ESS / ESET Antivirus beta 2 available

[Marcos]

Hello,

ESET has released a new beta version of Eset Smart Security beta 2 and introduced a stand-alone antivirus ESET NOD32 Antivirus (beta 2).

Both products can be downloaded from ESET's web site:

Eset Smart Security beta 2
32-bit version: http://download1.eset.com/special/essbeta2/ess_nt32_ENU.msi
64-bit version: http://download1.eset.com/special/essbeta2/ess_nt64_ENU.msi

ESET NOD32 Antivirus beta 2
32-bit version: http://download1.eset.com/special/essbeta2/ea_nt32_ENU.msi
64-bit version: http://download1.eset.com/special/essbeta2/ea_nt64_ENU.msi

The installers are designed to install over older versions. In the event of problems with installation, uninstall the current version you might be using and restart the computer prior to installing the new beta version.



Eset Smart Security beta 2 contains the following changes:

PROGRAM
• The graphical user interface has been rebuilt.
• Installers for Windows XP/2003/Vista x64 are now available.
• Files and folders can now be scanned from the explorer's context menu.
• Various bugs have been fixed.

UPDATE
• Creation of update mirrored files is now supported. The mirror settings are available in the advanced update setup. For update via HTTP you can now choose the desired authentication method.

ANTISPAM
• A plugin for Outlook Express and Windows Mail now enables filtering unsolicited email in these mail clients.



Please remember that this is still a BETA which may suffer from severe bugs. We do not recommend installing it on production systems.

If you come across an issue, please contact ESET's technical support via the integrated support form.

[kC_]

tried updating current version, but says that license has expired and that i need to uninstal it....

or do i just need a new username/password for the update part? (still says essbeta)

[The One]

Let's test the thing.
Curious to see what has improved

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "tried updating current version, but says that license has expired and that i need to uninstal it....

or do i just need a new username/password for the update part? (still says essbeta)" }-

The embedded username and password are still same. If you are not a registered user and have problems with the user/pass, uninstall ESS, restart the computer and install the new beta from scratch.

[The One]

First look is good. Works fast and secure

[wir.sing]

Can anyone say yet if the leaktest performance of the firewall has been improved?

Anyways downloading it now.

[kC_]

yeh did the uninstal/delete application data & registry entries, reboot & reinstal..
license ok now

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "Can anyone say yet if the leaktest performance of the firewall has been improved?

Anyways downloading it now." }-

Eset personal firewall is not a stand alone firewall. Any program that exploits the weakness demonstrated by a particular leak test should be detected and immunized before it can do any harm.

[wir.sing]

I know its not. But I guess its a question of you basic view of security design. I personally would prefer the firewall would block them as well, just to have an additional layer of security in case the AV component does not catch this specific piece of malware (Which does happen from time to time).

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "I know its not. But I guess its a question of you basic view of security design. I personally would prefer the firewall would block them as well, just to have an additional layer of security in case the AV component does not catch this specific piece of malware (Which does happen from time to time)." }-

Behavior blocker may not be more effective than detection of such malware by advanced heuristics. You can tweak a firewall to leak tests but not to all real malware that exploits some weaknesses. It's the purpose of the whole security suite to block malware, not just firewall.

[The One]

Only these small things changed as posted in your post Marcos?

[oldshep]

-{ Quote: "Behavior blocker may not be more effective than detection of such malware by advanced heuristics. You can tweak a firewall to leak tests but not to all real malware that exploits some weaknesses. It's the purpose of the whole security suite to block malware, not just firewall." }-

You may be right about that... but I'd guess Matousec will take issue with that approach and try to disable what ever part of ESS blocks the leak test code, then report poor performance of ESS with respect to leak tests. Maybe that's just a marketing problem but it will be interesting to see how perceptions sort out.

[kC_]

running stable here, straight away with a fresh configuration xbox360 streaming working fine, remote desktop/vpn all work first time.

i like the coloured log, and the way you can open the firewall connections view in a separate window, nice feature. (one addition to that would be to be able to optionally keep that window "always on top"

beta 2 is looking & working great! i will try it on my laptop later and see if the problem still persists with the WPA2/AES encryption
post here - http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=183408

only thing i'd like to see in next beta or final version, is scheduling of firewall rules (e.g rules only active between whatever time period on whatever day/days i wish)

good stuff eset!
cheers

[veri]

-{ Quote: "Only these small things changed as posted in your post Marcos?" }-

Also curious.

