When will ESET Cyber Security Pro V7 be released?

[AnthonyQ 49]

It's been quite a while since the last update of ESET Cyber Security Pro, and it still isn't natively compatible with Apple Silicon. As an ESSP user wanting an Apple Silicon-native AV product for Mac, I have to use ESET Cyber Security V7, which is a lower-tier product.

So, I want to know when the next generation of ESET Cyber Security Pro will be released, hopefully including advanced security features like a firewall, machine learning detection, and LiveGuard.

[itman 1,707]

5 hours ago, AnthonyQ said:

So, I want to know when the next generation of ESET Cyber Security Pro will be released,

Never, it appears;

[bEeReE 4]

Eset has so slow development cycles for the Mac versions. No new features since years! Especially content filtering / malicious and phishing sites blocking is not enhanced. Although you can based on SNI/Domain, there is no engine that identifies the full URL of encrypted traffic. I don‘t require encrypted content inspection, but would be happy with at least full URL cross-check and a block page when something is blocked.

Competitors have either the full inspection or at least some browser plugins with that functionality.

[AnthonyQ 49]

22 minutes ago, itman said:

Never, it appears;

So there's only one version for macOS, ECS, in the future? This is certainly bad news for ESSP users on Mac.

14 minutes ago, bEeReE said:

Eset has so slow development cycles for the Mac versions. No new features since years! Especially content filtering / malicious and phishing sites blocking is not enhanced. Although you can based on SNI/Domain, there is no engine that identifies the full URL of encrypted traffic. I don‘t require encrypted content inspection, but would be happy with at least full URL cross-check and a block page when something is blocked.

Competitors have either the full inspection or at least some browser plugins with that functionality.

Yeah, ESET does not support HTTPS scanning on macOS. Also, the absence of pico updates and machine learning-based detection makes ECS less effective in terms of detection capabilities compared to the ESET PC version.

[sesk 23]

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[AnthonyQ 49]

16 hours ago, sesk said:

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Thanks for sharing. So there's a misunderstanding. ECSP itself is not being discontinued, but ECSP V6 will be reaching its end of life, and this year, ECSP will be upgraded to V8. This makes sense because there are still some advanced security features missing in ECS that necessitate a higher-tier product like ECSP to include these features.

[itman 1,707]

8 hours ago, AnthonyQ said:

So there's a misunderstanding. ECSP itself is not being discontinued, but ECSP V6 will be reaching its end of life, and this year, ECSP will be upgraded to V8

There's a discrepency here. The Eset download site notes CyberSecurity Pro will be discontinued. Yet, @Marcos states a new version for it will be released sometime this year. Eset needs to clarify which is the case here.

[Marcos 5,143]

ESET CyberSecurity v8 with a firewall is planned for Q3 2024.