I'd really like to know, how we could update our horus-db manually, as we have the same problem here (freezing esets_daemon) and a very old horus-db:
Update is not necessary - the installed virus signature database is current.
ESETS Update utility
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| | Module | Available version | Installed version |
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| | loader | 1062 (20151228) | 1062 (20151228) |
| | perseus | 1485 (20160516)