MarkF 5 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Today I started getting firewall popups (since I have it set on interactive to prompt any new communication attempt) regarding "msmpeng.exe" outgoing communication to Microsoft that I haven't seen in the past. Then I went to check Windows Defender Security Center where it says actions are needed... regarding firewall issues (I guess I didn't set the msmpeng.exe process to allow) where I also noticed Defender was turned on. Should Windows Defender be turned on while having ESET installed or not? Even if yes, Is it needed at all, can it be disabled and is that not recommeneded? Here is the screenshot. There are no actions needed inside ESET of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,629 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Open Eset GUI. The select Setup -> Network Connections and verify that the Eset firewall is enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkF 5 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) It's enabled. I guess something got messed up I will reinstall ESET to try to fix. It seems I have to uninstall first to reinstall, I can just reinstall over it because I get message latest version is already installed and installer quits. Edited February 23, 2018 by MarkF typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,629 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Before reinstalling, reboot your PC and see if that solves the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkF 5 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Actually just noticed in uninstall setup there is repair option which I will try first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkF 5 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Running repair install seemed to have fixed this issue of Windows Defender running parallel to ESET. Now it doesn't run and ESET took over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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