I confirm that problem "pop-up notification".
What i did is this:
If an application gets stucked because i cannot see the pop-up window of Eset - i open taskmanager and i KILL egui.exe (i use Anvir Task Manager free version).
What happens? the hidden Eset pop-up appears. I dont have to reboot the PC and the application stops freezing...
Just try it, i hope it works for you too
(Of course no perfect solution - but at least it works)
Scuba (nitrox diver)