Drivers used by NOD32

Discussion in 'ESET NOD32 Antivirus' started by Sacles, Sep 4, 2012.

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  1. Sacles

    Sacles Registered Member

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    Hello,

    What are the drivers used by NOD32 Antivirus?

    I count 3 drivers. Is this correct?
    1. efavdrv
    2. ehdrv
    3. epfwwwfpr
    I had installed SMART Security (unistalled now) and I wonder if there is not a SMART driver which has not been removed.
     
  2. Janus

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    Hello Sacles

    Not done much research in that field, :D but if I remember correctly, Eset Smart security also use two firewall drivers
    one on startup named , epfwwfp.sys
    and a personal firewall driver called epfw.sys. Just a suggestion Sacles, but
    have you tried to run Eset SysInspector? it should show you, all the drives used by Eset.

    Cheers. Janus.
     
  3. Sacles

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    In Eset SysInspector, I have efavdrv: unknown, stopped.
     
  4. Niels

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    Hello Sacles,

    This are also Eset related drivers:
    efavdrv
    ehdrv
    epfw
    Epfw NDIS Lightweight Filter
    epfwwfp

    Regards
    Niels
     
  5. Sacles

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    Hello,

    Yes, but why have I, In Eset SysInspector efavdrv: unknown, stopped?
     
  6. Niels

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    Hello Sacles,

    That is normal behavior. This isn't a critical Eset service. The only purpose is when you want to create a system inspector logfile, only at that moment the driver will be active. So nothing to worry about. You are protected.

    Regards
    Niels
     
  7. Sacles

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    Hello,

    It is in the report of ESET SysInspector that I see "efavdrv: unknown, stopped".

    When the report is generated by sysinpector the driver should be active?

    Regards.
     
  8. Marcos

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    Didn't you run an ESET stand-alone cleaner in the past?
     
  9. Sacles

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    Hello,

    No, but I've uninstalled NOD32 several times by the "normal" method (program list in Windows).

    I also tried SMART Security that I uninstalled by the method "normal."
     
  10. Sacles

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    Hello,

    The questions are:
    1. Is efavdrv a driver of NOD32 Antivirus?
    2. If yes, why is it disabled?
    3. If not, is it a SMART Security driver and then can I remove it?
     
  11. Marcos

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    You can remove it. To my best knowledge, it's only bundled with ESET Rogue Application Remover and is removed automatically provided that the cleaner is not terminated unexpectedly.
     
  12. Sacles

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    Correct, if I run ERA Remover, the driver efavdrv is active but is it not cleared when the program is finished (after the prompt "Press a key to continue").
     
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