The following common factors seem to have produced problems this week :
Windows updates for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003,
Old PCs - Celeron and Sempron processors,
low RAM,
Eset.
It seems to me that something in the Windows updates downloads triggered Eset scans - which ran constantly, not stopping.
Then because the PCs had low specs, effectively they hung up for a LONG time, and users were unable to use the PCs. MS Outlook in particular was not useable at all.
We found this on about a dozen PCs at one place yesterday, all old Celerons. They use Endpoint Security through ERAS.
This morning we found the same on 4 old Sempron PCs, at a different place. They use Smart Security.
I'm just wondering whether anyone else has found the same problem ?
I'm not looking for any fix from Eset, because once we'd managed to complete all the Windows updates, the problems went away.