Eset Smart Security

[Tews]

I surely dont have a system as elaborate as yours, though without any system specs, its hard to tell. All I can say is for MY box, it does all I need it to do..

 

[TheIgster]

I surely dont have a system as elaborate as yours, though without any system specs, its hard to tell. All I can say is for MY box, it does all I need it to do..

My system is not elaborate.

It is 2 systems on a local area network running Windows 7.

One...count it, ONE shared folder on one machine.

The other system can sometimes access and see it, other times cannot.

No idea why and when...just whenever ESET's firewall decides to allow access.

That my friend is not elaborate.

 

[miroesq]

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. Click Setup 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

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

Not a fan of security suites, personally, but NOD32 v4 by itself works perfectly fine on Windows 7, so props to ESET for that.

 

[Tews]

Thanks for sharing

 

[TheIgster]

Appreciate the post miroesq, but I've already given up on ESS. As mentioned, I"ve just got Nod32 installed now and Comodo. No extra tweaking or configuring needed for Comodo right out of the box. It just works, as ESS should. Not to mention I have a sour taste in my mouth with ESET now based on spending $110 and having them say "Sorry, you're running Windows 7...so we'll take your money, but we're not helping you."

 

[Dinesh]

Appreciate the post miroesq, but I've already given up on ESS. As mentioned, I"ve just got Nod32 installed now and Comodo. No extra tweaking or configuring needed for Comodo right out of the box. It just works, as ESS should. Not to mention I have a sour taste in my mouth with ESET now based on spending $110 and having them say "Sorry, you're running Windows 7...so we'll take your money, but we're not helping you."

Thats a famous Run-Around statement for tech supports.

 

[TheIgster]

Thats a famous Run-Around statement for tech supports.

Oh I know...I work in tech support.

But I also know being a programmer and having my own software company, that if someone had access to a new OS and was willing to test various things, I would work with them to try and get a headstart on supporting said OS. Not just say, sorry, we don't support that. They really passed up a great opportunity as far as I'm concerned. So be it I guess.

 

[Dinesh]

Oh I know...I work in tech support.

But I also know being a programmer and having my own software company, that if someone had access to a new OS and was willing to test various things, I would work with them to try and get a headstart on supporting said OS. Not just say, sorry, we don't support that. They really passed up a great opportunity as far as I'm concerned. So be it I guess.

Sometimes, your company policies wont allow you to do that. Hence they say, "Sorry, its not supported as its a beta version".

 

[Nero]

Not a fan of security suites, personally, but NOD32 v4 by itself works perfectly fine on Windows 7, so props to ESET for that.

I found this to be true...have been using ESET your at least 4 yrs. and have both the Antivirus 4 running on daughter laptop and Smart Security 4 running on Vista then upgarded to Win 7 and the firewall from ESET didn't want to work, so just use the antivirus part...but I'm sure ESET will get this worked out now that they have a final version to work with.

 

[TheIgster]

Sometimes, your company policies wont allow you to do that. Hence they say, "Sorry, its not supported as its a beta version".

A lot of companies have stupid policies.

Certainly counter-productive and not very conducive to customer satisfaction after purchasing their product.

 

[miroesq]

Shame

It's a shame you're not going to use the solution since it was kind of a pain in the a** to post, but what the hell, at least everyone is happy with what they have

I'm now working on finding a patched KbdMgr.exe file which eliminates the audio latency issue and is compatible with Windows 7 x64

 

[TheIgster]

It's a shame you're not going to use the solution since it was kind of a pain in the a** to post, but what the hell, at least everyone is happy with what they have

Nothing personal. Really appreciate the effort.

I think the best solution for me is to wait until they "officially" support Windows 7 and it works without tweaking.

I'm still using Nod32 and I am a little concerned at some of the recent reviews I have read concerning the ESET firewall as well. Comodo has received some pretty excellent reviews. Just as I won't use the Comodo anti virus as Nod32 has much, much better reviews as well.

 

[gamepro127]

Nothing personal. Really appreciate the effort.

I think the best solution for me is to wait until they "officially" support Windows 7 and it works without tweaking.

I'm still using Nod32 and I am a little concerned at some of the recent reviews I have read concerning the ESET firewall as well. Comodo has received some pretty excellent reviews. Just as I won't use the Comodo anti virus as Nod32 has much, much better reviews as well.

ESET Firewall will be fine. COMODO is VERY annoying, While ESET is set and forget. They both do a good job protecting you.
I dont think its worth switching to COMODO. Ive used ESET firewall over a year w/o any problems with hackers, viruses exc.

 

[TheIgster]

ESET Firewall will be fine. COMODO is VERY annoying, While ESET is set and forget. They both do a good job protecting you.

Um...set and forget but also can't access shared folders on the network. That's even more annoying than pop ups.

I tried what miroesq posted above with EES because I had a bit of time the other night and it did not resolve the sharing folder issues.

 

[gamepro127]

Um...set and forget but also can't access shared folders on the network. That's even more annoying than pop ups.

I tried what miroesq posted above with EES because I had a bit of time the other night and it did not resolve the sharing folder issues.

Oh, Im using ESET AntiVirus V4 now with Windows firewall.

 

[nomadgamer13]

H3LL Y3AH!!! been using it for years(5) updating to the latest version my pocket can get.... rock solid, light on the system, no lag while scanning(even full scan), stops everything..... BTW... since everything is USB based... i recommend USB security to +...

 

[miroesq]

Um...set and forget but also can't access shared folders on the network. That's even more annoying than pop ups.

I tried what miroesq posted above with EES because I had a bit of time the other night and it did not resolve the sharing folder issues.

Hey Igster, that can't be right as I just two days ago formatted my HD and replaced Windows 7 x86 with x64. I then installed Comodo to test and hated it. I unistalled that and then installed ESS x64 and could not access the shares. Followed the same instructions as I had left for you and magic

Make sure you are following the instructions to a T and that you have no other firewalls/AVs installed/running.

Worse case scenario, let me know and I will send you screenshots of all of my settings, but literally everything other than what I laid out, I had left at default. Only thing I can possibly think of, is that we are using different versions of Windows. I'm using the RTM.

 

[TheIgster]

Hey Igster, that can't be right as I just two days ago formatted my HD and replaced Windows 7 x86 with x64. I then installed Comodo to test and hated it. I unistalled that and then installed ESS x64 and could not access the shares. Followed the same instructions as I had left for you and magic

Make sure you are following the instructions to a T and that you have no other firewalls/AVs installed/running.

Worse case scenario, let me know and I will send you screenshots of all of my settings, but literally everything other than what I laid out, I had left at default. Only thing I can possibly think of, is that we are using different versions of Windows. I'm using the RTM.

I was pretty sure I followed your settings to a T. If you want to post screen shots, go ahead and I will try again. It got a little blurry around #5. I'm pretty sure I had it set right, but still could not get the other system to access the shared folder without disabling the firewall entirely.

And no, I don't have any other firewalls or anti virus products running. Windows firewall was disabled as well, even though it does not block shared folder access at all.

Oh and look left...I'm using the RTM.

 

[harpua]

I was thinking of an ESET Nod32 - Comodo Firewall combination. Don't really want to put out more money for a firewall since I paid for the full Smart Security from ESET already. Anyone have any thoughts on that combo?

I already posted earlier in this thread that I'm using the combo of Eset AV and Comodo Firewall (not their AV) very successfully.