Eset Smart Security

[John]

Normally I don't care for integrated suites, I usually prefer
separates. But I've used Eset's NOD32 for a long time and like it.

Anyone have any experience of their new
virus/spyware/antispam/firewall suite?

John

[siljaline]

"John" wrote:
> Normally I don't care for integrated suites, I usually prefer
> separates. But I've used Eset's NOD32 for a long time and like it.
>
> Anyone have any experience of their new
> virus/spyware/antispam/firewall suite?

Not knocking it but most that I know that have heard of it say they
"don't like suites" - as you.
Currently, I'm running the new stand-alone of NOD32 3.0, way new UI
but seems to work faster and more efficiently.
http://www.eset.com/download/registered_software.php
(NOT a Product Plug)

Silj

--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[louise]

siljaline wrote:
> "John" wrote:
>> Normally I don't care for integrated suites, I usually prefer
>> separates. But I've used Eset's NOD32 for a long time and like it.
>>
>> Anyone have any experience of their new
>> virus/spyware/antispam/firewall suite?
>
> Not knocking it but most that I know that have heard of it say they
> "don't like suites" - as you.
> Currently, I'm running the new stand-alone of NOD32 3.0, way new UI
> but seems to work faster and more efficiently.
> http://www.eset.com/download/registered_software.php
> (NOT a Product Plug)
>
> Silj
>
I too don't like suites but did upgrade to v 3 of the AV.
The user interface is definitely more friendly and
configuration options have expanded. Nevertheless, it
definitely works faster.

Louise

[siljaline]

"louise" wrote:
<snip>
> I too don't like suites but did upgrade to v 3 of the AV. The user interface is
> definitely more friendly and configuration options have expanded. Nevertheless, it
> definitely works faster.

Thanks for your comments, it might help other users make
an intelligent choice.

Regards,
Silj

--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[siljaline]

<no_one@nothing.com> wrote:
<snip>
> I've used nod32 AV for many years however the problems that I
> encountered with their v3 and Thunderbird were ridiculous. eset tried
> to help me with it and I tried installing v3 (then rolling back to 2.7
> out of frustration) about 5x and finally just gave up on it. This
> after sending hijackthis and lookinmypc reports and their finding
> nothing wrong It's not allowing me to send/receive email whereas 2.7
> is fine. They finally advised me to install it and "disable the
> real-time file system" to see if that enables me to receive email.
> What???
>
> I wish nod32 had worked. Unfortunately I may need to switch to
> Kapersky soon as it's not playing well with Tbird.
>
Have you tried posting your issues to the Official ESET Forum?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=89

Good luck!

Silj

--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[Jeff N.]

I missed a lot of this thread as I purged recently, but sounds like you just
need to tweak some firewall program rules. It's by far easier to set the
firewall to interactive mode so it will nag, and then you can check to allow
and let Eset create the new rules for you. I have found the automatic modes
in many firewalls to be insufficient to properly allow the
communication/traffic you need. Sure you get nagged a bit at first, but far
easier than sifting through all the rules and protocols and other stuff that
likely won't make sense to many to get your programs functioning again.

Jeff


<no_one@nothing.com> wrote in message
news:47934594.10337935@nntp.bestweb.net...
> "siljaline" <siljaline@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> "louise" wrote:
>> <snip>
>> > I too don't like suites but did upgrade to v 3 of the AV. The user
>> > interface is
>> > definitely more friendly and configuration options have expanded.
>> > Nevertheless, it
>> > definitely works faster.
>>
>> Thanks for your comments, it might help other users make
>> an intelligent choice.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Silj
>
> I've used nod32 AV for many years however the problems that I
> encountered with their v3 and Thunderbird were ridiculous. eset tried
> to help me with it and I tried installing v3 (then rolling back to 2.7
> out of frustration) about 5x and finally just gave up on it. This
> after sending hijackthis and lookinmypc reports and their finding
> nothing wrong It's not allowing me to send/receive email whereas 2.7
> is fine. They finally advised me to install it and "disable the
> real-time file system" to see if that enables me to receive email.
> What???
>
> I wish nod32 had worked. Unfortunately I may need to switch to
> Kapersky soon as it's not playing well with Tbird.
>
> no_one (in particular)

[Jeff N.]

The Wilders Eset forum is a good place to go. I and many had trouble
getting internet access from a networked machine, and that forum had some
tips.

I was impressed with Eset's firewall as I expected it to be a bit feeble,
but they did their homework. The options are a bit buried though to edit
specific rules/protocols. Sounds as though you may have Kerio and Eset FW
installed together which likely could cause issues. Toss Kerio, or just use
Nod 32 AV. Or just disable one or the other via services/startup/connection
properties.

I still am not instructing any clients running Nod 2.7 to upgrade. I wanted
time to thoroughly test and give Eset time to work out likely bugs. For
whatever reason, I found the old Nod did not uninstall completely and still
left hidden requests for the AMON service which I found and removed multiple
entries in the registry as well as old drivers.

I wouldn't be afraid to temporarily disable real-time protection or even the
firewall for testing purposes. Sometimes you have to to see where the
problems may exist.