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "Only these small things changed as posted in your post Marcos?" }-

Many other minor things have changed and remember that also a bunch of bugs have been fixed.

[tosbsas]

excludes still are not there - right??

And when are other email clients (non windows) be able to use antispam?

Ruben

[rothko]

-{ Quote: "excludes still are not there - right??

And when are other email clients (non windows) be able to use antispam?

Ruben" }-
hoping for Mozilla Thunderbird here. The anti-junk filters are struggling at the moment with the new wave of spam, plus if i am going to buy the suite i would like to know i'm not wasting money on a module that will be disabled.

[raven211]

-{ Quote: "excludes still are not there - right??" }-

Dunno if they weren't there before, but it's happily sitting in the settings, waiting for you. ::)


I noticed that Security Center isn not saying only like this for the FireWall Status: "ESET Smart Security FireWall [...]", but "One or more FireWalls [...]", even AFTER rebooting to make sure that wasn't the "problem". Looking in Windows FireWall's settings reports that it's controlled by a Group Policy.
Is this correct and why isn't Windows FireWall completely disabled?

[tosbsas]

great, so I need to keep on hoping for the antispam (:-))

I am on Becky! - best there is

Ruben

[psychokilla]

WOOOHOOOO!!!!


Downloading now.

Now installed, I removed my NOD32 and then restarted, installed beta 2 of ESS and restarted and all now working fine. Only one complaint so far, when I mark mail as "Not Spam" (could'nt a better phrase be used? i.e. "Safe") they change to an unread state.

[tosbsas]

1. update on existing version worked perfect, didn't tell me to reboot though
2. Update database hung once, but than run through
3. I got a lot of files now in the alluser/eset folder
- folder - oldfiles
- folder installer - with 2 msi files (140b and 267a)
- updates - lots of files

Which of those can I delete?

Ruben

[cdr]

:D I installed the new ESS on two computers in my household: one with XP Home Edition SP2 and the other with VISTA Home Premium. The installation on the XP one went flawlessly. On the VISTA one, when I restarted it, the ESS logo/splashscreen hung on startup. It was the first thing to popup on the desktop and it stayed there for about 5 minutes. I finally had to force the computer to reboot by holding down the power button. But, after it rebooted this time, ESS loaded normally!
I'll keep an eye on the VISTA one and see if there are any further glitches.
But, excellent, excellent work, ESET! Thanks!:D :D

[petersteiner]

I like it. Good looking, no nonsense, lightweight and I'm sure also secure. I noticed that the tray icon changes it's colour to yellow when I disable e-mail protection. I only use webmail and don't need that. Please make it switchoffable without the tray icon changing its colour.

BTW, I wasn't able to install it on my first try. The installer rolled back and I had to reboot. On the second try it worked. I had no ESET product installed on this machine before. This problem also existed with beta 1. IIRC that had something to do with certain folders the installer tries to find (hence it worked on my second try when it found the leftovers from the first one). I guess this will put off some first time users.

[kC_]

i cant set the alert notifications "display baloon tips" or "close message boxes" any lower than 10 seconds..
ideally 3 or 4 seconds would be enough for me... but whatever i choose it goes back to 10seconds

[smith2006]

-{ Quote: "The embedded username and password are still same. If you are not a registered user and have problems with the user/pass, uninstall ESS, restart the computer and install the new beta from scratch." }-

Marcos,

Just to confirm, existing registered user of NOD32 2.7 can use the same User name/Password for this beta test?

Thanks.

[smith2006]

One more thing, ekrn.exe keeps wanting to connect out.

What is it for?

Must I grant it with the browser rights?

[The_1337]

i had problems installing 1b so i never installed it, but this one ran smoothly other than the fact that my internet didnt work until i rebooted.

the gui is much better. i was wondering, is there any way to close the program?

[solcroft]

GUI typo, refer to attached image

[tosbsas]

-{ Quote: "1. update on existing version worked perfect, didn't tell me to reboot though
2. Update database hung once, but than run through
3. I got a lot of files now in the alluser/eset folder
- folder - oldfiles
- folder installer - with 2 msi files (140b and 267a)
- updates - lots of files

Which of those can I delete?

