ESS delaying Foxit Reader

I had noticed a delay of about 3 seconds when I closed Foxit Reader (a popular PDF reader). Then I looked for answers in the Foxit Reader's forum, and I found out that this program writes a configuration file before actually closing (FoxitReader_Preferences.ini). The delay is caused due to ESS, because if the antivirus protection is deactivated Foxit Reader closes immediately.

I suppose ESS analyzes the file being created but it is too much time for a small file with barely 7 Kb

Thanks
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Win XP SP3
ESS v4.0.424

 

I can confirm that very same issue on my system.

I added the file to the exclusion list and now Foxit closes immediately

(my file is 24kb, still very small for 2-4 seconds of scanning time)

 

I would really appreciate a response for Marcos or any other connected to Eset.

Thanks!

/Matt

 

Hello,

Just out of curiosity, if you run a file monitoring utility and filter on the FoxitReader_Preferences.ini file, how many read/write operations do you see against the file when the main application is closed?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

 

Aryeh:

Process Monitor gives me the following information after opening Foxit Reader and closing it (no PDF loaded, simply the program)

Reads: 953
Writes: 228

This can't be good?

 

Hello,

It sounds a little high for such a small file, but it would probably be best to check with the author of the program. Maybe the .INI file contains many small entries.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky