ESET Review 2024: Tested in depth vs Malware 

I remember after your eset vs ransomware video a few years ago you were told that shutting off real time protection also turns off the hips even though there is nothing telling you that... maybe the same happened now

have been using ESET for years and your reviews reinforced the decision to stick with it. Thank you for these videos!

I really love that you do this. Hopefully eset takes note of the ransomware that slipped through and fixes this. I've been using eset for over a decade on every system and have always loved how effective and resource effective it was, silently protecting me in the background without a noticeable effect in processing. I'd like to continue using it if I see that eset responds accordingly.

An impressive result for detection. The Intrusion Protection when only activated was disappointing.

Funny fact about scanning network folders is at one of my old jobs the software they used you could tell your computer to scan any computer on the network (2000+) and get a printable list of the files scanned, as any user.

Sad to see such a big mistake in a review : 12:16 It directly says there, right in the thing you moused-over in the UI, that "ESET Live Grid must be enabled for Ransomware Shield to function properly".

I have ESET now for 6 years and I am very happy with it and never any issues of getting hacked or ransomware'd :)

Thx as always 😊 I've never seen a TrendMicro video on this channel. I hope it can be next

I've been running ESET for a couple of years now. Nice to see it perform well. Kinda suspicious of the big AV names that everyone pushing. ESET feels like a good all rounder that been around since the 90's. Just the fact that it isn't being pushed on every fake review site give it more credibility in my eyes.

12:11 "ESET Live Grid must be enabled for Ransomware Shield to function properly" you disabled it, how is it gonna work then

Been on ESET for almost 20 years now (back in the NOD32 days!) the HIPS failure was unfortunate, but its great to see that it had a near perfect blocking/catching rate on known attacks. One thing i really enjoy about ESET and why i usually suggest it is due to the UI and simple to understand messages. From my experience, your acerage PC user gets panicked really easily by malesre bytes reporting a tracker cookie, or Norton forcing rhe user to make a choice they dont understand. Thr ESET alerts are usually informative and makes sure alert the user but not make them toss the PC and laptop out the window assuming its suddenly infected with something.

Could you do a video on the "Safe Banking"/"Safe Browsing" feature that many AVs like to throw in the bundle? couldn't find anyone talking about what these actually do, if anything.

Good to see ESET still doing well these days. I stopped paying for it and just went to Defender when I built my new PC during COVID. Maybe it’s time to go back.

Test out some UEFI malware

12:16 It directly says there, right in the thing you moused-over in the UI, that "ESET Live Grid must be enabled for Ransomware Shield to function properly".

Could you do Kaspersky vs Bitdefender? Both of them have gotten new features since the last video you tested them so a new video would be great ;)

Finally some updated antivirus reviews, looking forward to the Kaspersky review

Hopefully you didn't disable modules this time making your tests invalid. Marcos, an Eset representative previously stated on a PC Security Channel video 4 years ago called ESET Internet Security vs Ransomware: "By disabling real-time protection you prevent HIPS from receiving events on the file system level and thus make HIPS and all HIPS dependent components ineffective, such as: Ransomware shield, Exploit Blocker, Advanced Memory Scanner, Deep Behavior Inspection, Advanced Machine Learning, etc." 12:10 Eset clearly states in the UI: "ESET Live Grid must be enabled for Ransomware Shield to function properly." Looks like The PC Security Channel ignored this again by disabling real-time protection which does NOT equal disabling signature-based detection. That's not the way Eset works. The PC Security Channel made the same mistake again but won't admit it.

❤❤❤ Awesome, great to see you back with latest malware testing reviews, waiting for reviews of latest Norton 360 Standard, Quick Heal Total Security, ESCAN v22, Comodo 2024, Zone Alarm Free latest, GDATA, Kaspersky, Avast, AVG, Ahn lab v3 lite and many more.

I would like to see a data collection comparison between all the antivirus software on the market. That would be great and I'm fully aware that it requires lots of work

The "modernity" of a UI is the least important thing about an anti-malware program. I for one do not give a hoot if it looks modern, but lets the system get infected. I would rather have a really old, clunky 1990s UI with very solid protection if those were my options.

Not a worker for ESET but the description does say when you hover over that LiveGrid info button, that LG needs to be enabled for it to work properly. Might be worth a try? I don't know if LiveGrid can run without RTP, but I'm not willing to disable it on mine 'cause I know nothing of cyber security in case it goes wrong :D But I can't deny, ESET has been my go-to for years. Use it for PC and mobile. Never had any problems.

Leo, it would be great if you unleashed this "test" on all the other "security products you have reviewed in the past - F-Secure, Kaspersky, etc. Who would be the No: 1?

The ESET Ransomware Shield must have enabled ESET Live Grid to work like intended

I use ESET internet security. I have excluded one of my drives from scanning as ESET tries to delete all the virus/malware files.

