FungusMental 0 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I have ESS version 9.0.381.0 installed on Windows 10 Professional (64-bit). Frequently when I reboot my system, I'll notice that ESS does not correctly register its firewall module with Windows. ESS itself does not detect any issues when I look at active protection, but if I look at Windows' own firewall (firewall control panel app - see attached screenshot), it'll show as if there are no third party firewall installed. Considering I'm still seeing connections being blocked by ESS (Setup - Network Protection - Troubleshooting wizard) as well as getting Windows firewall popups when something new wants to connect, it's pretty clear I'm ending up with two active firewalls on the same PC under these circumstances. Which is far from ideal. This is a very frequently occurring issue for me and it has also occurred on another PC as well. The only similarities between those PCs, have been the ESS version (v9), Windows version (10 Pro x64) and that they've been running Malwarebytes Anti-Malware resident protection. I have set up exception rules in both ESS and MBAM to exclude eachother, to avoid conflicts. It has also been hard to try to troubleshoot, since it is not a 100% recurring issue, but more like 50-70% of reboots (roughly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken1943 22 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Until others post, It should look like this shot. I would try a reinstall over the top or uninstall and reinstall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FungusMental 0 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 I know how Windows should display its firewall screen when a 3rd party firewall is installed. As described, the issue occurs on some reboots, but not all. When ESS registers correctly, I am seeing the screen you've posted above. I've had to make it a habit of going into Windows Firewall control panel on each reboot, in order to ensure everything is working as it should. When ESS doesn't register correctly, I always reboot again... Which could be several times in a row. Also, as suggested, I have tried reinstalling ESS but this has not fixed the issue. Considering this issue has occurred on two separate PCs and also after reinstallation (even reinstalling Windows), I doubt it's just a number of bad installs. I'm certain there is something else affecting the installation of ESS, although it is definitely not malware or viruses as I run full system scans on a frequent basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itman 1,659 Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 First, make a note of what mode the Eset firewall is set to - public or home network. Next time you observe both firewalls on, check to see if the Win 10 firewall mode syncs with that of the Eset firewall mode. If the Eset firewall is set to home network, then the Win 10 firewall should be set to private mode. Ditto for the public setting of both firewalls. Then reboot and see if the Win 10 firewall shows and stays at the setting of "managed by Eset etc.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 13 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 It's a known issue, see here: Security center reports both windows firewall and eset firewall activated I can go back to the version 8 after passing through 9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken1943 22 Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I was using another security suite and the windows fire looked nothing like it does with ess. All security programs do not look alike in how they work with windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 13 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Problem is solved for me with version 10.0.359.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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