F-secure plugin hosting service high CPU usage

gruka

how may i sort out this problem, F-secure plugin hosting service is using CPU up between 60-100% and slows down other computer processes and the cpu fan is always at high speed regardless of not being in use

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Dear @gruka

If F-Secure plugin hosting service process is shown to be using a lot of CPU and disk, it is an indication that the product is currently scanning files. Either a scheduled scan is ongoing or files are currently being scanned by real-time scanning. 

To make sure that a scheduled scan is not ongoing, follow these steps:

1. Open the Windows Task Manager by right-clicking the taskbar and selecting Task Manager
2. Go to the Details tab
3. Sort by name and check if fsscan.exe is running

If fsscan.exe is running, a scheduled scan is ongoing. The CPU and disk usage will be shown in the Processes tab to be used by F-Secure plugin hosting service.

You can change the scheduled scanning settings to minimize CPU / Disk usage and also decrease the scanning time:

1. Open F-Secure SAFE / Internet Security on your computer
2. Go to Settings 
3. Go to the Scanning settings tab 
4. Change the following settings:
   • Enable Run scanning with low priority 
   • Enable Scan only file types that commonly contain harmful code
   • Disable Scan inside compressed files
5. Close the settings window to take the settings into effect

When the next scan is run, it will use those settings.