- Jan 26, 2020
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Hi guys, I found this review at digitalcitizen.life very helpful:
Security for everyone - Review ESET Internet Security - Digital Citizen
Security for everyone - Review ESET Internet Security - Digital Citizen
It has a very clunky interface and HIPS in interactive mode is a nightmareI just installed and played around with it for the first time. I think it has a lot of potential, but the HIPS and Firewall in interactive mode don't utilize their cloud database, and the default prompts force you to constantly do excessive clicking to properly configure rules to 'stick'. Plus, it didn't have pre-defined rules for a lot of Windows executables.
Overall I was really digging it besides the issues I mentioned
They seem to have set the default HIPS/Outbound Firewall mode to pretty much be disabled, instead of putting some effort into properly implementing them.
ESET don't focus on HIPS at all. I mean, they don't update, change, implement new features anymore to it. They have not for a long time. It's just there and that's it. HIPS is not on their focus so don't expect them to change something. They care for protection and lightness.The HIPS was almost as if none of their development team actually tried using it on a fresh install of Windows in interactive mode. They are one of the bigger more reputable companies, so it was a huge disappointment to see how out of touch it was with the rest of the suite.
Something like Kaspersky's Application Control with cloud integration has been requested many times and they always say they'll implement this in the future but it hasn't happened yet.Gotcha. Comodo disables HIPS by default and relies on auto-containment. Kaspersky doesn't have a sandbox, so they rely on their white-list and default-deny.
ESET unfortunately expects its users to either avoid the HIPS, or depend heavily on learning mode. It's understandable a lot of companies stopped focusing on their HIPS, but without a really strong sandbox like Comodo has they are really leaving huge gaps in their overall security. I don't get why they would put all that effort into it and not even use some sort of cloud white-list for the popular programs. If you think about it, it's probably a lot easier than all the effort they already put into blacklisting stuff.
If ESET can implement a kaspersky level behavior module and keep resource consumption low, it will be the best antivirus in the world.Something like Kaspersky's Application Control with cloud integration has been requested many times and they always say they'll implement this in the future but it hasn't happened yet.