Ruben" }-

anyone??

[The_1337]

-{ Quote: "GUI typo, refer to attached image" }-

it's not mispelled on mine, but i did find something else.

if you disable antivirus protection and then turn it back on, the icon in the tray stays red.

[flyrfan111]

Misspelled here on the AV only Beta

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "Marcos,

Just to confirm, existing registered user of NOD32 2.7 can use the same User name/Password for this beta test?

Thanks." }-

That's right, if you are a registered user you can use your own user name and password to update either beta.

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "GUI typo, refer to attached image" }-

I don't know how the typo made it there, I checked it numerous times before the final compilation and I didn't spot any :) It will be fixed.

[MovchanAV]

Updates for ESS Beta2 through proxy still does not work for me :( May be i should provide some additional information?

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "Updates for ESS Beta2 through proxy still does not work for me :( May be i should provide some additional information?" }-

What proxy server do you use?

[MovchanAV]

Squid. Access to internet granted by user ip. Manually (through browser) i can download update files from update server.

[Brian N]

wow new gui is nice. It's 10x easier to find the stuff you need now. Kudos to ESET :P

[TBR]

Ok, so i installed ESS beta 2 for my 64bit Vista, all went well (albeit no reboot request but it may not have needed one) and it appears to work fine.

Question though, i am aware that there are two different beta's going on here - ESS and NOD32.

ESS, i thought, contained NOD32 beta as well, can you confirm? As even though i have installed ESS my NOD32 is still at 2.7.

May just be a misunderstanding on my part.

[TBR]

In addition to the above, i have just installed NOD32 Beta 2 as well.

The old version 2.7 is still present (and working) and it appears to have got rid of ESS as this is no longer running.

So, is NOD32 a part of ESS?

Should NOD32 Beta 2 replace older versions or NOD upon installation?

Why did installing NOD32 Beta 2 overwrite or prevent ESS from working?

A reboot was not requested at the end of installation of either ESS or NOD32 Beta 2 and internet access was affected until a reboot was completed after install of NOD32 Beta 2.

Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit with NOD32 version 2.7 installed before installation of either ESS or NOD32 Beta 2.

[rolarocka]

hello, after rebooting the http scanning seems missing: (i use winxp2 , gss, ghostwall, cfosspeed...)

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/642/untitled1ea3.jpg
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9521/untitled2nk9.jpg

I dont have this problems with ess, only with the NOD32 Antivirus version.

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "In addition to the above, i have just installed NOD32 Beta 2 as well.

The old version 2.7 is still present (and working) and it appears to have got rid of ESS as this is no longer running.

So, is NOD32 a part of ESS?

Should NOD32 Beta 2 replace older versions or NOD upon installation?

Why did installing NOD32 Beta 2 overwrite or prevent ESS from working?

A reboot was not requested at the end of installation of either ESS or NOD32 Beta 2 and internet access was affected until a reboot was completed after install of NOD32 Beta 2.

Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit with NOD32 version 2.7 installed before installation of either ESS or NOD32 Beta 2." }-

ESS and NOD32 Antivirus must give a warning telling you to uninstall NOD32, if found in the registry.

[TBR]

-{ Quote: "ESS and NOD32 Antivirus must give a warning telling you to uninstall NOD32, if found in the registry." }-

Well it didnt im afraid, neither ESS or NOD32 prompted me to remove.

Additionally, when using VMWare, the ESS firewall needs to be disabled before the virtual system will get an IP address from DHCP.

This is on either automatic or interactive, interactive gives no prompt.

Disable the firewall on ESS on the host OS and the virtual system immediately can pick up a DHCP assigned IP address.

[rogervernon]

Well, I've just used my NOD32 user/passwords and they work OK.

ESS beta 2 installed with no problems, after uninstalling NOD32 & 3rd. party firewall, followed by registry cleaning. I always re-boot after installation of security products.

The program is working fine here on XP Home.

The right click scan option is excellent - I can hardly believe the scan speed! Just to try it, I scanned the ESS installer pack and it took around one second! Can this be true?

[backspin]

Still no support for Remote Administrator, right?!

[mayt]

-{ Quote: "Still no support for Remote Administrator, right?!" }-
There actually is a remote administration support in ESS and EAV but only for ESET Remote Administrator version 2. ESET RA 2 is in beta stage and will soon go public.

[Marcos]

Removed, duplicate post.

Marcos

[mayt]

-{ Quote: "Squid. Access to internet granted by user ip. Manually (through browser) i can download update files from update server." }-

Is Squid in transparent or non-transparent mode? If in non-transparent mode, please try to set a proxy server credentials in the update setup.

[MovchanAV]

-{ Quote: "Is Squid in transparent or non-transparent mode? If in non-transparent mode, please try to set a proxy server credentials in the update setup." }-
Squid works in non-transparent mode. We do not use user name and password for accessing proxy. Access to proxy granted by machine ip using src_ip directive in squid.conf.
I have access to proxy and can provide logs and configuration information if you need it. ESS installed in Windows XP Professional Russian edition (SP2) in VMWare virtual machine.

[raven211]

I'll just quote my self so that you Moderators can see my previous message and question right here. No offence ofcourse :) ;

"I noticed that Security Center is not saying only like this for the FireWall Status: "ESET Smart Security FireWall [...]", but "One or more FireWalls [...]", even AFTER rebooting to make sure that wasn't the "problem". Looking in Windows FireWall's settings reports that it's controlled by a Group Policy.
Is this correct and why isn't Windows FireWall completely disabled?"


And also.. What's up with that "info-icon" that appears for example when notifying about successfull update and the like? I dunno if it looked like that before, but it doesn't look good at all. What I'm talking about is a line sticking out on the upper left from the "i" ... - this could look good if it wasn't so tight, but now it just looks silly and weird. :P I'll post two illustrated images to show what I mean exactly since I missed the opportunity some minutes ago. ;D First what it looks like now, and second what you might think it should look like (just without that thing). :D

[veri]

Shouldn't that also read "Update successful" or "Updated successfully"...

[raven211]

Yeah, a little typo. That word can be tricky to spell IMO. The point is what the "i" looks like. The short text was just for fun to make it look like the real window (except for the typo - lol :ouch:).

[raven211]

Another thing I noticed.. There's no "Scan in the background"-button in the main-scan window. See attached image to see what I mean. Either it's "New scan", or it's through running the scan in a separate window, and *then* choose "To background". There should be such a button in the main window too - it's much more comfortable, and also makes the scan run in low priority if that is set, without having to go through the other stuff. (If you click on "New Scan" for example, then that's exactly your intention obviously. Not to just take the scan to the background. - It's not self explanatory, so there needs to be another button in place to make it nice and smooth.)


EDIT: Second thing.. It's by default set in the "Scan Options" that the log should scroll, though, when you open the scan in a new window where the actual scroll is, it's always unchecked - EVEN when you've checked it, it gets unchecked again!


Also, I've found another place for an important option - ** See second attached image **

Changes found in the image:

+ "Show scan with log in new window"-option has been added to the main window - great option/addition to also have there, comfortable
+ Now it doesn't look so tight - the options have been given some space, makes it look better overall

[The Bruce]

I've searched the ESET website for a Smart Security product but can find nothing--what is it and how does it differ from NOD32 v2.7? Thanks in advance.

[appster]

This problem may or may not be an ESS issue as I upgraded to IE7 shortly before installing ESS beta2, but hopefully someone can address it.

Clicking on links no longer works! The only way I can get it to work is to right-click on the link and then click open. :-\

Fwiw, I'm running WinXP.

[MovchanAV]

-{ Quote: "I've searched the ESET website for a Smart Security product but can find nothing--what is it and how does it differ from NOD32 v2.7? Thanks in advance." }-
ESET Smart Security is a new product based on NOD32 (AFAIK). It's a complete security suite with firewall, anti-spyware and anti-spam modules. Here is press release on ESET site about it http://www.eset.eu/eset-release-beta-version-2-eset-smart-security

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "Another thing I noticed.. There's no "Scan in the background"-button in the main-scan window.
" }-

In order to move a scan to the background, you need to open the scan in a new window and then click on "To background"

-{ Quote: "Second thing.. It's by default set in the "Scan Options" that the log should scroll, though, when you open the scan in a new window where the actual scroll is, it's always unchecked - EVEN when you've checked it, it gets unchecked again!
" }-

It'd be a bug if you didn't scroll the window manually. Oterwise it's a feature.

