installation of v4 RC

During instalation of NOD32 RC I have gotten warning window stating that other security software (F-Secure) is installed on the computer. I have never had F-Secure on my computer.
I have trialed Norton, Avira prior to NOD32 installation.

 

Are you running windows XP or Vista?

 

Hello,

Idem.

ESS 4 RC1 detected my computer F Secure.


running xp sp3


cheers

 

Hello,

If you look in the [HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\System\] branch of the registry, do you see any keys listed for F-Secure?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

 

Wow, I do have a key for F-Secure listed there, it's called F-Secure Gatekeeper.
I've always wondered why NOD32 detects that I have F-Secure installed (it was only online scanner that I used once), but now thanks to you Agoretsky, I've found it.
My question: is it safe to delete this key?

Thanks

 

Vista Ultimate.

I have found the registry key agoretsky mentioned - and deleted it.
There are also other entries elsewhere in registry related to F-Secure.

Waterfox - I have run the online scan as well some time ago so it has to be a culprit.

My question is: does the fact that there are some registry entries related to online scan interfere with NOD32? Should I manually delete this entries before NOD installation?

 

Hello,

I would suggest that you back up the key by exporting it and then remove it.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

 

Hello,

The installers for ESET NOD32 Antivirus and ESET Smart Security can look for incompatible applications using a variety of methods. Usually, the presence of a particular registry key implies the presence of a particular program that could conflict with ESET's software. In this case, it sounds like just the registry key was left over from running the online scanner version of an anti-virus program.

If there was another anti-virus program previously installed, I would suggest following the developer's instructions for removal prior to installing ESET's software. In the case of things like leftover registry keys, I would suggest exporting them prior to deletion, just in case they need to be examined in the future.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky