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<blockquote data-quote="cofer123" data-source="post: 1064504" data-attributes="member: 92976"><a href="https://forum.eset.com/topic/38192-eset-internet-security-17-when-will-it-be-out/?do=findComment&amp;comment=175059" target="_blank">Version 17 is now available on the pre-release update channel.</a> Official release should be out in a couple of days according to ESET.First difference I&#039;ve noticed is that it now has a <a href="https://help.eset.com/eis/17/en-US/idh_config_bps.html" target="_blank">Browser Privacy and Security extension</a> for most browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge). Main features include:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Secure search;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Browser cleanup (Browsing history, Download history, Cookies and website data, Cached images and files, Passwords and sign-in data, Form autofill data);</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advanced cookie settings (select which sites get to keep cookies);</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Website settings review (manage website permissions, e.g. notifications).</li>
</ul>This is what it looks like on the EIS main window:[ATTACH=full]279632[/ATTACH]And also a new entry under Browser Protection in advanced settings:[ATTACH=full]279633[/ATTACH]I, personally, don&#039;t like this idea since meddling with the browser never ends well. An extension with this degree of access to a browser is asking for trouble (besides, most of that is already available on Firefox and Brave anyway, maybe it&#039;s a plus for Chrome users). SSL scanning is already intrusive enough, and since v16 Secure All Browsers is a default option which I don&#039;t like using (I still have scrambled keyboard input issues with Firefox when using it).Everything else looks the same, but there&#039;s no changelog yet, so there is certainly more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cofer123, post: 1064504, member: 92976"] [URL='https://forum.eset.com/topic/38192-eset-internet-security-17-when-will-it-be-out/?do=findComment&comment=175059']Version 17 is now available on the pre-release update channel.[/URL] Official release should be out in a couple of days according to ESET. First difference I've noticed is that it now has a [URL='https://help.eset.com/eis/17/en-US/idh_config_bps.html']Browser Privacy and Security extension[/URL] for most browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge). Main features include: [LIST] [*]Secure search; [*]Browser cleanup (Browsing history, Download history, Cookies and website data, Cached images and files, Passwords and sign-in data, Form autofill data); [*]Advanced cookie settings (select which sites get to keep cookies); [*]Website settings review (manage website permissions, e.g. notifications). [/LIST] This is what it looks like on the EIS main window: [ATTACH type="full"]279632[/ATTACH] And also a new entry under Browser Protection in advanced settings: [ATTACH type="full"]279633[/ATTACH] I, personally, don't like this idea since meddling with the browser never ends well. An extension with this degree of access to a browser is asking for trouble (besides, most of that is already available on Firefox and Brave anyway, maybe it's a plus for Chrome users). SSL scanning is already intrusive enough, and since v16 Secure All Browsers is a default option which I don't like using (I still have scrambled keyboard input issues with Firefox when using it). Everything else looks the same, but there's no changelog yet, so there is certainly more. [/QUOTE]

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