Serious Discussion ESET v20

[cartaphilus]

This year's new v20 version is just around the corner.

Do you have any expectations about what it will bring?

OF COURSE THE CHANGES ARE HUGE FOR THE BIG TWO O!

Expected changelog:

• Fixed a minor memory utilization bug during real-time background scans
• Fixed UI window not closing
• Gray template to accompany light and dark
• Optimized signature parsing efficiency for multi-platform environments
• Optimized a service
• Changed a name of a DLL
• Changed HEUR.Family.Win32 to sound less Kasperskish.
• Articulating Splines

 

[czesetfan]

I understand. But I'm optimistic about it. It'll be fine.

 

[Sorrento]

The grey UI will be nice I reckon.

 

[Sorrento]

Had ESET Internet Security on again now for two months very happy with it, as I have a three year license I wont be changing, great program & none intrusive which I like.

 

[micasayyo]

ESET version 19.0 was released in the second week of October 2025, so version 20.0 is about to be released. On one of my PCs, I have "pre-release updates" enabled, which means I will see it a few days before it officially launches.

 

[RansomwareRemediation]

Does anyone have any new information about the upcoming v.20 ?

There is no information available. Hopefully, they release an update soon and fix the issues they’re having with zero-day malware. Version 19 is quite mediocre and consistently underperforms in detection compared to solutions like Avast, Bitdefender, and Kaspersky.

 

[micasayyo]

Version 20.0.7.0 of ESET products has just been released.on the pre-release update channel.

 

[RansomwareRemediation]

Version 20.0.7.0 of ESET products has just been released.on the pre-release update channel.

Changelog:​

Version 20.0.7.0​

• New: Safe Banking & Browsing: Added support for Opera and Perplexity Comet
• New: Browser Privacy & Security: Added support for Copilot in AI Conversation Security
• Other minor improvements and fixes

No changes to the HIPS (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) – behavior blocker

 

[czesetfan]

OF COURSE THE CHANGES ARE HUGE FOR THE BIG TWO O!

Expected changelog:

• Fixed a minor memory utilization bug during real-time background scans
• Fixed UI window not closing
• Gray template to accompany light and dark
• Optimized signature parsing efficiency for multi-platform environments
• Optimized a service
• Changed a name of a DLL
• Changed HEUR.Family.Win32 to sound less Kasperskish.
• Articulating Splines

So there isn’t even a ‘Grey template to accompany light and dark’ either.

I was expecting more too.

 

[k1esa]

Who uses Perplexity Comet?

 

[Morro]

Who uses Perplexity Comet?

Not me; they added support for those two, but again, they refuse to add support for Vivaldi. (Yes, I am saying it again. )

 

[Sorrento]

Don't support Wolf either however I'm not that bothered

 

[cartaphilus]

Changelog:​

Version 20.0.7.0​

• New: Safe Banking & Browsing: Added support for Opera and Perplexity Comet
• New: Browser Privacy & Security: Added support for Copilot in AI Conversation Security
• Other minor improvements and fixes

No changes to the HIPS (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) – behavior blocker

so basically nothing warranting a whole number change but what do I know

Bloatware features are being pushed onto us—likely paving the way for price hikes or slashed discounts. Let's be real: signature scanning is dead. I hope ESET is heavily investing in ML-on-ML defense, because the future of home security demands cloud-native EDR and SIEM-as-a-service. Your local AV should just be an agent; the heavy lifting of correlation and threat intelligence (IoCs, not signatures) must happen in the cloud. With adversary AI already generating on-the-fly, self-writing malware, relying on static file reputation is a recipe for a breach.

 

[Sorrento]

I feel ESET does not push bloatware which is one of the reasons I like it, the VPN is available on some versions but not on Internet Security which I use, some AV's /VPN's etc. are riddled with it, along with CyberLock for example its a great combination (edited)

 

[cartaphilus]

I feel ESET does not push bloatware which is one of the reasons I like it, the VPN is available on some versions but not on Internet Security which I use, some AV's are riddled with it

yeah sorry I just got upset that no real progress was done from 19 to 20, hopefully there are working on something great behind the scenes.

 

[Sorrento]

@cartaphilus No I agree with you, I can't see the reason to jump to 20 without some large feature change, that's usually how it goes, I was hoping for something bigger though to to a degree I like ESET how it is but as I have a long license and as things are changing fast companies need to keep & evolve with the ever changing world, up or be left behind as another AV I feel has.

 

[Minimalist]

ESET usually doesn't wait for major version release to introduce new features, but instead release them when they are ready. So sometimes minor version release can introduce more new features than major one.

I'm sure that there are thing happening and developing on server side which are not noticed by users on client side.
If they ever decide to switch to cloud-centric solutions, they would probably have to rewrite their software from scratch. Something similar to what McAfee did.

 

[stonjean633]

How's the CPU/RAM utilization on V20? Is it better than V19?

 

[Morro]

How's the CPU/RAM utilization on V20? Is it better than V19?

At this moment I cannot tell you, v20 still needs to drop where I live, so it seems. Even checking manually did nothing so far.

 

[Lord Ami]