Advice Request "User rules file contains invalid data" error message from ESET

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Divine_Barakah

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This was the error message I received after installing Eset on Windows 10 1809 64-bit. Anyone received this error message before? What is it about?
 
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Divine_Barakah

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Let ESET run the first update. Thereafter restart your PC and the notification won't show up again.

That was what I did and I never received the notification again. But I am just wondering what causes this notification to appear?
 

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I used to get that notification when I imported a configuration file that made references to modules or settings that no longer exist or belong to another version of the product.
 
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I used to get that notification when I imported a configuration file that made references to modules or settings that no longer exist or belong to another version of the product.
That's strange. I installed a fresh copy of WIndows and then Installed Eset and did not change anything in settings.
 

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I get the same message when I installed ESET recently on my PC. Everytime. I don't know what it is, but doesn't seem to affect anything.
 
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I get the same message when I installed ESET recently on my PC. Everytime. I don't know what it is, but doesn't seem to affect anything.

Everything seems to be running normally, but I don't get update installed notifications.
 

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I also always have this message. You are changing soms settings with install? If i do i always get this same message but it goes away like mentioned before.
 
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I also always have this message. You are changing soms settings with install? If i do i always get this same message but it goes away like mentioned before.

I enable PUP detection and LiveGrid during installation. I have always did so and never received this notification before.
 

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If you have installed Eset recently then it shows this message after first update. Nothing to worry about but still Eset should fix this as it causes an immediate concern.
 
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Divine_Barakah

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If you have installed Eset recently then it shows this message after first update. Nothing to worry about but still Eset should fix this as it causes an immediate concern.

Yes I did received this message after the first update and yea I though there's a serious error with Eset and I started to wonder if protection modules are enabled or not. Thank btw for your help :)
 

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