Vista firewall & defender active after 4.0.437 install

[terradon]

I just did an uninstall of 4.0.417 and install of 4.0.437. Both ESS and Windows Firewall were active after installation. Windows Defender's realtime anti-malware was also active. Though I didn't notice any slowdown, I assume that both should be disabled and let ESS handle them. Defender does identify ESS as active for both areas.

It's been quite a while since I remember having to disable windows firewall and I don't think I've ever seen Defender's realtime anti-malware running at the same time as ESS. Am I just having a brain fart?;D

[agoretsky]

Hello,

I have not seen any problems using Microsoft Windows Defender in combination with ESET Smart Security.

You can disable Windows' Firewall after installing ESET Smart Security; this is typically performed during installation, however, it can be done manually if the firewall is still running after the installation of ESET Smart Security.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

[terradon]

Thanks. Vista's firewall was still running and I stopped it. The real time Defender settings looked much different than I remember. It must have changed with one of the many defender updates recently.

I didn't experience a problem, it just took me by surprise to see everything in Defender running.