Eset Smart Security

Yup, been using ESET Smart Sec. for like a year now :) Rockin protection :)
But if your worried about the money for W7 ESS, do wut i did

I open my C: drive (While on my X: drive, which is W7) And i opened my ESS from their and i copied - and - pasted my username and password into my W7 one! Yay!! Now its fully working for like.. rest of the year XD

Here's Your Fix
As soon as I installed ESET smart security today, I experienced network file sharing issues. Searching for a solution, I came upon this post, but unfortunately, it didn't help.

After tinkering around with the firewall settings, I figured out how to enable file sharing accross my local network while maintaining ESET's firewall protection.

1. Switch to Advanced Mode by clicking Toggle Advanced mode in the lower left corner of the main window.
2. Click on Setup tab > Personal firewall > Advanced Personal firewall setup and make sure the filtering mode is set to Interactive mode.
3. Go to Rules and zones and click Setup under Trusted zone and make sure that Allow Sharing is checked. ClickSetup under Zone and rule editor and click on Toggle detailed view of all rules
4. Uncheck the two following default rules; Block Incoming NETBIOS Requests and Block Outgoing NETBIOS Requests
5. Now create those two same exact rules again using any name of your choice by clicking New with the only difference that under Address you should only have Networks automatically marked as untrusted NOT All.

*** Please make sure that you have sharing enabled in Network Sharing Center.

Basically instead of blocking NETBIOS accross all networks including the Trusted, we're only blocking it on the public (untrusted) thereby allowing file sharing to function on your local network.

I just joined this forum specifically to post this, so I really hope it helps you guys

forumhound

Hi and welcome. Nice post abt ESS. Glad you decided to register. I might have been the user who postsed in that thread and you described better than I did in the original
Ken

forumhound said:

Here's Your Fix

I just joined this forum specifically to post this, so I really hope it helps you guys

LOL, that was post #63 from THIS Thread.

I guess it cant hurt to re post it. It certainly helped me.

Fliplip said:

LOL, that was post #63 from THIS Thread.

I guess it cant hurt to re post it. It certainly helped me.

Yeah and appreciated, but still doesn't work for me.

ESET support is working on the issue for the next firewall module (1052) which should be out soon apparently.

miroesq said:

4. Uncheck the two following default rules; Block Incoming NETBIOS Requests and Block Outgoing NETBIOS Requests
5. Now create those two same exact rules again using any name of your choice by clicking New with the only difference that under Address you should only have Networks automatically marked as untrusted NOT All.

*** Please make sure that you have sharing enabled in Network Sharing Center.

Basically instead of blocking NETBIOS accross all networks including the Trusted, we're only blocking it on the public (untrusted) thereby allowing file sharing to function on your local network.

can someone please explain what exactly i have to do with the 5th step because i seem to miss sth..!! :)
also, for just a while that i jumped to interactive mode i kept receiving messages wheather to allow or deny communication with some locations wouldn't automatic mode with exceptions be better?

anyone???

nikolas said:

miroesq said:

4. Uncheck the two following default rules; Block Incoming NETBIOS Requests and Block Outgoing NETBIOS Requests
5. Now create those two same exact rules again using any name of your choice by clicking New with the only difference that under Address you should only have Networks automatically marked as untrusted NOT All.

*** Please make sure that you have sharing enabled in Network Sharing Center.

Basically instead of blocking NETBIOS accross all networks including the Trusted, we're only blocking it on the public (untrusted) thereby allowing file sharing to function on your local network.

can someone please explain what exactly i have to do with the 5th step because i seem to miss sth..!! :)
also, for just a while that i jumped to interactive mode i kept receiving messages wheather to allow or deny communication with some locations wouldn't automatic mode with exceptions be better?

step five is take the rule you just edited. create two identical new rules making sure the untrusted not all networks are blocked. You can also go to eset and they have another way of making the sharing work

Ken