Another huge update 1.1688 today!

Marcos,

I guess it is time for Eset to do something, see the statement in Bold.

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Greetings All,

I decided to reinstall Windows XP Professional With Service Pack 2 lastnight. From 11AM in the morning I tirelessly installed many an update for Windows XP itself, which included every hotfix for Windows XP itself offline in a batch installation script I had created myself as well as numerous updates for Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Standard 2003 and finally Microsoft Windows XP Plus! SuperPack. It took 12 hours. All in all I didn't encounter any issues although Eset NOD32 AntiVirus System 2.51 corrupt my Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0.5 installation because it's Advanced Heuristic Dection engine, with definitions that were 5 months out of date concluded that the files being extracted posed a possible threat to my system. Lest to say that after I had configured my system and permissions, that I created a System Restore point and repaired Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0.5. All is well and I'm content with my system as it stands. I sometimes feel that Eset NOD32 AntiVirus System 2.51 can be somewhat overprotective, but not in terms of functionality. I wouldn't use any other AntiVirus product on the market.
In regards to the issue above about said user reinstalling the client every 30 days, perhaps Eset could implement a scheme as Adobe have whereby you can only install a trial once and any further attempt to install the trial after the expiration of the trial is thrawted by the fact that the license is retained on the users PC and therefore they cannot simply reinstall the client and effectively obtain free-of-charge protection. I have always pondered exactly how Adobe manage this considering if it were Registry entries, they could be easily edited. Regardless I know one personal personally that conducts the above; I'll inform him that he'd better pay for protection. How does Eset NOD32 AntiVirus System fare against Spyware and Adware in comparison to dedicated programs such as Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.0.5? I'm currently using both as my AntiVirus and AntiSpyware Protection.

Regards,

Scott Sutton

 

Hello Scott,

Hope ya don't mind but I'll ask that We contain this thread discussion to the thread starters intention and create a separate thread concerning that question Please. That could be either this Nod32 forum or our other anti-malware software forum.

Thanks,
Bubba

 

No, they don't, and they don't deserve updates to Windows, if they've stolen that, too, but if they do get updates, it makes us all somewhat safer. Better to have a system that finds and stops malware rather than spreading it unknowingly; regardless of who's using that system.