If you are using ESET Smart Security Premium, as we mentioned in our Recommend Antivirus Article, below our recommended settings.

• During Setup
• Advanced Settings
• Reset Settings

Screenshots Current as of April 2025

During Installation

1. Enable – Potentially Unwanted Programs (PuP) and ESET LiveGrid feedback System
   

Advanced Setup/Settings

Once ESET is installed, a few advanced settings should be reviewed and adjusted:

Note: Feel free to adjust these recommended settings as you see desired. If you want to reset to Default Setting, use the button in bottom left corner of Advance Setup Window.

1. Start by opening ESET Window (either via Start/Windows menu or system tray/notification center – clock area).
2. With the ESET Window active, Hit “F5” Key on the keyboard or Click “Setup” → “Advanced setup”
   
3. Under Protections on the Left Sidebar – Under the Detection response section – Set Potentially unsafe applications to Balanced (You may need to Scroll down to see this option)
   
4. While still under Protections section, in the section SSL/TLS, disable – Enable SSL/TLS (This will prevents Security Prompts and prevents ESET from MitM your ‘Secure’ Traffic).
   
5. From the left sidebar, select “Cloud-Based Protection” and confirm ESET Live Grid is Enabled
   
6. While still under Cloud-Based Protection expand ESET LiveGuard section, change Automatic submission of suspicious samples change Delete documents from ESET’s servers to “Immediately after analysis“.
   
7. From the left sidebar select Network access Protection and under the section Network Inspector, change to disabled.
   
8. Select Browser Protection from the sidebar. Disable – Safe Banking & Browser (Optional Change)
   
9. Select Device Control from the sidebar, under the section Webcam protection change all settings to disable.
   
10. Select Privacy settings from the sidebar. Disable – Customer Experience Improvement Program (Optional Change).
    
11. Click/Tap OK at the bottom of the Advanced Setup Window. When the User Account Control (UAC) prompt appears, allow (Yes) to allow the System Changes.
12. You most likely will need to restart the computer – Start/Windows Button → Power Icon ⏻ → click/tap Restart.
13. After the computer restart, verify you still have Internet connectivity by visiting a uncommon website, such as: (Pick one or two to try)
    • irs.gov – US Internal Revenue Service
    • illinois.gov – State of Illinois Government
    • utah.gov – State of Utah Government
    • blog.google – Google Company Blog
14. Assuming you’re able to load a webpage without any problems, you should be good to go.

If you have problems, go the the next section – Reset ESET Settings to Default.

Reset ESET Settings to Default

To reset ESET Smart Security’s Settings to default settings follow the below steps:

1. Start by opening ESET Window (either via Start/Windows menu or system tray/notification center – clock area).
2. With the ESET Window active, Hit “F5” Key on the keyboard or Click “Setup” → “Advanced setup”
   
3. Click/tap Default button in the bottom left corner of the Window – Allow Reset.
   
4. Click/Tap OK at the bottom of the Advanced Setup Window. When the User Account Control (UAC) prompt appears, allow (Yes) to allow the System Changes.
5. You most likely will need to restart the computer – Start/Windows Button → Power Icon ⏻ → click/tap Restart.