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "Shouldn't that also read "Update successful" or "Updated successfully"..." }-

The string "Update Succesfully" doesn't exist in any of the rc files we use. We don't even use "Successfully" with capital "S" anywhere ???

[raven211]

Okay, I think you've misunderstood everything about my posts sadly. I'll quote again the most important parts. Overall the most important thing is that I'm FULLY aware of where you take it to the background, but I don't want it to be complicated - now I'll quote what I actually written *SOON* in the post. YOU GOT TO READ IT ALL OR YOU WONT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT.;

"Either it's "New scan", or it's through running the scan in a separate window, and *then* choose "To background". There should be such a button in the main window too - it's much more comfortable, and also makes the scan run in low priority if that is set, without having to go through the other stuff. (If you click on "New Scan" for example, then that's exactly your intention obviously. Not to just take the scan to the background. - It's not self explanatory, so there needs to be another button in place to make it nice and smooth.)"




"It'd be a bug if you didn't scroll the window manually. Oterwise it's a feature."

Yes, I'm talking about a bug. I'll quote myself: "It's by default set in the "Scan Options" that the log should scroll, though, when you open the scan in a new window where the actual scroll is, it's ALWAYS unchecked - EVEN when you've checked it, it gets unchecked again!"




"The string "Update Succesfully" doesn't exist in any of the rc files we use. We don't even use "Successfully" with capital "S" anywhere."

Well, I'm glad it doesn't, since that was just a typo from me. He just corrected a mistake, but this is not a spelling competition actually, so I don't know why. It wasn't even the point. All I did was adding a text for fun. The point was how the "i" looked like on that tight space. You can read my previous post before that to see what I mean.



Now, if you look at the two images in my previous post, you'll see what I mean. The first is where the button would reside for sending the scan to the background. (Same position as when you take the scan to a separate window.)
What this does is that it gives the user more comfort by broadens its possibilities to do different tasks.

The second one is an idea of a great option to add to the main-scan window. It's the same option that's found when bringing the scan to the foreground, in other words: "Show scan with log in new window".
Again a thing to give the users more comfort, being able to do important tasks from different places. It also makes sense.
I'll simply quote what was changed in that image so you know exactly.

"+ "Show scan with log in new window"-option has been added to the main window - great option/addition to also have there, comfortable
+ Now it doesn't look so tight - the options have been given some space, makes it look better overall"


Finally, a question I'd quoted myself was written on page number 2, so I'll write it again just to make sure it gets to attention. It might be important for you to be aware of too and obviously for the other users here at the forums;

"I noticed that Security Center is not saying only like this for the FireWall Status: "ESET Smart Security FireWall [...]", but "One or more FireWalls [...]", even AFTER rebooting to make sure that wasn't the "problem". Looking in Windows FireWall's settings reports that it's controlled by a Group Policy.
Is this correct and why isn't Windows FireWall completely disabled?"


Thank you...

[veri]

-{ Quote: "The string "Update Succesfully" doesn't exist in any of the rc files we use. We don't even use "Successfully" with capital "S" anywhere ???" }-

Yeah, he put that there to help illustrate his point - I haven't installed b2 since I've been running Nod32 AV after dealing with this problem (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=181621) several times, so I didn't know.

Wondering if any of the bugs fixed would have an impact on what I mentioned in the above thread.

[mayt]

-{ Quote: "Squid works in non-transparent mode. We do not use user name and password for accessing proxy. Access to proxy granted by machine ip using src_ip directive in squid.conf.
I have access to proxy and can provide logs and configuration information if you need it. ESS installed in Windows XP Professional Russian edition (SP2) in VMWare virtual machine." }-

I replicated the ESS (EAV) beta 2 update problem using Squid proxy both in transparent and non-transparent mode. Have to perform further examination to see what is a root cause of the problem.

[zen_virgil]

does anyone agree that the statement "System is Secure" in a blue rectangular shape with rounded corners that appears when u open ESS be retained? it's gone in beta 2. ???

[kC_]

now says "maximum protection"

[raven211]

Mayth or Marco, could you read my whole previous post and respond to it?
Thx a lot!

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "Mayth or Marco, could you read my whole previous post and respond to it?
Thx a lot!" }-

Actually it's not that complicated, just my fault. Click New scan to move the current scan to background, that's it. Pretty simple.

