I know this topic has been raised a number of times but there has never been a real answer from ESET.
When I check the log file it is loaded with ten to hundreds of Protozoan Proxy Agent error messages
At one point a moderator said don't worry about it and asked for version numbers. So:
Version 6.11.2.0, engine: 24347 (20211124)
MacOS: 12.0.1
Platform iMac 17,1