Ed76 0 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) Hi, when I turn my PC on and desktop loads, it takes 10-15 seconds for ESET Internet Security to load, is my PC protected (firewall and security) before those 10-15 seconds as soon as the desktop loads or only after ESET load screen pops-up? If it's the latter then there's a big problem. Thank you. Edited December 10, 2019 by Ed76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Marcos 4,548 Posted December 10, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 10, 2019 Ekrn.exe is the crucial process responsible for protection. It starts with Windows as early as possible. Aryeh Goretsky and Ed76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed76 0 Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Just now, Marcos said: Ekrn.exe is the crucial process responsible for protection. It starts with Windows as early as possible. I see, so it starts before the ESET load screen shows up, or at the time when ESET load screen shows up? I guess what I'm asking is if someone is brute-forcing your IP 24/7, you turn your PC on and in those few seconds before the ESET is loaded but your PC desktop/internet is already on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,496 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Ed76 said: I guess what I'm asking is if someone is brute-forcing your IP 24/7, you turn your PC on and in those few seconds before the ESET is loaded but your PC desktop/internet is already on. In Win 10, Eset uses the Early Launch Anti-malware; i.e. ELAM, driver to load its kernel process drivers prior to any other non-device drivers. You can read about ELAM here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/early-launch-antimalware Aryeh Goretsky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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