[raven211]

Yes I know that it's simple, but that's what I'd written in the post; "It's not self explanatory." If you click on "New scan", you obviously want to make a new scan - it doesn't say that you put the scan in the background. I thought those additions that I talked about would only make so much more sense and comfortability.

To make it short:

1. THE FIRST ADDITION: Make a "To background" button in the main-scan window. I can't see a reason why it should only reside when you take it to a new window. There's the perfect same space just there.
2. SECOND: Making "Separate window"-option available in the main-scan window - also only to make it more comfortable and make sense. The space is also too tight now between what is being scanned and "Bring to foreground"-option for example. Giving it some space makes it look better too. ** See my illustration. **
3. THE BUG: Scroll log is *always* unchecked.
4. THE FIRST QUESTION: Is Windows FireWall supposed to be "on"? It's being controlled by a Group Policy. Why isn't it ESS FW alone? Now it reports "One or more [...]" in Security Center - not "Eset Smart Security FireWall [...]".
5. THE SECOND: Was the "i" looking the same in Beta 1? It appears for example when you've updated (or the program by itself, obviously). In that tight space, it just looks quite weird. Why isn't it a normal "i" as illustrated in one of my previous posts.
6. THE THIRD (NEW): Why does the update option only say "virus signature"? We get to change options for program updating, so logically it should reside there too - either separately or together as a one-check-process.

[petersteiner]

I have this old freezing problem again that also appeared at 2.7 with certain files. To see what I mean download the DivX installer from http://download.divx.com/divx/DivXInstaller.exe - my computer freezes for about 20 seconds when the download is complete.

EDIT: ekrn.exe is using 99% of my cpu power when this happens. No other AV I trialed shows this behaviour. Please don't tell me this is normal or "there is nothing". I like NOD32 myself but this has to get fixed.

[rusbadboy]

Hello, I have the following problem with this new Beta 2.

I've noticed on Beta 1b that the license was expiring in 6 days and it told me to go download a new version, thats when I discovered that Beta 2 was out. So i uninstalled Beta 1b and deleted all Eset entries in the registry and the %AppData%/Eset folder too.

I restarted the computer and installed Beta 2, however the License expiry message still persisted, so I uninstalled again and completed the above procedures again, to no avail the message is still there. The icon remains yellow, and the message states "Maximum protection is not ensured".

Please advise me on how to fix this, as it is rather annoying. Thanks in advance.

[tosbsas]

no answer as of yet, but a new thread (:-))

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=183743

Ruben

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "I have this old freezing problem again that also appeared at 2.7 with certain files. To see what I mean download the DivX installer from http://download.divx.com/divx/DivXInstaller.exe - my computer freezes for about 20 seconds when the download is complete.

EDIT: ekrn.exe is using 99% of my cpu power when this happens. No other AV I trialed shows this behaviour. Please don't tell me this is normal or "there is nothing". I like NOD32 myself but this has to get fixed." }-

If this happens with advanced heuristics and runtime packers disabled then it could be a bug. Otherwise it's emulation or unpacking that takes so much time, maybe there are many files inside the archive that need to be scanned.

[garyk]

Hi,
I was trying to install the beta 2 version. I uninstalled the previous version, delete the folder and delete the register record and restart the computer. After that installed a new beta 2 version. It shows me that “beta version will run out in 6 days”?
I don’t know what I should do and I was wondering if anybody could help.
I run the XP profession OS.

Thanks,
garyk

[tosbsas]

you should

1. reboot
2. runupdate
3. reboot again

Ruben
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=183743&page=2

[beksam]

-{ Quote: " It shows me that “beta version will run out in 6 days”?
" }-
-{ Quote: " 1. reboot
2. runupdate
3. reboot again
" }-
I've that problem too. But I can't update, because I work through proxy server and ESS don't want update via proxy.
How I can fix this problem? thanx.

[devans123]

I am running beta 2 on my Desktop and Laptop, both have Vista Ultimate.
Beta 2 kills Windows Mail, as soon as Windows Mail launches the 'Program Has Stopped Working' window appears.
Beta's 1a, 1b, had no problem.
Is anyone else experiencing this ?

Dennis

[p51d007]

Uninstalled 2.7, installed B2,(AV only)
Dell E1505, 2 gig ram, Vista Ultimate. NO issues.
Kuddos to the Eset guys.......the interface is MUCH MUCH better!
Everything in one path. The tree for the options is a LOT better.
Easier to navigate.

