peteyt
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6 hours ago, Purpleroses said:
Has the fix come through regular updates yet because I have not seen a change on my side? Do I have anything to worry about with 96 system changes that were made?
Updates might take a while as they are often rolled out gradually so you should get it soon. As to being worried, as mentioned earlier it is recommended that you only visit the system cleaner when trying to remove changes made by an infection so if you don't suspect an infection you should be fine.
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14 hours ago, PassingBy said:
I agree. But the point is also that tests do not reflect the real settings most users use. They assume that everyone buys the suite and leaves it as is. This of course gives an advantage to the "Install and forget" suites over those that require manual fine tuning, often considered backward due to the lack of automation. To me the efficacy of an AV suite is proven when the software is set to it's max protection settings and tested in real life. In that respect, considering i live in a part of Asia that is rife with threats, i can't complain to date. Had i followed the tests made by others, today i'd be using something else (and i tried a top notch suite ending up very very unhappy in less than one week and the 6 months for free).
PS: i went to check AV Comparatives (I check it regularly, out of curiosity) and ESET is still below standards according to them. They had a survey on and what i am suggesting is exactly the above. Test the products with all protections on and see the difference. That would make for an interesting change.
The problem is some tests don't just test with basic protection, they disable basic protection.
For example they will download a file by disabling parts of the AV such as web protection and then running it. The file might get through as no AV is perfect, mistakes happen. However it might have been that the web protection would have blocked the virus from even being downloaded in the first place - so the test makes the AV look bad because it has put the AV in a more limited capacity and in most cases such as youtube videos this isn't explained so the viewers don't get the full truth.
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2 hours ago, itman said:
Are You One Of Avast’s 400 Million Users? This Is Why It Collects And Sells Your Web Habits.
And one should take his word on this? Sorry, but I don't. Using harvested web data for internal analytical purposes is one thing and is bad enough. Selling it and the admission of doing so is an entirely different matter.
Yeah. The fact it is apparently anonymised doesn't change the fact the data is still being collected and sold. I mean what is the difference between this and a piece of spyware?
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I have noticed for a while when I receive a notification on the forum e.g. someone has quoted me and open it to go to that post the notification will still be in the top right corner and I have to open and click it again for it to go away.
This is on an android phone with chrome. Can't remember if it has the same behaviour on chrome on my desktop but will try and find out
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47 minutes ago, Rami said:
Indeed I understand that sometimes it gives you some kind of feature that you need and I do know about these tweaks hehe , download managers for XP always claimed that it will bring you more speed , as like they will pay my ISP a better package
Also driver softwares are PUA for me , It's good that Windows do provide the drivers now and also it can be obtained from the manufacturer website
Although I have noticed some extra speed with download managers ha unless it's just in my head. I know some download bits in parts to speed things up.
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3 hours ago, PassingBy said:
Not too long ago we were here, in another thread, discussing about the previous test from this very same guy who gave ESET appalling scores with a major war of words ongoing on this place for weeks. That was when i joined the ESET family and this forum. Because while everyone was fighting based on the opinions of this guy, what i did was to download ESET, then set it up with maximum settings, including the HIPS rules which i added manually from an ESET guide and, that is my understanding, later on were added by ESET as standard in their product.
The result was me leaving another product after over 15 years of non stop usage (they removed the spam protection to an extent) and buying a 3 years subscription for ESET with a special offer in my country of residence.
I never had issues with the previous product. I had never issues with the current one, with only minor complaints related to small details. It might be to soon to be too positive. I don't know. However the bottom line is: Try things by yourself. Reviews are entertaining, they can be a rough guide to what you are looking for. But there is no substitute for your experience.
ESET is working fine for me. I only consider their notifications an utter pain in the neck. I had to mute them. And some of their threats are not explained in the proper way. I am happy that i can change whatever i want and that i can set rules by myself if needed. It surely is not a suite for the lazy. But it is a good product, if one takes some time to learn how to use it and is not scared of asking questions.
The support in the forum is overall good as well. The previous product had an appalling support.
And did try many other products together with ESET. I threw all of them away. Some slowed down my PC, others had too much bloatware in them, some were oversimplified and didn't allow me to have a good control (no notifications at all in those...as opposed to ESET, with worse nightmares as you don't know what's going on underneath).
Try things yourself! We'll be here in a few months with this guy giving ESET a lower score and more arguments arising, most probably.
Exactly.
I used to run a tech blog thing but avoided reviewing AVs simply because it all comes down to user preference. Malware tests don't tend to really mirror how AVs work in real life. Most of the top AVs have similar scores so it depends on what you prefer, features etc.
As a few have mentioned on here if you kept changing AVs on test results you'd be constantly moving and it would be hard considering different companies, testers etc. will show different results.
I always think if your using an AV and haven't been infected or had any issues, slowdowns etc. Then does if matter if one AV comes slightly higher? The first one is obviously working so why risk it. It also comes down to the user to, avoiding risky sites etc.
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3 hours ago, Rami said:
I started to feel that all of these optimizing software is a joke , it might help very little , but it's not that much important at all.
Some of the stuff yeah. Registry cleaners have been debated for a long time. While occasionally keys left can cause issues later on with updates and such the general consensus is that keys left behind do not really take any space and removing them does not speed your computer up and if anything can cause more issues.
The thing is most of what these programs offer can be done in windows itself. The advtange is normally a nice UI and with all the features rolled into one program. For example the startup manager in many of these tools allows you to sometimes see ratings and also scheduled tasks people might not be aware of. Some are marketed also as tools to help privacy.
Some do have stupid claims e.g. make your internet faster. You can do tweaks but it will never be what people think it will be.
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9 hours ago, Rami said:
I stopped using it since they went to Avast and their servers got infected somehow with the move, I never use it again.
here is another post : https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/avast-and-avg-firefox-extensions-pulled-from-mozilla-addons-site/
I have just downloaded the free version of System Ninja which seems decent and going to uninstal ccleaner. I don't use it a lot but ccleaner is a lot better UI wise and the cleaning tool had a lot of programs included while System Ninja is mainly for general cleaning e.g. windows temp files etc. Like you I'm not keen on programs being shady, sending stuff they don't need to especially if they are not being open about this and not asking for permission (surely with GDPR this shouldn't be allowed). This is especially strange considering ccleaner in a sense is supposed to be a privacy program
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9 hours ago, Hpoonis said:
AVG IS Avast.
8 hours ago, Rami said:Avast bought AVG (merged together) in 2016
Avast bought AVG a few years back and also now own Piriform which is known mainly for ccleaner.
As for Avast and AVG - both are made as seperate programs. I'm not sure about the technical details e.g. if they offer anything different but presume they probably share some of the same technologies.
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21 hours ago, itman said:
Avast has a long reputation for tracking user activities, ad nag screens, you name it. This is especially true for the free versions of it but even the paid versions perform limited tracking activities. This is one major reason I stop using their products some years back.
It's a shame as Avast once was respected, kind of similar with AVG at the beginning.
I'm now debating if I should remove ccleaner. I don't use it as much as I used to but it can be handy but now wonder if it could technically be classed as a PUA
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7 hours ago, Marcos said:
EIS+ESSP as well as business products v7+ protect from brute-force attacks by Network protection.
Does this include RDP?
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Not sure if this is allowed but thought I'd share an interesting post. Turns out an extension for browsers from Avast has been removed for tracking users. It does show sometimes those apparently protecting users are sometimes actually doing the opposite. This is why sometimes extensions can also be a bad idea.
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7 hours ago, HugoB said:
Unfortunately removing the software didn't help
Sounds like a possible Microsoft issue
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7 hours ago, HANDJOJO said:
Dear Peteyt,
So the System Cleaner is not mandatory, the user no need to take any action with reset it even there are some warnings left it.
Thanks
Nope. It is designed mainly for running after an infection as a virus might change system settings. Thus if your computer is fine there is no reason to change these settings.
However as mentioned there normally isn't the amount of changes that is currently seen which is due to a bug.
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3 hours ago, New_Style_xd said:
Description: Remodel the Interface
Detail: Modify the appearance of antivirus a little, because it has been the same for years.I can see why some may like this but having the interface the same means people know what they are using. I remember using an AV that changed its interface every year at one point but people never knew where things where anymore
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4 hours ago, Rami said:
Yes indeed but he gives the AVs a different test from different perspective even though he disabled some layers to get them inside the computer and then ran them while realtime is running , he somehow in someway , tests how much powerful is the real-time protection. not overall the security solution
Does he let people know this though? I've seen testers turn things off but not really explain what it does and why he has disabled it. Problem is that people often aren't given the full picture.
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4 hours ago, Flummi said:
Hello,
thats exactly what I already did.
The problem is that the ESET uninstaller cannot delete the leftover data.
Have you tried right clicking on the uninstaller when in safe mode and chosing the run as administrator option?
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7 hours ago, HANDJOJO said:
I agree this phenomenon occurred after upgrade to Windows 10 1909, then the question if Left this issue whether is it to be weak for protection?
As Marcos has mentioned it seems to be a bug but as also mentioned it is recommened only to use the system cleaner when trying to recover from an infection
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6 hours ago, Rami said:
It's the same thing of disabling the multi-layer protection that the AV is having , but still Windows Defender doesn't do good without it's cloud , although one of the videos Windows Defender missed lot of threats , including one from Windows XP days that would give you the same error message over and over.
And its good to know but would a user disable the cloud feature? Its like tests that diable web protection on eset - it will obviously not be as good because you have disabled a key and important feature
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9 hours ago, HANDJOJO said:
Please advise how to solve "The System Cleaner" didn't working, I have been trying several time to perform the System Cleaner, however didn't working till now.
- Windows 10 64 bit version (1909)
- Eset Internet Security 13.0.22.0, all Module have updated.
Thanks
What happens when you reset items? Please also note the system cleaner is designed to be used to help remove settings changed by malware. If you have not been infected you generally don't need to use this.
The problem is the settings could be changed by you and it does not give the exact changed settings and there is as far as I know no way to undo the changes once done
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8 hours ago, rickraftus said:
Well first time buyer here already frustrated and regretting my choice to pick Eset. I have the trial version with only 2 days left so I decided to buy the Nod32 antivirus ver 13 home edition. So I go through this process and buy it and it tells me to activate it using the license code they emailed me to the email I used. NO this did not happen and I am left hanging out money and with no license. Yes I checked my spam = nothing. I even put in a ticket for help with the same email obviously and that also said they would send me a confirmation for the ticket I just opened to my email which also never happened. Well obviously this looks like a scam and am wondering about how hard it is going to be to get a refund. In this day and age they should have live help that can help you right away.
What was the URL you used to purchase it just to double check?
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4 hours ago, Rami said:
Yes because Antivirus companies will tell you that you have disabled some features that could have blocked the threats before they start to run in the system , as web protection for example , so some layers have been disabled in order to run the test,
But the crazy thing about this test or this guy , that he unleash lot of threats at the same time at the AV , it's sometimes funny to watch other products how they cripple with something like this, including Windows Defender and somekind of other security products that claim that it will protect your system , there are many more videos like this who do the testing.
It's not funny that the antivirus fails , but it is funny that the advertising campaign that will be ran by the AV company will claim that it will protect your infrastructure , till you get hit by something
Honestly for me , since NOD32 v2 , I never had to change any antivirus product , even though sometimes I wanted to give others a try , but I just can't go away , it's so light and efficient , it doesn't matter if the product doesn't protect 100% , because nothing is safe 100% ,
But it's so bad when a product claims to protect you like Windows Defender , and let your PC get encrypted by a malware , or somekind of very old virus not to be detected (Not windows defender but can't remember which company and which video) and corrupt your system.
It's always better to have multi-layer protection.
But I've seen probably all AVs fail on one of these videos.
Nothing will ever be 100 percent but also the actual tests never truly represent how an AV works in real life. A general user should never be running multiple malware pieces at the same time.
It all comes down to the user really in my opinion. Obviously you want an AV that has good protection then it just depends on what you want, the interface and so on.
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24 minutes ago, Aryeh Goretsky said:
Hello,
ESET does have a few OEM partnerships with companies like agreements like Gryphon Online Safety, Ltd. for its router and ClevX, LLC for removable media security, however, it is usually up to each OEM partner to do their own sales, marketing and branding. There may be some joint PR activities, but usually in deals like these ESET is something of a "silent partner," providing the partner with a particular technology or set of technologies which they then go out and sell. I just mentioned those two as examples because they actually mention ESET on their websites. Some OEM partners choose to mention their ESET partnership, others do not.
This is a little different from ESET's Technology Alliance, which we have allied with companies like GreyCortex, Safetica and Xopero to provide a complementary technology, such as traffic analysis, DLP or backups.
You can learn more about these types of activities via the Business Development section of ESET's web site, but as they are primarily sales activities, they are not normally going to come up for discussion here. As my colleague @Marcos noted above, we're primarily a venue for support and sharing information in the forum.
Regards,
Aryeh GoretskyDo you think eset will ever consider their own router for home users like some AVs have started doing which often come with packages?
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2 hours ago, itman said:
Yes.
99.33% on Proactive Detection and 100% on Clean system. I consider this quite a good score given the PC Security Channel's testing methods.
So I guess we have the first ad hoc of Augur's advanced machine learning capability.
Is he a decent tester? I rarely watch any of these videos normally as they can be sneaky with how they test e.g. disabling key features. Not heard of this channel
Problem in update Nod32 antivirus
in ESET NOD32 Antivirus
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As Marco's has stated the log tool would help eset find the issue. It's easy to use and when it is attached on here only the moderators can download to see it so there's no privacy issue if your worried about other users seeing it. It in my opinion is worth doing.