I use it for many many many years. 14 years of NO "malware headaches".

Been using it since 2020.. Doesn't hog my resources.. and my pc runs smoothly

Thanks for testing ESET! Not that bad actually. But it really does seem as if the HIPS was inactive when you turned off the Active Protection. I wonder why they didn't fix that since last year.

Agora seria bom uma sequencia com Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Trend Micro, Avira, Avast e Malwarebytes.

How does it perform against Microsoft's Copilot+ Recall 'feature'?

I like the old UI with the ESET Mascot on the right (the white-and-blue robot)... The new UI didn't have that long-beloved mascot, making fans angry

Can't wait for malex to become open source soon for our on malware testing! Also, would love to see an updated review of the Sophos antivirus solution against malex since the last one is almost 3 years old

Thanks for running this test. I am a little disappointed with the results of the ransomware test. I hope ESET does sonething to address these findings.

I love those kind of videos and they are by far my favourites on your channel! Yet i noticed you preferably test the big names on the market (Windows defender, Kaspersky, ESET, etc) I'd like to see some smaller brands beeing tested occasionally if possible!

the malx update is awesome 🔥🔥

I moved back to ESET about 3, 4y ago after I had enough of BitDefender removing stuff from exclusions and deleting my work files, dll-s etc. as false positives and eventually felt like it was controlling me, not the other way around (even though BD detection rate is amazing and I've been using it for years). ESET is close to the top according to AV Comparatives and similar and is also very light on the system, not intrussive and if I set my rules, it's working as expected. Close to none false positives. I love it.

Great test. Regards from a happy ESET customer for several years.

great content-love how you break it down thank you

Bitdefender is so buggy and heavy but I have yet to find something with as good as protection. My renewal is coming up hopefully by then. I really like Kaspersky in the past, but I find their mobile solution far behind their desktop and do not really feel that protected on mobile like I do with BD. I have a very fast pc so BD being heavy is not a big deal, would be nice to get rid of it though.

Why i don't see anyone doing Webroot AV? Can you do one of those?

9:58 Actually, did anyone notice that ESET deleted the encryption file even before execution? I'm not sure whether I saw it wrongly, but if you played it in very slow motion, the alert came out before Leo put the mouse near the encryption file. I think this shows that ESET has used other methods, such as DNA detections, to identify ransomware files rather than simply relying on behavioural defences.

😃 yay, i use Eset and Kaspersky on some of my gaming rigs

I'm about to replace Sophos with ESET for my home office setup. Sophos is just such a system hog and I'm tired of it. ESET is reported to be one of the lowest system usage AV available while also still being a great AV.

Looking forward for Bitdefender TS 2024 in-depth review ❤❤❤

I have been a user of ESET for a long time and I am pretty happy with it, the UI is not perfect but I am used to it and is not the most annoying I have seen around while letting you to do some interesting things, I specially appreciate the interactive option for the firewall so I am able to block Windows BS spyware, and other annoying nonvirus programs that "need" to connect to internet for no reason. I believe you should leave the Real time protection option enabled for a more reliable test anyway. Thanks!!!

Hi. Nice video. Re the ransomware portion.. I think it is a flawed test. I don't think you are meant to disable real time protection.. This is not a usual case and should only be done when actually wanting a virus or malware to execute. There are multiple threat vectors and so multiple layers of protection. HIPS alone is not meant to prevent all actions of the malware, especially if you are disabling real time file system protection, which is the main protection against running ransomware.

Been running Eset for at least 20+ years now, and its been the single best anti virus I've had. and I'll always recommend it based on my comp guy's quote, "I don't think I've ever seen a comp with out something on it until yours." Also have been running Malware bites along side it, and yeah has kept me bug free for many years. And that virus detected warning keeps making me jump. XD

Finally some f****ing food man! been a while since you reviewed something.

I've been using eset since the early 2010's

The first line of defense is the user itself. Without user's "help" computer cannot get infected.

Great video! I have been using Eset for years. Could you do a test for the latest F-secure as well?

Hey TPSC where do you get these samples? where would i be able to download black matter ransomware? i have a VM all set up but just dont know where to download these files.

Quite shocked and disappointed that ESET couldn’t detect a ransomware. I’ve been using ESET since forever and I won’t be renewing my license for all devices.

Great job as always ♥️

I ran the eset online scanner the other day because my norton had greyed out the "disable auto protect" functionality, not knowing why it is greyed out. While i noticed when starting up windows it is not greyed out and i could disable auto protect if i wanted but when windows is fully loaded the norton "disable auto protect" button was greyed out. So i noticed adobe installed a acrobat sync function thinking thats the issue because ive never had this problem. Ran eset online scanner and while scanning it suddenly closed but it does not in any way shows malware because i used another scanner aswell. So i think its the adobe acrobat sync exe file which ive also disabled in its startup but weirdly enough it still started

Wouldn't it be better if we try n amount of malware from different categories across different anti-malware solutions one by one so, let's say defender caught x/n where eset x-1/n and so on.

