I am actually interested if ESET can gives us a sneak preview at the new features of ESET 5 and maybe a timeframe. Since ESET 4.2 was the last major update before version 5. Next to that I would like to see a component based installer. So in the EAV you can choose NOT to install anything related to the e-mailscanner. And in the ESS you can choose NOT to install anything related to the e-mailscanner and antispam (since many people don't need it because they use web-based e-mail, and personally I don't want anything to be installed I won't use anyway), and NOT to install the (which I expect to be coming) parental control. Otherwise I think ESET will lose a lot of it's fans because they get things they don't want (not really bloatware, but nearly).
Is it possible to code ekrn.exe so that it does not allow itself to use up >90% of the CPU for longer than a few seconds, or not at all? I would think this would be a simple programming "cheat" to solve some of the "NOD is taking up all my CPU!" problems people post about all the time, especially on older machines, especially on the newest version, especially when startup scanner is enabled. Maybe even >50% CPU would be a better break point... Just an idea...
id also like to see an option to update program versions in the setting so that way users at least have an option to update program versions automatically or at least with a popup alert from the program itself instead of having to manually download each program update, it becomes quite a pain.
Re: Rescan quarantine after every update, Help needs Help I don't know if Eset has this or not but I would like to see something that if something is infected, the ability to completely delete the file from the machine. the web shield. could match closer to what Kaspersky has in detection rates with popups like if an exploit tries to come through saying exploit detected... denied etc. I thought it did update the program components? but yes that would be helpfull keeps you from having to go through the whole uninstall reinstall routine
Re: Rescan quarantine after every update, Help needs Help it does, im talking about program versions which it doesnt seem to update on its own. individual components im pretty sure it does update on its own, for instance if thers like a small self defense component update, im pretty sure it will update that on its own, but if a new version is released, like the new 4.2.40 version, it doesnt even give u an alert that thers an update out there nor a choice to download and install it.
Creat a sample submission tool like the one SUPERAntiSpyware has, it's easir than adding files to the Quarantine and then submit them. At the very least you could create a submission page like Kaspersky Labs did. It's very frustrating to send samples by e-mail. If it was easier I could easily send you dozen of new samples everyday, because I collect many from my customer's computers
Re: Rescan quarantine after every update, Help needs Help hmm I thought it did I know AVG does. so does Avast
Re: Rescan quarantine after every update, Help needs Help ye thats the problem, tons of products do yet for some reason ESET doesnt from my experience.
I should note that when using context menu scan, no option is presented to add an exe (or anything else for that matter) to the exclusion list. I've reread the latest test on av-comparatives and although Eset does not produce much false positives, it is not as fast as it used to be. Norton and Avira seem to be considerably faster. It also looks like Avira has been working getting the false positives down a bit. Perhaps that is the reason why they (Avira) are behind G-data now. Anyway, this is just what I make of the latest test, it is too soon to draw conclusions yet apart from those that I have made regarding Nod32. If Eset could up their detection rates and speed whilst keeping the much appreciated load of configuration options I'd switch back in a heart beat.
Hello, I am new to NOD but did notice something I would like to see. I decided to test NOD to see how it did with Viruses after I installed it. I tried to download the Eicar test file. Well NOD did it's job by shutting down my connection to the site. It also quarantined the file. All good. What I would like to suggest is all any user gets is a balloon message stating NOD did what ever, and you get a default web page telling you to diagnose connection problems. For some of the novice users out there and even for a brief moment more knowledgeable users may be confused. I would like to see NOD generate a web document that opens in the browser stating that it shut down the connection and it is ok to move on to a different website as there is nothing wrong with your connection.
I'd like to see the option to run programs inside a sandbox from the explorer right click menu. I believe Kaspersky have this option.
I would like to see a real x64 version. To code only the egui.exe in 64-bit, leaving the ekrn.exe 32-bit is not a real native 64-bit application. And a beahvior blocker would be great. The Heuristics are very good (!) and a behavior blocker as another layer of protection would push the detection rates up high.
This might improve archive scanning performance slightly, but honestly that would be a very minor difference. The software doesn't come close to the 2GB application addressing limit imposed by 32-bit architectures and jumping to a 64-bit build for its own sake when 32-bit binaries are and continue to be supported on 64-bit OS's is silly.
I would also like to see an Behavioral Blocker be included in ESET's products, that's really the only thing I am missing very much . And the Behavioral Blocker request goes for the Mac OS X version as well
Re: Future Changes to EAV 3.0 might I ask what is wrong with web access protection to begin with? the reason I personaly stayed with avast for as long as I did was it was the first antivirus (at that time and this was years ago )that had a web shield component to it. as far as I can see the GUI itself is not fancy at all it is about as easy to understand as you can get. a webshield as far as I can see is an important part of what is already integrated and stops things from getting through that would automaticaly get through without any problem otherwise. as far as "noise" is conserned. when Eset is installed by default. it only notifies you to things that require user interaction to begin with. the occassional popup that states when signautre databases have been updated is not a big deal.
Re: Future Changes to EAV 3.0 Not to mention that I am 90% sure that 2.x had an HTTP scanning module (along with Office integration) the same as 3.0/4.x.
The HTTP scanning module is very important, since it is able to block access to the website before one is able to download the malicious content.
lol exactly. and don't worry about stuff like cookie blockers. cookies aren't malicious as they are just text files. plus they get cleared everytime you empty the cookie folders and or windows temp files.
Since 4.2 was the last major upgrade before version 5, and a lot of comments in this thread already. I think it becomes time ESET starts "leaking" some information about version 5 of NOD32 Antivirus (or Smart Security). So, what's up?
Hello, Here is an interview with Richard Marko, ESET's CTO, which discusses future directions, and this video about the 4.0product launch discusses the future as well. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky
