Issue
Details
Your ESET product can detect potentially unwanted, unsafe, and suspicious applications before they are installed on your computer. When you install your ESET product, you are prompted to enable or disable detection of Potentially unwanted applications.
Whereas the detection of Potentially unwanted applications is configured during installation, the detection of Potentially unsafe applications is disabled by default, and the detection of suspicious applications is enabled by default.
Solution
What is a PUA?
Potentially unwanted and suspicious applications are programs that may not be intentionally malicious, but can negatively affect the performance and reliability of the system or send information to third parties. Potentially unsafe applications, such as keyloggers and password-cracking tools, can have legitimate uses but can also be components of malware.
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To enable or disable the detection of potentially unwanted, unsafe, or suspicious applications, follow the instructions below:
- Open the main program window of your Windows ESET product.
- Press the F5 key to access Advanced setup.
- Click Detection Engine.
- Expand Real-Time & Machine Learning and Protection, select a setting next to Potentially unwanted applications, Potentially unsafe applications and Suspicious applications according to your preferences. Click OK to save your changes. Visit our online help article here for more information about Real-time & Machine learning protection categories.
Figure 1-1
- Version 13.0.x users: Expand Basic, click the slider bar next to Enable detection of potentially unwanted applications, Enable detection of potentially unsafe applications and Enable detection of suspicious applications to enable or disable the settings according to your preferences. Click OK to save your changes. Visit our online help article here for more information about Real-time & Machine learning protection categories.
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