Version 8.0.2.96 (Released December 19th, 2012) Improved System performance and reduced the background overhead of WSA Fixed Issue with unnecessary Firewall prompts http://www.webroot.com/En_US/support-consumer-release-notes.html
Hello, I was wondering since some firewall improvements was in this release, are their plans to reintroduce the same firewall functionalities back into Windows 8 as all other Windows versions or does Windows 8 prevent this being done? I ask as I like a bit more control like used to be available before Windows 8 came along. Whether this feature comes back or not will decide if I need to find another firewall. I have noticed that several vendors have been thrown a twist as to firewalls with Windows 8 as compatible versions have been slow to be released.
My systems auto-updated here in the good old U.S. of A, and the firewall prompts appear to be fixed. Thanks for the quick roll-out!
I am not referring to a problem, it is just with Windows 8 you do not have any firewall options as they were removed awhile back.
Why daily updates for a cloud based Av? Shouldn't devs do a long beta testing instead of giving daily updates.
Well the way I look at it if there is a bug I rather them fix it now unlike some other vendors and it updates in a blink of a eye even if you do see it. TH
We've been making a massive amount of improvements and phasing them in as soon as they're finished rather than making users wait. We will soon be on a longer cycle as we have been on previously.
The tables that list processes and protection options (such as "Control Active Processes") are all drawing very slow -- at about the rate of 2 seconds per row. This is on a zippy new system. Also still seeing WSA blocking the ExploitShield DLL from loading in protected browsers (contacted support about this a while back; it was being reproduced and looked at in-house).
When software updates & you don't even notice even while using the PC it's no problem how often it updates? I must say (at the risk of becoming a fan & the ensuing negative posts that could cause) WSA is now an excellent AV & really glad I've stuck with it & very happy to tell others that -
We've reproduced the ExploitShield incompatibility and will be looking into it. I'm not certain we'll be able to fix it without reducing security but I'm looking into it now.