NOD32 V2.5 - Early Warning System

Hello!

I found this in Event log: Time Module Event User
8.4.2005 21:12:13 Kernel Statistical information has been sent to Eset.

I like to see data that was sent to ESET. Where can i see what was sent to ESET?

Could someone from ESET post here data that was sent to ESET?

Best regards,

izi

PS: I turn off this, because i don't know was sent to ESET!!

 

The Bidirectional Early Warning System has a single purpose - to improve the protection that we can offer you, our customer. The best way to ensure that we see new threats as soon as they appear is to "link" to as many of our customers as possible and use them as our Threat Scouts. There are two options:


1. You can decide not to enable Early Warning System. You won't lose any functionality in the software, and you'll still get the best protection that we can offer.


2. You can enable Early Warning System to submit information about new threats, and where the new threatening code is contained in a file, the whole file can be sent to Eset for detailed analysis. Studying these threats will help Eset update its threat detection capabilities. Early Warning System will collect information about your computer related to newly detected threats, which may include a sample or copy of the file in which the threat appeared, the path to that file, its filename, information about the date and time, the process by which the threat appeared on your computer and information about your computer's operating system. Some of this information may include personal information about the user of the computer, for instance usernames in the path etc.

While there is a chance that on occasion this may disclose some information about you or your computer to our threat lab at Eset, our intention is not to gather that information for any other purpose than to ensure that we can respond immediately to new threats. We're telling you this up-front, and you have several options so you can be sure that we take your privacy very seriously.


By default NOD32 is set to ask you if you'd like to submit the suspicious file for detailed analysis to Eset's threat lab. Furthermore files with certain extensions like .doc or .xls are always excluded from having their contents included, should a threat be detected in them. You can add other extensions so that if there are files that you or your company wants to particularly avoid ever sending, you may be sure they will be untouched.

We hope that you will help us better protect your computers by using the Early Warning System Technology and be a part of making the Internet a safer place.

 

Thanks Marcos!

Is it possible to post here (or send me private message) one information without personal information? I like to see information which was sent to ESET.

Best regards,

izi

 

I really don't know what was submitted from your machine - as stated in the privacy statement, the data sent is fully anonymous so I'm unable to figure out what exact information was sent out from your machine. All I could tell was already mentioned above.

 

Prevx uses a similar early warning system that also sends anonymous information regarding threats discovered on their users machines…

Hope this helps...

Cheers

 

Could you post any other information without personal information. I really like to see one file with information.

Best regards,

izi

 

I don't understand what exactly you want. All I can see is something like http://www.virus-radar.com. From this information, I cannot tell who sent a particular email as the virus radar only gathers information about the threat name and the time.

 

Izi would just like to see a sample of what Eset receives through the EWS.

Cheers

 

All has been said - the information gathered is shown similarly as on Virus radar. There's no personal info as mentioned in the privacy statement.

 

Thanks Blackspear!

I turn off EWS because i don't like spyware an my computer!!!

Best regards,

izi

 

Turning on Early Warning System is optional. If you mind it, you can turn it off. However, the more customers use it, the more quickly Eset can react to potential threats. According to your premsse, Windows as well as many other software must be spyware as well.

 

In Error reporting (Windows XP) you could see what information is sent to Microsoft.



If you update Windows, Microsoft collect some information from computer, but i don't like this. :-(

 

If EWS isn't spyware, why ESET doesn't show sample what ESET receives through the EWS.

Paul, how could you know what is received through EWS?

Spyware is a class of malicious programs which includes any program that collects and tranmits information about a computer system without the implicit consent of the owner.
(http://www.viruslist.com)

Best regards,

izi

 

'Once installed, the spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and transmits that information in the background to someone else....' - that is EWS.

Should I say more...

 

izi,

Actually, yes, you should say more. The facility in NOD32 is provided with full dislosure to the user and allows the user to very easily disable this facility without any negative impact on the functionality of the application.

To label this facility as spyware is incorrect to say the least.

Blue

 

Maybe spyware isn't right word. Trojan spy is better.

Read here:
http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=160148863

Best regards,

izi

 

I don't know what really sent to ESET (my email address, credit card number, password for emails, etc.).

Best regards,

izi

 

I only want to see sample of what ESET receives through the EWS.

If i can't see what is in this so called Statistical information, for me it's trojan.


Best regards,

izi

 

Hi Izi, other than virus information I very much doubt that there will be any other data transmitted. The Eset representative Marcos has stated that at this point what is actually transmitted to Eset will not be disclosed, and really nothing further can be said. I understand that you would like to know exactly what is transmitted to Eset, as in seeing an example, and maybe in time this will be provided.

For now this thread is really going nowhere and it's time to leave things be.

Cheers.

 

I know (hope) that ESET doesn't collect any other information but, i only like to see Statistical information. That's all folks!!!

Best regards,

izi