Settings in V7

[LoneGeek810 7]

Can someone tell me what are the best settings for v7 and can someone explain the new features of HIPS? memory scanner and exploit blocker?

[SweX 871]

ESET software always come with defaults set as good as possible between protection and system performance. But you can "tweak" them to your liking of course. 

 

Regarding how the new AMS work, Vulnerability shield etc etc... you should find most answers on this link: What's new in ESET Smart Security 7 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 7 (Beta)?

[LoneGeek810 7]

Thanks, what are some typical tweaks that I could make?

also, why are the settings below not ticked in certain areas?

 

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Edited August 29, 2013 by LoneGeek810

[Arakasi 549]

Thanks, what are some typical tweaks that I could make?

also, why are the settings below not ticked in certain areas?

 

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Runtime packers are pretty much viruses that are compressed into zip packages or rars, or 7z, or whatever, and release when activated.

There was big talks about this at Blackhat.

Blogs on eset as well : hxxp://www.welivesecurity.com/2008/10/27/an-introduction-to-packers/

 

Why its not for default could have to do with system resources, ensuring weaker computer systems dont get bogged down and freeze up.

Smart optimization kind of falls in a similar category, it basically speeds up the scans, which will help detect different sources of malware, but also might cause others to be skipped over, so they chose off by default.

Long thorough scans are a more proven method in finding files, which scans every file on the drives & system, not just the high priority targets.

 

Timestamp is an option to keep the original access time of scanned files instead of updating it , and is more or less for backups, and files that have been altered or zipped, or what have you ....

Off by default because not everyone uses backup or similar and the files dont really change in size or format etc.

[LoneGeek810 7]

 

Thanks, what are some typical tweaks that I could make?

also, why are the settings below not ticked in certain areas?

 

hxxp://imgur.com/AhTSSKc

 

Runtime packers are pretty much viruses that are compressed into zip packages or rars, or 7z, or whatever, and release when activated.

There was big talks about this at Blackhat.

Blogs on eset as well : hxxp://www.welivesecurity.com/2008/10/27/an-introduction-to-packers/

 

Why its not for default could have to do with system resources, ensuring weaker computer systems dont get bogged down and freeze up.

Smart optimization kind of falls in a similar category, it basically speeds up the scans, which will help detect different sources of malware, but also might cause others to be skipped over, so they chose off by default.

Long thorough scans are a more proven method in finding files, which scans every file on the drives & system, not just the high priority targets.

 

Timestamp is an option to keep the original access time of scanned files instead of updating it , and is more or less for backups, and files that have been altered or zipped, or what have you ....

Off by default because not everyone uses backup or similar and the files dont really change in size or format etc.

 

 

 

Thanks for explaining all that, but how about the new features in the HIPS?

Edited August 30, 2013 by LoneGeek810

[Marcos 5,074]

Smart optimization kind of falls in a similar category, it basically speeds up the scans, which will help detect different sources of malware, but also might cause others to be skipped over, so they chose off by default.

 

I'd emphasize that this doesn't mean there might be malicious files which would be skipped and left undetected due to smart optimization.

[Arakasi 549]

 

Smart optimization kind of falls in a similar category, it basically speeds up the scans, which will help detect different sources of malware, but also might cause others to be skipped over, so they chose off by default.

 

I'd emphasize that this doesn't mean there might be malicious files which would be skipped and left undetected due to smart optimization.

 

 

Valid point for sure, my apologies for leaving that out.

 

As far as HIPS is concerned, it does what it always has, host intrusion prevention.

Going into details is probably frowned upon as that would be great information to pass along to malware developers and blackhat hackers.