[Graystoke]

I installed the new beta 2 with great anticipation. Again I was greatly disappointed.

I tried to run a scheduled scan, and again like in beta 1, I couldn't get it to run with the GUI on the screen showing the scan in progress. I tried different combinations. I tried to set it up using the same settings that Blackspear recommends, and I have used, in his extra settings for NOD32 v2. I finally gave up.

Why can't Eset make it simple like the other AV software companies out there? It's so simple. Pick the drive you want to scan, the time of day, whether daily, weekly or monthly, click OK, that's it. Why make it so difficult Eset? End of my rant. I'm through with Eset.

[Marcos]

-{ Quote: "I installed the new beta 2 with great anticipation. Again I was greatly disappointed.

I tried to run a scheduled scan, and again like in beta 1, I couldn't get it to run with the GUI on the screen showing the scan in progress. " }-

Scheduled scans have always been run hidden in the background as they are performed at the kernel level. Once a command line scanner is added, you will be able to run it as an external application like in v2 and it will show up on the screen.

[The_1337]

my computer crashed 3 times in a row, so i uninstalled the beta and my computer is fine...

[Methos]

Great news....new beta products, outstanding...thanks!

[jackm]

Get rid of the cascaded "Advanced options" context menu item for Explorer. The items it contains are completely redundant.

Clean files - I already have this option in the main context menu. And what's more I already decided whether or not I wanted the on demand scanner to clean files in the profiles section. Why are you wasting my space to do this again?

Quarantine file - Based on what? My gut feelings? Premonition? Surely I'm going to make the decision to quarantine my file based a scan aren't I? Perfect place to put a "Hey would you like to quarantine this?" option don't you think?

Copy file to Quarantine - Same as above but now I also want to keep a copy of a file that is quarantined... oh wait, that doesn't make sense... if theres a copy that's not in quarantine then what was the point?

Submit file for analysis... - You expect this to be such a regular requirement that it needs to be in the global context menu for every single file? Gut feelings on these too or ouija board instead? Or maybe the on demand scanner will tell me its suspicious and give me the option to submit it. On the odd occasion that this doesn't apply an option in the main UI will suffice.

Good product with some crazy UI decisions :wacko:

[MenosOcho]

Hi folks,

I've got three bugs:

- Setup, Personal Firewall, Advanced Personal firewall setup, Connection View, check/uncheck any option --> the changes are not saved.

- Setup, Personal, Switch to Interactive filtering, Configure rules and zones, right click, select full path --> Eset crash.

- Windows Firewall Console: it believe that the PC is not protected and it recommend turn on the Windows Firewall.

Platform:
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
Intel Corel 2 Duo
2GB RAM

Nice product, best regards.
Martin

[indtram]

Hi !!!

I am new to the forum.... I had the problem of User Name and Password.... for that I am unistalling Beta 1a and downloading Beta 2 hope so this solve the issue....

My input:

I have Windows Xp/ Pentium D... with Windows Smartphone Orange e650 (aka HTC s710 VOX)...

After installing Beta 1a..when I started Activesync it refused to recognize the Phone and Started giving the Message "Not Connected"....

After programming the Eset FireWall .. it still refused to budge.... eventually had to Disable the Eset Firewall and Activesync worked fine....

Please look into this issue or If I need to do something else please let me know along with the Forum as many people would be using Windows Smart Phones these days.

Regards

[cookie1977]

My subscription to Eset Antivirus is up to date. I have no problems downloading up-dates to the program. Virus scans work well. No other problems except this one.

I have a problem that outlook 2003 crashes when I search for new email. I have pop, MS mail connector and imap settings on my outlook. If i turn 'off' eset antivirus beta 2 email scan, outlook no longer crashes when I search for new email. If after I download email from outlook with eset email scan turned 'off' and I then turn back 'on' email scan and re download email, outlook doesnt crash.

Anyone experience this?

PS Love the new GUI

System Specs
windows xp pro sp2 all MS updates installed
office 2007 home edition
Outlook 2003
centrino Dual Core 2 2ghz processor
2gb of 667mhz ram
Dell XPS m1210

[funtuva]

I am a registered ESS Beta user

Was using ESS Beta 1b, uninstalled and reinstalled Beta 2. Now license expired. I have reinstalled twice and still the same.

