ESET 5 Anti-Virus "Super Slow"

[GlitchKing]

I'm having what I think are some serious performance issues with ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus 5.

The problem is I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit fresh with no other downloads as of yet.

The "Quick Scan" takes a whopping 24 minutes to complete.

Compared to other Anti-Virus softwares, this was extremely slow in comparison.

Is this a general problem or is it normal?

My PC Specs:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/26/2011, 01:24:19
Machine name: BRANDON-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite L455D
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL
Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) SI-42, ~2.1GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2814MB RAM
Page File: 1590MB used, 4037MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Also, I should note that I run COMODO Firewall as a side product. Although it uses very low resources.

Thanks,
Glitch

[Cudni]

are there many archive files .zip .iso and so on?

[GlitchKing]

.zip (0 that I've downloaded).
.iso (not that I know of)

I reformatted my last PC and before doing so I copied all the website files used.

Only Active Folder "My Websites"
7,557 Files, 1,182 Folders

That's the only folder that I use. It's composed mainly of .php files with a couple (<20) .js files of minimum sizes.

[lodore]

so its just the on demand scan you feel is slow?
if so i dont see it a major issue.

which scan do you concider quick scan? (there isnt a scan in nod32 called quick)

[toxinon12345]

If you scanned your whole local disks using the smart scan, then that is a really good time for completion

[berryracer]

Forget about the time it takes to complete a full scan. I don't mind it taking forever as long as it is doing it right. My issue is that I felt my system overall is more sluggish as opposed to when I had v4 installed and thus I have reverted back to v4

[toxinon12345]

disabling threatsense.net and HIPS does make any difference?

[JimboW]

I find it a little heavier on the system. Not by much mind you and not in RAM usage but rather I/O activity. Hopefully ESET can address this a little by final. ESET’s lightness is what drew me to it and is unparalleled IMO. I've also reverted to v4 for the time being.