Wathen 0 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hi, I'm on XP with SP3 using v4.2.71.2. Is there any value in upgrading to version 6 or 7? I have a 3 user license. The other 2 pc's are running Windows 7 with version 6 installed. If there is, do I need to uninstall version 4 prior to the ugrade? NOTE: I downgraded back to version 4.x because version 5 had the issue with external USB drives locking up the pc. There was an old topic on this back on the wilderssecurity forums discussing the issue. I do have the malwarebytes driver (mbam.sys) in my \driver32 folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESET Insiders toxinon12345 32 Posted December 11, 2013 ESET Insiders Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) No problems with my USB hard drives here; Also the new added Advanced Memory Scanner (current version) is the most notable of all core features I´ve seen since v2.7 Edited December 11, 2013 by toxinon12345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 4,915 Posted December 11, 2013 Administrators Share Posted December 11, 2013 NOTE: I downgraded back to version 4.x because version 5 had the issue with external USB drives locking up the pc. This is actually an issue of the mbam.sys driver, not ESET's. Our driver used to suffer from the same issue a long time ago but it was fixed in later versions of v5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESET Moderators Peter Randziak 1,081 Posted December 11, 2013 ESET Moderators Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hello Wathen, if you are going to upgrade please go to v.7 not v.6 it has same advanced protection features like mentioned Advanced memory scanner and Exploit blocker. With v.5 + you can benefit from using our Live Grid technology, which could increase performance of your PC over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galnospoke 1 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) v7 has in pre-release channel special fixes for XP as I remember. I used long time 4.x, now 7.x and is OK. Edited December 11, 2013 by Galnospoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweX 871 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hi, do I need to uninstall version 4 prior to the ugrade? Hello, that's what I would have done yes, a lot have changed since V4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wathen 0 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 OK. Thanks all for the replies. So let me see if I have this correct: 1. Download the trial version of 7 and use my user name and serial number? 2. Uninstall version 4 3. Do I need to remove the mbam.sys driver? 4. Install new version 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galnospoke 1 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) OK, I find new (and critical) issue with 7.x, downgrade to 6.x and everything is OK. Soo... I change my opinon about newest ESET: 6.x >> 7.x. Edited December 23, 2013 by Galnospoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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