ESET Internet Security 13 - a technology revisit to the Nod legacy

[SeriousHoax]

Had an email from ESET a couple of days ago on the importance of a VPN - Couldn't see it mentioned in the thread, sorry if it has?

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ESET doesn't offer any VPN service at the moment.

 

[fabiobr]

One thing I like about ESET is they let you set to update soon as Windows starts/exit from hibernation or an internet connection is detected, super useful for laptops.

 

[Cortex]

ESET doesn't offer any VPN service at the moment.

Yes I do appreciate that however the newsletter was from ESET & recommended using a VPN - I personally don't provide a VPN service either, but I can recommend the idea? Did you read the link?

 

[Cortex]

I've always had a bit of a feeling for ESET, it was the first decent AV I bought & it never did let me down

 

[Fuzzy_Bunny]

Less bloatware better it is. We have more than enough VPN providers, i don't know why AVs offer vpn

 

[SeriousHoax]

Yes I do appreciate that however the newsletter was from ESET & recommended using a VPN - I personally don't provide a VPN service either, but I can recommend the idea? Did you read the link?

Yes I read it. They wrote the article from a neutral point of view and talked about the importance of using a VPN without promoting any specific VPN provider.

 

[Cortex]

Yes I read it. They wrote the article from a neutral point of view and talked about the importance of using a VPN without promoting any specific VPN provider.

Yes I agree, I was just passing on info (actually the URL) from a newsletter that others may have found interesting - I didn't infer that ESET recommended any VPN, or that ESET offers a VPN - Simply that they (or at least that person in the email) felt it was a good idea, & I agree with with that -Though some feel a VPN is not necessary & people are entitled to their view.point as always.

 

[bribon77]

VPNs are one more layer to security, I agree with Eset s recommendation.

 

[DDE_Server]

Yes of course I agree.
If I could mate Eset to Kaspersky and produce a hybrid child something like "Espersky" that would definitely be the best ever product for me

supernatural AV

 

[Divine_Barakah]

Yes of course I agree.
If I could mate Eset to Kaspersky and produce a hybrid child something like "Espersky" that would definitely be the best ever product for me

The most important thing is the robot. You can make it red and black coloured if you want

 

[DDE_Server]

Excellent review really every product your rate make me want to try it what about false positives is it good for development environment ?? is it keep nagging like noisy child when new a new scripts or executable are created ?

 

[cruelsister]

A word of warning regarding ESET-

Although ESET has improved in detection of various types of Scriptors, some malware authors have circumvented the need for scripting in Powershell, Python, etc and have utilized other avenues to achieve similar results. These methods can yield malware that is harder for some AV applications to detect as they can be based on stuff like certutil, a valid command.

ESET has issues with this type of malware, even with the HIPS set at max protection. A ransomware file can be coded simply and easily to bypass the HIPS and encrypt files. Also, as coding is rather straightforward, the file would be zero day and bypass the AV.

This issue is by no means restricted to ESET, as programs from Forticlient to SEP will also fail. However quite a few (like Kaspersky, Avast/AVG, CF) will laugh at this stuff and block it quite easily.

 

[DDE_Server]

A word of warning regarding ESET-

Although ESET has improved in detection of various types of Scriptors, some malware authors have circumvented the need for scripting in Powershell, Python, etc and have utilized other avenues to achieve similar results. These methods can yield malware that is harder for some AV applications to detect as they can be based on stuff like certutil, a valid command.

ESET has issues with this type of malware, even with the HIPS set at max protection. A ransomware file can be coded simply and easily to bypass the HIPS and encrypt files. Also, as coding is rather straightforward, the file would be zero day and bypass the AV.

This issue is by no means restricted to ESET, as programs from Forticlient to SEP will also fail. However quite a few (like Kaspersky, Avast/AVG, CF) will laugh at this stuff and block it quite easily.

Long time cruel sister. hope you are fine @cruelsister

 

[bribon77]

A word of warning regarding ESET-

Although ESET has improved in detection of various types of Scriptors, some malware authors have circumvented the need for scripting in Powershell, Python, etc and have utilized other avenues to achieve similar results. These methods can yield malware that is harder for some AV applications to detect as they can be based on stuff like certutil, a valid command.

ESET has issues with this type of malware, even with the HIPS set at max protection. A ransomware file can be coded simply and easily to bypass the HIPS and encrypt files. Also, as coding is rather straightforward, the file would be zero day and bypass the AV.

This issue is by no means restricted to ESET, as programs from Forticlient to SEP will also fail. However quite a few (like Kaspersky, Avast/AVG, CF) will laugh at this stuff and block it quite easily.

I'm glad to see you again.

 

[Durden]

Welcome back @cruelsister. Hope you're doing well in these hard times. We really missed you and your knowledge around here.

 

[SeriousHoax]

A word of warning regarding ESET-

Although ESET has improved in detection of various types of Scriptors, some malware authors have circumvented the need for scripting in Powershell, Python, etc and have utilized other avenues to achieve similar results. These methods can yield malware that is harder for some AV applications to detect as they can be based on stuff like certutil, a valid command.

ESET has issues with this type of malware, even with the HIPS set at max protection. A ransomware file can be coded simply and easily to bypass the HIPS and encrypt files. Also, as coding is rather straightforward, the file would be zero day and bypass the AV.

This issue is by no means restricted to ESET, as programs from Forticlient to SEP will also fail. However quite a few (like Kaspersky, Avast/AVG, CF) will laugh at this stuff and block it quite easily.

This is not entirely correct. At least it's not gonna be the case always. ESET's strength is pre-execution based. It's possible that these type of malwares will already be detected by Eset's Adanced DNA analysis before it could even execute. No other AV is currently as good as ESET in this department. We all know more or less that if something gets past ESET's real time protection the user is almost certain to get infected. HIPS is not a behavior blocker so not comparable to Kaspersky/AVG's behavior blocker. Also I don't know what you meant by HIPS at max settings. There is no such settings in ESET.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

HIPS is not a behavior blocker so not comparable to Kaspersky

I believe that Kaspersky has ha hips, right?

 

[Wraith2020]

I believe that Kaspersky has ha hips, right?

No Kaspersky doesn't have HIPS but it has application control and behaviour blocker. Both of them when configured correctly can make you PC bulletproof.

 

[SeriousHoax]

I believe that Kaspersky has ha hips, right?

Kaspersky has Application Control which is amazing. You can literally control permissions of every applications on your PC. It also has a manage resource module a part of application control which can be used to control even more system related things, configure protected folders and a lot more. It's different from ESET's HIPS. Kaspersky's module can do many things that ESET can't do but ESET's HIPS can do and create different type of custom rules that Kaspersky can't do. Application Control is far more smart and they also have System watcher which can detect and rollback malicious actions. ESET HIPS is useful for making advance custom rules.

 

[Wraith2020]

One thing I really want to know but haven't found any concrete answers yet. Does ESET protect the registry? I've never seen it scan the windows registry hive even in the Full Scan. @SeriousHoax know anything on this?