Ed76 0 Posted December 10, 2019 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
Administrators Marcos 5,737 Posted December 10, 2019 Administrators 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
Ed76 0 Posted December 10, 2019 Author 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.
itman 1,924 Posted December 10, 2019 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
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