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  1. Its not an issue it can take a long time for it to update via product so just update manually
  2. I read about this the other month but the stable version of chrome has just been released with a handy new feature. Now you can set chrome to block website redirects. You may have seen these when your on a website and suddenly the website changes to something like a fake virus warning. Now you can prevent this from happening although it isn't apparently enabled by default for every user but it appears the plan is to at some point have it set as enabled by default. You can however enable it - copy and paste this into chrome's navigation bar chrome://flags/#enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture Then use the drop down menu of the highlight part and select enabled. It obviously doesn't prevent people from being phished and common sense and good security practises will always help but I do think this will be handy. hxxp://www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/24/chrome-64-blocks-redirecting-ads-switches-white-navigation-bar-apk-download/
  3. It is due to the fact that if selected gamer mode will activate when something goes into full screen e.g. a game, video etc.
  4. I normally instal the main version okay with PUA detection turned on. I wonder if eset is blocking the toolbars though.
  5. I have hips set into interactive mode and no plan at the moment to change that. Just curious what smart mode does then as if interactive prompts about suspicious activity and automatic does everything for you, what is the purpose of smart mode?
  6. As many have brought up there are many issues with the video. For example, the video shows it is version 11, but I couldn't see the actual version, e.g. 11.1, 11.2 etc. Also the user didn't run an update and the video is a few months old. The big problem as I have mentioned when things like this is brought up by other specific users, is that these tests can be easily rigged. No security program is perfect and I've seen people run test videos where one AV misses some viruses so they run another one to remove the leftovers and often another one and so on because no AV is perfect. I could easily make a video showing one AV to be great at protecting from ransomware by using samples I know will be detected while at the same time are not detect by another one, so that other one ends up looking bad - however I could then turn it around and find one that would now make the bad one look good and the good one look bad. As mentioned it does not help that these tests seen on youtube often do not represent real usage - for example no one should be downloading multiple malware samples and then turning off settings to make sure they don't originally get caught. As Marcos has mentioned, the fact the settings had to be disabled shows that actually the test is not showing all protection parts. Eset will always try and block users from downloading malware from the first place. Disabling protection layers will always put you at risk.
  7. The general update checks for product updates as well as defenitions but eset slowly roll out versions. As i mentioned i think this could be partly to avoid everyone installing at once then a big bug is discovered. You can always manually update by downloading the latest version yourself
  8. Interestingly I read the latest version of the Opera browser comes with an option to block coin miners
  9. Normally sandboxie will release a newer version to address the issue. Not installing updates will put you at risk just as Marcos mentioned. Many companies and general users would not have been hit by the ransomware WannaCry if they had patched their systems
  10. From which part. Sometimes it will find updates that windows update or nowhere else seems to find but it must be getting it from.somewhere
  11. As mentioned they might be delayed for a while. If you want the latest version you can update manually
  12. I wasn't saying the samples are hand picked my point is if you Google different test results you will see there can be big differences e.g. one test one is high and another low or at least lower. My point is that different testers will use different malware samples and so will show different results so people should avoid basing their points on specific test results. My point of real life situations is very important. Test results only show one part of the story. In real life situations most users are not going to download thousands of malware samples for example.
  13. The issue isn't really with the tests themselves. People seem to keep posting regularly comparing and complaining about eset if it does scores less than another AV. The point is there's no such thing as 100% protection so I'd be very wary if a test shows an AV with 100%. Also The problem is these tests use limited malware samples. You will see multiple tests from different testers with multiple results because of this. I could do a test myself let's say and hand pick samples that some AVs find and one doesn't to make that AV look bad. Yet at the same time I could do the opposite and make the same AV look good. For this reason these tests should always be taken with a pinch of salt. If you go by test results as a way to choose an AV you would have to repeatedly change your AV. As has been stated on here it's important to note these tests are not realistic. A user is never going to for example intentionally download multiple samples. I would rather go by user experience over these tests and my own experience with using multiple AVs in the past led me to and keep me using eset.
  14. And bitdefender used to crash all the time when i used it, closing itself. Granted i haven't used it for years but that and another issue have made me have a bad image of it just the same way most people have a bad image of norton. The thing is no one is saying people cant post results of tests but no point posting posts every time another program appears to do better.
  15. Is that a hint that something is in the works?
  16. I had the same issue although reinstalling eset after removing it via the uninstaller in safe mode seemed to fix it. I couldnt actually boot in normal mode. Have yet to recieve a BSOD yet but occasionaly have to reboot computer after login as it will just freeze. Will send any logs if i do get another BSOD. Should add mine is with em008k 64.dll
  17. New updates are rolled out slowly to users so they won't be found via the program update for some time. I believe this is done in case there is a bug and everyone updates at once, plus it may also avoid issues with everyone downloading at once. I can see however you have manually updated now. There's a newsletter that you can sign up that will alert you as soon as Eset launches a new product https://support.eset.com/kb6241/
  18. Just delete the quarantined file if the program appears okay now. Maybe to avoid any confusion eset could simply mention a bit more information? e.g. having the fact it was cleaned, the reason why and the fact this is the original or something etc.
  19. I persume the filename would be different so just delete the old one once you know everything works okay
  20. I dont understand what you mean. When a file is placed in quarantine you do not see that file in the original location. If something has been quarantined i never see it anymore until i restore. If a file is cleaned as Marcos states having a quarantined file is good for if the clean caused issues. If the clean went okay just delete the file in quarantine
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