Hi, Im getting a red message on my home screen that the virus signature database is out of date, but when I click update I get a message that it is up to date. Im running version 9.0.386.0 on Windows 7, and theres no version update offered either. Any suggestions?
Slovakia-based ESET is a security company that wants to do it all. Its Internet Security suite aims to monitor and destroy malware through its entire life cycle (before and after execution), the company has AV suites for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and it offers protection for smart home devices.ESET has some pretty big aims. Here’s how it all shakes out in the 2018 version of ESET Internet Security.When you first start up ESET you’re presented with a basic information page that includes the image of a mildly creepy android and the message that you’re protected.Note: This review is part of our. Go there for details about competing products and how we tested them.
IDGESET’s primary dashboard.From this dashboard you can start a quick scan, use ESET’s sandboxed browser for banking and online shopping protection, or check out the security status of all the devices on your home network.On the left rail there are a number of different options including: Computer scan, Update, Tools, Setup, and Help and support. IDGESET’s Computer scan section.The Computer scan section lets you start a basic scan, or choose to customize a deeper or more specialized scan. There’s also a helpful drag-and-drop area for single files you want to scan. When you’re running a scan, this is where you’ll also see its current status.The Update section is similarly straightforward, while the Tools menu includes links to the connected home monitor, banking and payment protection, as well as an anti-theft feature if you want to track your device. IDGESET’s Connected Home Monitor.The Connected Home Monitor is particularly interesting to look at.
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It shows you all the devices on your network from tablets, routers, and smart speakers to PCs and smartphones. At first, some devices will show up with their actual names while others will not.Any problems on your network are highlighted by exclamation marks with various colors—for instance, blue tells you there’s an issue but it’s probably no big deal; yellow tells you there’s an issue you should probably let ESET fix.Besides scanning for weaknesses, the connected home monitor is a nice section to just see all the various device that are connected to your Wi-Fi.
Other antivirus suites, such as, offer similar network monitoring features. IDGESET’s Computer protection screen.Moving on to setup, here you can fiddle with ESET’s controls to your heart’s content. There are options for turning on and off the service’s gamer mode, webcam protection, email and spam monitoring, botnet protection, and other security tools.On top of the interface features, ESET also has a pop-up that appears each time you insert a USB storage device into your PC. The pop-up doesn’t prevent you from accessing the USB drive. Instead, it asks if you want to scan the drive now or later—there’s also an option to dive into ESET’s settings to turn off this feature.
You can also set it to carry out the action, such as scan now, every time you insert a USB drive into your PC—probably a good idea for most users.Overall, ESET’s interface is easy to understand, manage, and navigate, making it a great choice for someone who doesn’t want a complicated power-user interface. PerformanceAlthough most of its features happen in the background, ESET, the company, has a lot to say about what its products can do.
Like many other services these days, ESET offers an anti-ransomware feature to block one of the more pernicious threats out there. The security suite regularly scans for ransomware-like behavior such as mass encryption of files. If it detects anything, it will alert the user and ask whether they initiated this action.
I asked the company if that means ESET would temporarily stop utilities like TrueCrypt.