Is this legitimate ?

[max2 1]

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[Ken1943 3]

I just got this also. Windows 10 Pro. Pale Moon,Firefox & Chrome installed. Chrome default

[gcpcs 1]

I have received 2 phone calls regarding this issue. Is this legitimate? 

[Pilis 3]

Yes, it is legit and from Emsisoft. I guess the blog post annoucing the changes with version 2018.12 has been delayed a bit.

Here you can read some more information about it: https://malwaretips.com/threads/emsisoft-browser-security.88869/
(Written by Fabian Wosar who is Emsisoft's CTO.)

[slopes 3]

I would assume this is what it is about.

I didn't get the notification but I already have the browser security installed through google chrome extensions 

These might help

 

[eric cartman 8]

Here is the Blog:

https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/32517/new-in-2018-12-safe-web-browsing-with-emsisoft-browser-security/

[MJmusicguy 2]

so now we have answers however it begs the question how is this different from other products a selling point for EAM for me has always been no bloat  

[Pilis 3]

Still no bloat I would say. The extension is not 100% needed but "only" recommended for EAM users since it adds to the phishing protection. The existing surf protection based on DNS-requests will still be available. (And of course is still needed to block network requests by malware.) The extension is also only ~90KBs.

What would be bloat imho and much more invasive is adding some sort of MITM, deep packet inspection, intercepting SSL-certificates in the browser and stuff.

[GT500 591]

23 minutes ago, MJmusicguy said:

so now we have answers however it begs the question how is this different from other products a selling point for EAM for me has always been no bloat  

First and foremost the Emsisoft Browser Security extension is entirely optional. It's intended as a supplement to protection, and not a replacement for our traditional Surf Protection.

Secondly, there's a major emphasis on privacy in the extension. Even though the database is cloud-based, it doesn't need to tell us exactly what web page you're visiting in order to work. Instead of sending us the URL you're visiting, it hashes the domain name and sends us the hash, and then our servers respond with a list of URL's where the hash for the domain name matched, leaving the extension to determine whether or not the URL the browser is actually trying to load is safe rather than having our servers do it. In addition, the data about malicious URL's received from our servers is cached, so that it doesn't need to be requested again.

[max2 1]

Thanks how do I turn off the notification please ?

[JeremyNicoll 57]

> Thanks how do I turn off the notification please ?

See: Settings - Notifications - Browser Security verifications

[max2 1]

Just now, JeremyNicoll said:

> Thanks how do I turn off the notification please ?

See: Settings - Notifications - Browser Security verifications

Thank you!

[GT500 591]

There's also a link in each notification where you can select not to show it again:

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[ThriveLifeIT 0]

The "Don't show again" option is only available if you are logged in or running the program as an administrator. For all other users (like say for a company where users are on a domain) I cannot get it to go away. There's just Install now and Later. Any ideas how to turn it off in the Enterprise Console?

[JeremyNicoll 57]

@ThriveLifeIT  - Look in the subforum for the EC, at: https://support.emsisoft.com/forum/68-emsisoft-enterprise-console/

[GT500 591]

On 1/18/2019 at 5:22 PM, ThriveLifeIT said:

The "Don't show again" option is only available if you are logged in or running the program as an administrator. For all other users (like say for a company where users are on a domain) I cannot get it to go away. There's just Install now and Later. Any ideas how to turn it off in the Enterprise Console?

The information you're looking for is in the following forum topic:

 

[ThriveLifeIT 0]

Thank you for the replies @JeremyNicoll and @GT500. I took a look at the posts and I have already seen that option in the console, I just wasn't sure why it didn't seem to be having any effect, so I figured there had to be something else. But then, like with most problems, I took some time away for the weekend, came back to the problem today, and realized it's because some computers are having communication problems with the server so updates on the host aren't reaching those machines. So I just need to fix those communication issues and that will fix the issue.

[GT500 591]

You're welcome.