If I get bored later, I'll install Thunderbird and see what happens...hehe

Jeff

<no_one@nothing.com> wrote in message
news:4795d41b.4588998@nntp.bestweb.net...
> Jeff, siljaline,
>
> I'll try Wilders Eset forum when I have the chance. As 2.7 runs fine
> and does the updates I don't feel rushed to repair this. If it works,
> don't fix it.
>
> I use Kerio PF and have used it for many years now. Started with the
> "strict" set of rules that someone here (I forget the name) devised
> for it and then tweaked each application as needed (yes, I go as far
> as specific IP addresses/ranges and port #'s if necessary). When I
> installed nod32 v3 I just pointed the firewall rule to the application
> as I did before -- to allow for updating and this worked fine -- for
> updates. My surprise though was that suddenly Tbird v2.0 did not
> connect (send/receive). Eset wanted hijackthis and lookinmypc logs
> and they were sent. Their response, as I'd written here, was to run
> the pgm without real-time protection to see what happens. I am very
> leery about "testing" it like this. A 'rat' trojan years ago which
> Norton AV -- that I then used and allowed the infection, changed me
> regarding "windows" security. Once a month I run AdAware/Spybot and a
> full nod32 AV scans in SafeMode (as well as BlackLight Root Scan (the
> free version) just to make sure. It's not a nice place "out there".
>
> v3 was installed/uninstalled quite a few times, each after Eset gave
> me different advice but each install and/or setting did nothing to
> enable my email to work.
>
> I appreciate your input.
>
>
>
> "Jeff N." <nortonjjjr@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I missed a lot of this thread as I purged recently, but sounds like you
>> just
>> need to tweak some firewall program rules. It's by far easier to set the
>> firewall to interactive mode so it will nag, and then you can check to
>> allow
>> and let Eset create the new rules for you. I have found the automatic
>> modes
>> in many firewalls to be insufficient to properly allow the
>> communication/traffic you need. Sure you get nagged a bit at first, but
>> far
>> easier than sifting through all the rules and protocols and other stuff
>> that
>> likely won't make sense to many to get your programs functioning again.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> <no_one@nothing.com> wrote in message
>> news:47934594.10337935@nntp.bestweb.net...
>> > "siljaline" <siljaline@nospam.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "louise" wrote:
>> >> <snip>
>> >> > I too don't like suites but did upgrade to v 3 of the AV. The user
>> >> > interface is
>> >> > definitely more friendly and configuration options have expanded.
>> >> > Nevertheless, it
>> >> > definitely works faster.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your comments, it might help other users make
>> >> an intelligent choice.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Silj
>> >
>> > I've used nod32 AV for many years however the problems that I
>> > encountered with their v3 and Thunderbird were ridiculous. eset tried
>> > to help me with it and I tried installing v3 (then rolling back to 2.7
>> > out of frustration) about 5x and finally just gave up on it. This
>> > after sending hijackthis and lookinmypc reports and their finding
>> > nothing wrong It's not allowing me to send/receive email whereas 2.7
>> > is fine. They finally advised me to install it and "disable the
>> > real-time file system" to see if that enables me to receive email.
>> > What???
>> >
>> > I wish nod32 had worked. Unfortunately I may need to switch to
>> > Kapersky soon as it's not playing well with Tbird.
>> >
>> > no_one (in particular)
>>
>

[Jeff N.]

I guess I missed that you did just install the Nod AV. I don't like
suites either, but liked Nod so much, I thought I would test it out. I
used ZA Pro and Nod32 for a few years, but wanted to eliminate a couple
more processes and free up some memory without the worthless junk ZA had.

I did get bored and installed Thunderbird here and rather like it so
far. I did not have any issues at all getting mail. I can't even think
of anything specific that could be hindering mail service if T-Bird was
working fine before the install of Nod AV. Double check all the
advanced settings in Nod and double check your acct. info servers and
user/pass info.

As far as the popups warning you that the worthless XP firewall is
disabled, go to Control Panels/Security Center and click the link on the
left, "Change the way Security Center Alerts Me, and uncheck Firewall.

Jeff

no_one@nothing.com wrote:
> I wasn't using the Eset firewall. I just have the AV product. The
> only firewall I use is Kerio (the XP firewall is disabled and
> unfortunately drives me nuts with the popups at boot time.
>
> No, 2.7 doesn't uninstall completely and the folder needs to be
> deleted as well as some registry entries. I use a product called
> RegCleaner (old, not sure it's free anymore) that allows me to easily
> clean out registry entries for pgms that I don't use anymore. Backs
> them up automatically just in case of a problem.
>
> Anyway... Maybe will try Kapersky next but I tried it a few years ago
> and it was a resource hog.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> "Jeff N." <nortonjjjr@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Wilders Eset forum is a good place to go. I and many had trouble
>> getting internet access from a networked machine, and that forum had some
>> tips.
>>
>> I was impressed with Eset's firewall as I expected it to be a bit feeble,
>> but they did their homework. The options are a bit buried though to edit
>> specific rules/protocols. Sounds as though you may have Kerio and Eset FW
>> installed together which likely could cause issues. Toss Kerio, or just use
>> Nod 32 AV. Or just disable one or the other via services/startup/connection
>> properties.
>>
>> I still am not instructing any clients running Nod 2.7 to upgrade. I wanted
>> time to thoroughly test and give Eset time to work out likely bugs. For
>> whatever reason, I found the old Nod did not uninstall completely and still
>> left hidden requests for the AMON service which I found and removed multiple
>> entries in the registry as well as old drivers.
>>
>> I wouldn't be afraid to temporarily disable real-time protection or even the
>> firewall for testing purposes. Sometimes you have to to see where the
>> problems may exist.
>>
>> If I get bored later, I'll install Thunderbird and see what happens...hehe
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> <no_one@nothing.com> wrote in message
>> news:4795d41b.4588998@nntp.bestweb.net...
>