There will be a G-Data updated test?

Awesome Thank you for Sharing 💯✴

Great video, please test surfshark antivirus

How you gets so many Malwares sample?

Avast soon?

Will the tests mentioned be available this year?

Eset has to add their LiveGuard feature to Internet Security. Maybe it would had fared better.

Could you also test Bitdefender free again ?

Please test/review Blackfog :)

We need an updated tier list since Kaspersky is gone

Suggest free antivirus for 2024.

what can go wrong final last word's has movies never teach you anything JK love your channel love what you do

Man, if you ever have to deal with 2k malwares, things would be tough. :-)))

I was using Eset after Bitdefender had a memory leak and crashed my pc. Now the memory leak is fixed and i am using bitdefender again.

Kaspersky next please!

So is Eset better than Bitdefender and Kaspersky in malware protection if against 2000 malware it got 98% something detection rate, when Bitdefender and Kaspersky got 96% something? Or we should take into account that the samples could be different enough to make a difference?

I wish, rather than a new pop up notification for every new virus with detailed information about the virus caught or flagged, a general pop up with, "Multiple malware alerts..." and a yellow or red blinking icon in the system tray depending on the severity. The reason is because, I've had viruses that were able to trigger unique pop ups and, while ESET caught everything and the system wasn't infected, the pop ups became the active window every time and prevented the system from being used without a hard restart or waiting forever for them to finish popping up. I like that they've added the ability to close out multiple pop ups with one click, but the pop up notification system is an overused annoyance that prevents an otherwise functional system from being used. Imagine, the malware was caught, and nothing is wrong with the system. How much does the user need that information? Should it stop their work immediately, or can that information be kept in the background for a bit while they finish what they're trying to do - or run into a problem as they tried to run a program that turned out to be a virus and now they're looking for why things didn't work - and then give them that information. The purpose of the software is to keep the device functioning, and the user happy. Most users don't know anything about the difference between a password stealer, a trojan or a bitcoin miner. They don't need the information. What they need is to know that something happened while they weren't looking, it was handled, and here's the information for you so you can learn from this for prevention later.

Is this an acceptable result for ESET?

Please do the same in depth test of other Antivirus lile Kaspersky or Bitdefender

could you review the performance differencee between AV? which one is the fastest or slowest?

Hello i was curious if you can do a review on Clam AV idk if you already did a review on Clam AV but i would Love to see your thoughts on it

So instead update windows better have Antivirus program? No problem use windows 7 for example with antivirus program?

ESET vs bitdefender as Kaspersky alternative?

Can you do malware & ransomware test on latest Windows Security please...

Can you test the ransom protection of Acronis home protect with your new tools?

@ThePCSecurity Channel is this better then Norton 360 for gamers? i notice it at least uses less memory.

I know it is a test and all that, but is an anti-malware application going to face a "machine-gun" attack under normal circumstances? Perhaps a bank or something where you know there are juicy billions of dollars at stake, with a small army of hackers trying to take the system down and/or grab all the cash? And how do we know how the modules work, together or separately? In the test, you disabled one module, but perhaps it works best with another module? If you are a system admin, trying to protect billions or very important data, you would lock the system down as hard as you could. Surely, an operating system should be able to control scripts based on origin? Obviously, if you made the script you want it to run on your server or net, and not just some random script from the internet? The controls, especially with Microsoft products, do not seem that robust or granular.

Hi! Every time i enjoy the quality and details of your videos. After watching a few of your videos i was inspired to create a challenge for my students to create a (restoreable) virtual environment to test malware and see the effects in "real life". I'm searching for quite a while now but it seems very difficult to find "open sources" with malware we can use to test within this sealed and virtual environment. Can you help me with some sources where i can download (very carefully of course ;-) ) some malware samples fot my students. I'm teaching vocational (IT students) within the Vista College. Would you like to help me with this? Kind Regards, Arno (IT Teacher + former IT professional)

Next test:sentinelone vs deep instinct

Bitdefender, please!

Can you test business endpoint?

my bitdefender license is gonna die in 6 days and im thinking about if i should again get bitdefender or get eset

What about Defender UI?

Please test Sophos Home premium

Kaspersky next

Please test Norton 🙏

Can you eventually do one of these tests with surfsharks antivirus. I have the vpn already and was wondering if i should get that antivirus over others to save some money

Please do F-Secure

How is comodo? Pls do one with comodo

security tests !! at last !!!

Please do Avast vs 2000 malware samples

Russian language to English language how to change ?

@pcsecuritychannel - could you please make a video explaining whether or not an AV can detect/remove viruses residing in RAM (fileless), and test that prove it? Thank you! Your videos are always to the point. Looking forward to this question answered :)

Avast and Avg will perform better then the other av's.