Please advise how to get this unstuck.

[tosbsas]

did you update the virusdatabase - that will download an update and everything will be ok again

Ruben

[Diver]

Although I am sure that version 3 will be out "when it is ready", is there some sort of a time frame for expected or hopeful completion of this project?

[svendoris]

Hi Guys
I currently have nod32 installed I believe it is simply the best. My question is regarding the firewall in the security suite, will it or does it pass all the leak tests as per Firewall Leak Tester. I have comodo running on my xp machine but this laptop is running vista and there is currently no decent firewall available that I trust.
Sven:D

[Pwntje]

Windows Vista still freezes here, ah well, lets wait till another beta.

[pmi]

Another beta... From what I can see there are still features not completly implemented yet. And there are a lot of problems on beta2. I think we will have to test also a beta3 and 4 (new features), and if they use the MS way to test, we will see RC1 and 2, and maybe a RC3. But in the end I hope we will have a stable and long lasting product.

[jeksenly]

Any link for RC1 or more??

[pmi]

-{ Quote: "Any link for RC1 or more??" }-
Who told you or where you read that there is a RC1 yet? Just wait and maybe there will be one.

[ASpace]

-{ Quote: "Any link for RC1 or more??" }-

Such version is not ready yet . Read these forums often for more info and you'll understand when ready.

[Concepts]

Hi, I have a 2 year license and my question is how would I go about upgrading to ESET Smart Security when it becomes available and how much extra will it cost? Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. Also if I try the ESET Smart Security Beta will that interfere with my 2 year license at all? Love the new GUI and great work to those who made it possible they need a pay raise and I cant ever see myself using anything else other than ESET.

EDIT: Do I need to uninstall my current NOD32 before running the Smart Security Beta?

[bradyfan123]

-{ Quote: "Although I am sure that version 3 will be out "when it is ready", is there some sort of a time frame for expected or hopeful completion of this project?" }-

I'm curious as well..any estimated date?

[Stormboy]

With NOD 32 you get a signature type note in Thunderbird that the email has been checked.

-{ Quote: "__________ NOD32 2532 (20070916) Information __________

This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
http://www.eset.com" }-

I did not get this with either Beta's.
Is it missing something or am I blind ::)

[tosbsas]

by default its turned off - check in advanced settings - you'll find it

Ruben

[smith2006]

-{ Quote: "With NOD 32 you get a signature type note in Thunderbird that the email has been checked.



I did not get this with either Beta's.
Is it missing something or am I blind ::)" }-

Go to Advance setup -> Email Protection -> Alerts and notifications -> Append tag messages to received and read email , change it from "To infected email only" to "To all email".

-{ Quote: "

__________ Information from Eset Smart Security, version of virus signature database 2532 (20070916) __________

The message was checked by Eset Smart Security.
http://www.eset.com

" }-

One minor problem - I am using NOD32 V3.0 Beta but the tag shows as Eset Smart Security.

[Chokes]

Great App!!! but it should be in interactive mode by default for the firewall.... or a choice at the setup:)

[Stormboy]

:thumb:
Thanks All

[ASpace]

-{ Quote: "Great App!!! but it should be in interactive mode by default for the firewall.... or a choice at the setup:)" }-

There is a choice at start-up (unless you choose Typical install) . Automatic mode is ok for most people . Interactive is ok for less people and that's why those less people do know of not typical install and Advanced Setup tree and can change to their preferance :thumb:

[PatG]

What do I need to do to have only 1 tag...instead of two?

EDIT: Just an idea: Could it tag outbound and then again on a machine that is also running ESS when it arrives? Anyone?

[Ulpian]

1. There is a grpahic glitch in firewall connections window when "use big icons" windows option is checked.
2. Firewall seems to be ... slow. It reacts on connections attempt with more delay than e.g. zonealarm.
3. Paint.NET tries Outbound traffic. Popup widow appeared, I hit Allow but nothing happens. svchost.exe started 100% of CPU core usage. ESS no longer asks for new programs, so I have to restart.

I will report more issues after further using of program (I use ESS since 15min)

[Eduardvalencia]

NOD32 doesen't has the windows vista aero effect when it opens clicking in the taskbar,i was wondering if it has something to do with the the application,or it's simply a MS bug

The installation went flawlessly,and it updated very well

Eduardo