Antivirus Idle Scan takes a while to stop

[robg 3]

ESET Endpoint Antivirus	ESET, spol. s r.o.	8.0.2028.0	214	yes	8.0.2028.0	Up-to-date version	en_US
ESET Management Agent	ESET, spol. s r.o.	8.0.1238.0	272	yes	8.0.1238.0	Up-to-date version	en_US

 

 

Idle scanning is enabled in the profile but recently it noticed it seems to take a minute to stop when I log back in, and runs at 100% disk usage until it stops making the computer crawl until it finishes. Is there any fine control over Idle Scanning I can enable or is this expected behaviour. Never noticed it in the past.

 

Time;Component;Event;User
11/01/2021 12:01:52;Computer scan;Idle scanner: scan started.;SYSTEM
11/01/2021 12:10:26;Update;Updater: UpdPerformPicoUpdate for pico_id 1 with interval 10 returns = 0x0000;SYSTEM
11/01/2021 12:20:26;Update;Updater: UpdPerformPicoUpdate for pico_id 1 with interval 10 returns = 0x0000;SYSTEM
11/01/2021 12:28:54;Computer scan;Idle scanner: scan finished.;SYSTEM
11/01/2021 12:30:26;Update;Updater: UpdPerformPicoUpdate for pico_id 1 with interval 10 returns = 0x0000;SYSTEM

I logged back in at 11/01/2021 12:27:17

[Marcos 4,935]

You can try disabling scanning of archives and sfx archives in the idle-state scanner setup since the delay is most likely caused by scanning certain archives on the disk.

[robg 3]

Will give that a go

[itman 1,630]

In ThreatSense parameters for Idle-Scan option, verify that the scan is set to low priority. See if this helps with the logon issues: