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This goes to further show that people who say they don't need an AV are kidding themselves. Don't get me wrong, sticking to trusted sites/trusted programs is a good way to stay secure but you still need an AV. Many legit programs for example have been hacked and used to infect users.

Not sure myself what it could be - maybe someone else will have more of an idea. However rather than reformatting it might be best to collect logs with eset to see what it could be and double check the sites your visiting are safe. If it is a virus something must be causing it although not sure if it is

Unless the user wanted to possibly use the license for the current version. Eset doesn't license per a version so the license will work with future versions e.g. if you buy a version and a new version comes out a few months later you can update for free. However I have no idea about old unused licenses

I can get behind the search option but not the different protection bits with the paranoid option causing more issues. People will activate it not knowing what it is just thinking it will give the best protection then will get shocked when they get asked to confirm every action. In the long run it could lead to people being unhappy about the amount of prompts, possibly blaming eset and damaging their image. As Itman has noted eset is very customisable so you can do what you want, add custom stuff etc. but users do this at their own risk and eset reccomends the default setting for average users

Think this has been asked before but can't see it happening as most would rather have eset just for security

One thing I have been wondering if possible and suggested in the past - on the home screen there is some free space. It would be handy to have the firewall troubleshooter there as its a handy but in my opinion buried feature. Also the right click menu found when clicking on the icon in the taskbar would be good if could be customised so users could add stuff they use more for quick access e.g. game mode etc.

Have you tried possibly disabling parts.one by one and testing to see if one part causes the slowdown?

Could maybe removing the more tools part help e.g. all tools shown in tool area by default?

I'm not sure about windows defender as i don't use it but i do know a lot of people recommend only one AV as they can cause conflict issues and may actually leave you at risk

Unless you mentioned vaguely what you suspect and then tell them you are checking that way they are kept in the loop. One problem with people having too much admin access is it can lead to privilege escalation. As itman has mentioned maybe try to limit what certain users can do

Yeah as the above mentioned there are programs you can use for logging. Does your company have a USB policy as a lot ban USBs from home and taking work ones out to avoid loss/infection. As mentioned speak to HR and warn the person that failing to comply could lead to dismissal. Remember no Antivirus solution is 100 percent and so users going to risky sites etc. could put your company in danger e.g. ransomware. For the reason mentioned above I would also make sure you have a good routine backup system in place. Also make sure to inform staff about the dangerous of things such as social engineering, getting them to sign things to cover you

Be careful though - there are many VPNS including free VPNS but there's the saying there's no such thing as a free pack lunch. There's always a risk that free VPNS might actually be collecting and possibly selling your data, the same data your possibly wanting to keep private.

Just came across a few articles talking about Google's Accelerated Mobile Page (AMP) and how Gmail will start to soon use it. The idea is to make emails feel like an interactive webpage. For example if a site like eBay decided to take advantage of it, a user could see a deal via email, sign in and purchase it all from the same email. This is interesting but it seems a lot of people are worried if this could actually be dangerous. Could cyber criminals use this to further trick people into giving over sensitive information? Many people still fall for phishing emails, with the basic click here link , with this update now replacing that link with a snazzier login area. https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/26/18282636/amp-gmail-shopping-rsvp-forms-inbox-google-beta

I remember coming across the post. Is it this one?

Found an interesting article yesterday about Android Antivirus apps. Decided to put in on here instead of the mobile forum. Basically AV-Comparatives did a test on 250 antivirus apps and found that only 80 where reliable by detecting at least 30% or more from 2000 malicious apps. The others detected under 30% or gave lots of false positives. Interestingly a few of these no longer are available on the play store. A few of the apps tested appear to be basically useless doing nothing or very little, with the test mentioning the fact a few years ago an antivirus was sold on the playstore that did nothing but pretend to be scanning the users phone. It appears according to the test, a lot of the useless apps came from amature developers or developers without any experience in the security industry, just wanting to grab a slice of the industry and have a security program in their portfolio. Many of the antivirus apps tested in the 2019 test apparently relied on a whitelist with a few preset applications, meaning everything and in some cases even files related to the antivirus app where blocked. Some of these apps also relied on whitelisting by name e.g. com.adobe, meaning malware could use part of that name to bypass the antivirus. Many of the apps also had very similar almost identical designs. Luckily the main players all scored well with many of the big names including eset having a score of 100%. Obviously I know no security product is 100 percent but many of the samples used where the most common of 2018, meaning those that missed should be avoided. I have heard some people in the past saying small antiviruses are the best, as virus developers will always try to look for flaws and workarounds in the main ones, but as I've always said, the smaller ones are risky. Eset has always been reliable for me. This article also shows the dangers of downloading stuff on a mobile. Google Play Protect may detect some stuff, but it is hard to detect if an antivirus is buggy. https://www.trustedreviews.com/news/android-antivirus-apps-worthless-3679354 https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/android-test-2019-250-apps/

Eset doesn't have a way for users to directly test programs in a way for example like Sandboxie does. However Eset does use sandbox technologies. This link talks briefly about the technologies used by Eset https://www.eset.com/uk/about/technology/ As mentioned by Azure Phoenix Eset does use machine learning. Like he said they have done articles about the issues of ML and AI - Right now it seems to be a buzzword and often spoken about as something new yet it's not. I'm sure a group of people released a new ML/AI product that just used buzzwords and was fake and everyone jumped on the bandwagon - it was done to show how easily it is to hype something up as something it isn't with a few words

Depends what you want. So far Eset hasn't let me down and others are. Your best bet is to go to the eset support page and open a ticket. The forum is good for discussing stuff but it is always recommended to email them directly

There's an old saying if it ain't broken don't fix it. I'm not saying if the design can be made better it shouldn't be changed but it seems like people expect a new look every year which is pointless and eset is better suited improving its protection

This. While the changelog seems smaller than usual the great thing with eset is your license will work on all future versions if it is valid wi no upgrade fees. Also I've always thought other security features seemed to hold of on new features for.a big yearly release so its great to see eset is realising new features when they are ready as opposed to waiting

Yeah especially when there are features that have been requested for years. I see a lot of new versions of software where they basically redesign it to make it look like they have done/added a lot of new stuff but the reality is often the new design is hiding the fact that there's nothing or not much changed. These are generally done by the type of companies who charge for upgrades. I do love the fact that as long as you have an eset license it will work on any future versions for that specific product

Sounds like they have sold an illegal one. Not sure if reselling is also allowed

Probably best to email eset

While i understand why wildcards aren't used as someone could for example allow too much, i would love to see eset handle dead rules better. I say better but as far as i know eset doesnt do anything with rules that point to programs that no longer exist. Id love to see a button that could automatically remove these rules. Obviously some people may keep rules for future use so may not use the purge button but you could even possibly have a way to save rules you want to keep that are dead

I persume these updates every few minutes are small? Are they safe for example on a metered connection

He's only sorry because he got caught. I'm sure I read somewhere they knew about this at least for a year but I believe it was longer. Social media is a great way to harvest information and often used by hackers to aid things like phishing and other forms of social engineering e.g. getting information for identity theft. In the UK there is a bank advert that shows this with a hacker going through pictures and finding key information including finding a picture which has the users card allowing the hacker to zoom in and read it.