If not you could add also this shredding. #Technically #Anti-Theft This is what I like... Praise And at least the things that I liked. I don't want to write all here down, I only wrote down the special things that I want to point out! A help file. Although many people wouldn't find it such useful I find it really good. It's ESET style! #Help Nice GUI! It's also ESET-style! (I don't have to say more, everybody who had used an ESET product ever, knows what I mean) #UserInterface Language switch. Especially for this feedback it was really useful for me to have this language switch inside. (If people now say "This consumes disk space!" then I can only suggest that you can include English and the system default language in the next version of EMS and the other languages can be downloaded manually (inside the app)) #UserInterface #Translation Scan finished!... End So you are at the end! Thanks for reading this! You have just read 3144 words or about 8 A4 sites (only text) or 316 lines. OK, maybe you don't read it all and flew over it... Anyway: ESET you created a very good product and I have only *some* ( ) things that can be improved. I hope that you at least implement some of my ideas in future versions of EMS. Of course you can't implement all and I understand this (not only because of this crazy one idea... - don't you know what I mean? Read carefully again! ;-)), but I hope I could help you! 1: I will read this later. Sorry... (now I read it) 2: I know that this is described also in the FAQ article. But I want just one file, a PDF file e.g. And there also just make a table or something like this with "command and syntax - action". So if a user e.g asks here in this forum where he can find a complete list of all SMS commands then we can just give him the link to the kb article. 3: I don't know that other mobile AV products have this. This would silhouetted EMS against other mobile security products. 4: This isn't available on much phones. 5: Please ask your psychologist for more information. ;-) Funny thing at the end? I got the message (and that's true!): :-D Important: Don't quote this whole post!! Info: At the right there's a kudo button. (if you are logged in)

What about adding an add-on?

@kakashi, the last time I try it in a good way! Maybe you know CCleaner This might be a program you like. Of course there are also other programs for cleaning cookies. (e.g. TuneUp) You can deactivate cookies in your browser or only disallow third-party-cookies or (maybe additionally) install specific add-ons in your browser that also block tracking companies (e.g. Ghostery or DoNotTrackMe). And Do Not Track is optional for the websites, so you can't talk of "bypass" and also not from "hackers". This are normal website operators and it's legal! And this is the point! It's nothing bad (except of your personal opinion) and it has nothing to do in an antivirus software. Like I described there are many, many other ways...

Well... you don't got any answers until yet, but you got a kudo from Mr. Goretsky. Praise is always good... Maybe in this forum are not many users of Linux. This could be a reason. (You just have to look at the number of topics in this forum part.)

OK, ask... Arakasis cousin, who is working at Apple. Arakasis cousin, who is working at Microsoft. Arakasis cousin, who is working at Oracle. Arakasis cousin, who is working at Mozilla. and so on...