Install in windows 7 ultimate 64bit

[Lakshi 0]

Hello, im unable to install eset internet security on windows 7 ultimate 64bit....can anyone help me out?

[Marcos 5,074]

V13 requires Windows 7 SP1 and Windows updates updates KB4490628 and KB4474419 to be installed. Please make sure that they are installed.

[tommy456 12]

You could install v12 and then upgrade to 13  it runs fine without  the latest broken ms patches , in fact i haven't patched my Win7  since Dec 17 security only update, .net has been patched upto date  as has office

[Marcos 5,074]

We do not recommend using v10 and newer without SHA-2 support in OS. The SHA-1 signing certificate already expired in July this year and the update module has been in a frozen state since. On January 27, 2020 the prolonged support for SHA-1 will end and products on systems without SHA-2 support will stop to update.

[peteyt 393]

9 hours ago, tommy456 said:

You could install v12 and then upgrade to 13  it runs fine without  the latest broken ms patches , in fact i haven't patched my Win7  since Dec 17 security only update, .net has been patched upto date  as has office

Always risky though. 

[tommy456 12]

3 hours ago, peteyt said:

Always risky though. 

Risks of data loss can be minimized if you make regular system images and store on a external  ssd ,

[peteyt 393]

4 hours ago, tommy456 said:

Risks of data loss can be minimized if you make regular system images and store on a external  ssd ,

More because support is ending and windows 10 has better security.

It means issues e.g. vulnerabilities won't be patched

[Marcos 5,074]

As I have already mentioned, ESET will stop updating modules after Jan 27, 2020 if the OS doesn't support SHA-2 code signing by that time.

[tommy456 12]

On 11/23/2019 at 12:30 PM, Marcos said:

 

With respect Marcos, my input was not what will happen in the future but was regarding the present , and i was suggesting a method that the OP could instal the product that they may well of paid for ,  but why is eset abandoning  sha-1? Are they just in cahoots with MS or is there a real security  risk ?

Edited November 24, 2019 by tommy456

[tommy456 12]

Well until MS releases a stable UNBROKEN build on their bloated o/s  win10 I will avoid it like the plague i ain't no sheep that blindly follows the herd or believes the propaganda used to steer us

[peteyt 393]

16 hours ago, tommy456 said:

With respect Marcos, my input was not what will happen in the future but was regarding the present , and i was suggesting a method that the OP could instal the product that they may well of paid for ,  but why is eset abandoning  sha-1? Are they just in cahoots with MS or is there a real security  risk ?

 

13 hours ago, tommy456 said:

Well until MS releases a stable UNBROKEN build on their bloated o/s  win10 I will avoid it like the plague i ain't no sheep that blindly follows the herd or believes the propaganda used to steer us

I found an article about SHA-1 which seems to show that it is now unsecure https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/at-deaths-door-for-years-widely-used-sha1-function-is-now-dead/

As for eset being in cahoots with Microsoft. What it appears is the opposite. If SHA-1 is indeed unsecure eset wouldn't be a good security program if it was still using it and putting its customers potentially at risk.

As a windows 10 user I do feel it is far secure than previous versions. When new updates come there tends to be issues but they have made it easier to pause updates. 

I also never recommend people using unsupported versions of windows which soon windows 7 will be unsupported. You can try and protect it yourself but if bugs are not fixed you will always be potentially at risk

[tommy456 12]

There are many things about win10 that i will avoid, the lack of control over updates is just one reason not to downgrade IMO, because it's MY hardware My PC  i therefore should have total control , plus MS with Win 10 no longer are selling you a product that you own it's now a service, whilst build upgrades are free  that could change in the future, but the extensive telemetry  most of which is hidden deep within and is always reverted following a build upgrade, and the METRO GUI That unlike with Win 8.1 can't be replaced with the classic shell, I have a stable machine and have had 60+ days without a restart

[itman 1,659]

19 hours ago, tommy456 said:

but why is eset abandoning  sha-1? Are they just in cahoots with MS or is there a real security  risk ?

Way back in 2017 it was shown to be unsafe: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3173791/stop-using-sha1-it-s-now-completely-unsafe.html

It was officially deprecated as an Internet encryption standard last May: https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-lvelvindron-tls-md5-sha1-deprecate-01.html