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Burk in esets_daemon freeze - 2020 version
solution (just tested with one of our systems) for our site:
[root@vm /]# cd /var/opt/eset/esets/lib
[root@vm lib]# mv em002_32.dat em002_32.dat.o
[root@vm lib]# cd /opt/eset/esets/sbin/
[root@vm sbin]# ./esets_update --verbose
Virus signature database has been updated successfully.
ESETS Update utility
+-+--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
| | Module | Available version | Installed version |
+-+--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
|*| loader | 1076 (20200313) | |
|*| perseus | 1566.4 (20201006) | |
|*| engine | 22334 (20201117) | |
|*| archiver | 1310 (20201029) | |
|*| heuristic | 1203 (20201015) | |
|*| cleaner | 1214 (20200921) | |
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+-+--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
[root@vm sbin]# ./esets_update --verbose
Update is not necessary - the installed virus signature database is current.
ESETS Update utility
+-+--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
| | Module | Available version | Installed version |
+-+--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
| | loader | 1076 (20200313) | 1076 (20200313) |
| | perseus | 1566.4 (20201006) | 1566.4 (20201006) |
| | engine | 22334 (20201117) | 22334 (20201117) |
| | archiver | 1310 (20201029) | 1310 (20201029) |
| | heuristic | 1203 (20201015) | 1203 (20201015) |
| | cleaner | 1214 (20200921) | 1214 (20200921) |
+-+--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
[root@vm sbin]# systemctl start esets
[root@vm sbin]# systemctl status esets
● esets.service - ESET Scanner Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/esets.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2020-11-19 16:59:09 CET; 4s ago
Process: 94942 ExecStart=/opt/eset/esets/sbin/esets_daemon (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 94943 (esets_daemon)
CGroup: /system.slice/esets.service
├─94943 /opt/eset/esets/sbin/esets_daemon
├─94944 /opt/eset/esets/sbin/esets_daemon
└─94945 /opt/eset/esets/lib/esets_wwwi