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I got the same thing, nonstop 'searching for updates on this computer.' I read the following and all the comments in the section below it https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/16/windows-10-stop-upgrade/ ..and disabled Win updates since I suspect its trying to download win 10 on me. (I let it run all night and came back to find it was still running with 544GB downloaded! Deleted all the temp files with CCleaner) typed msconfig in the search box. select msconfig.exe.. find services tab, uncheck Windows Update. No more runaway computer fan cranking all day. ;-)

I had the same problem with Win 7 Pro. I went to use ESET to check a downloaded program for any viruses. ESET wasn't in the taskbar in the bottom right corner and selecting the Smart Security Program from the start menu did nothing also. I tried the eset.exe in the program files folder, no luck. I opened the Task Manager and selected the Processes tab with "Show processes from all users" checked at the bottom. There were 3 versions of egui.exe running at the bottom of the list, but they were only running at very reduced memory rates (like 271K). I opened my "go to" Windows customize program, WinPatrol, and noticed ESET was no longer in the Automatic Startup Programs. I added the .exe back in, saved it and did a restart. ESET was back to operating normally.

Not sure if this will help or not. I'm running Win 7 pro (for dual monitors). I have windows updates permanently killed because of the WIN 10 trickery upgrade . https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/16/windows-10-stop-upgrade/ My ESET stopped running. I uninstalled it and then reinstalled it from my disk. It came back. Then it stopped again. It's version 9.0.386.0 . I have a cool program called WinPatrol that whips all Windows BS into submission. I opened WinPatrol and noticed ESET wasn't under the programs in the startup tab. WinPatrol lets me add any .exe program into startup. I put ESET back in and haven't had any problems since.

To Properly use Task Manager, right click on bottom screen bar and select Task Manager, then select the Processes tab at the top, then scroll to the bottom of the screen and check off "Show processes from all users." if you miss the last step the 2 ESET processes may not appear. I had this same problem where ESET wasn't starting up. I have a great Windows tool that I found in a geek forum a long time ago. It's called WinPatrol and it watches over my whole system and prevents companies like Adobe from stuffing my startup folder with programs that slow my computer to a standstill. I started WinPatrol and looked under the Startup programs tab and noticed ESET was no longer there. I added it in through WinPatrol and it is working correctly now.