ESET Smart Security Public Beta 1a now available

Hello,

ESET Smart Security Public Beta 1a is now available. It is a service release designed to fix customer-reported bugs from previous builds and can be downloaded from ESET's web site at:

http://download1.eset.com/special/essbeta1a/ess_nt32_enu.msi (17.8MB, English)​

NOTE: Upgrading from previous builds is not supported. Uninstall your current version of ESET NOD32 Antivirus or ESET Smart Security before installing this release.

Here is the changelog for the release:

ESET PERSONAL FIREWALL

• Improved compatibility with other installed TDI filters, such as Sunbelt Software Personal Firewall.
• Fixed an issue with notification windows not being displayed when the firewall is in Interactive Mode.
• Fixed an issue with excluding applications from being checked for modifications.

REAL-TIME FILE SYSTEM PROTECTION

• Fixed an issue with the graphic user interface not properly reporting when real-time file system protection had been disabled.
• Fixed an issue with how real-time file system protection scanned newly-created or modified files. Real-time scanning now properly quarantines files infected files on network shares.

ON-DEMAND SCANNING

• Fixed the problem with scanning the "My Computer" object or individual files were checked.

ANTI-SPAM

• Fixed an issue with Microsoft Outlook 2007 crashing when closed.

INSTALLATION

• Fixed two issues which prevented ESET Smart Security from installing on some computers.

Several misspellings in the user interface and in the online help have been corrected as well.

Please provide feedback here in the forum, by email to betasupport@eset.sk or by selecting Help -> Contact Technical Support from the main menu within the program.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky