Antivirus is consuming large amount of bandwidth - thoughts?

[BenTrovato]

Hey guys.. I just noticed Nod32, the esets_proxy process consumes really large amounts of bandwidth. Right now it's showing 700+mb, this afternoon is was well over 2gb so I restarted. Any thoughts on what it is doing? I feel like that's really strange and should delete the program. Thanks.

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

Um, what?
Absolutely delete the application.
Get ClamX instead.

 

[Dave Braine]

Get ClamX instead.

If you really, really, really think you need an anti-virus app, but you don't.
Read this:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_Virus/Malware_FAQ

 

[superscape]

I feel like that's really strange and should delete the program.

I quite agree, and encourage you to read the link Dave Braine posted above.

 

[BenTrovato]

Um, what?
Absolutely delete the application.
Get ClamX instead.

I just didn't think Nod32 would be such a bad program for OS X but the amount of bandwidth it's using, I really don't understand. I guess I'll have to delete it. I was still hoping someone would know what's going on with it.
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I quite agree, and encourage you to read the link Dave Braine posted above.

Thanks... well I guess that's it for Nod32! There haven't been any problems with my system though (that I can tell).

 

[Weaselboy]

I just didn't think Nod32 would be such a bad program for OS X but the amount of bandwidth it's using, I really don't understand. I guess I'll have to delete it. I was still hoping someone would know what's going on with it.

I don't think there is anything wrong at all here and that process is not using bandwidth. What is happening is the AV solution sets up a proxy server that all your Internet traffic runs through so it can be scanned. So what you are seeing is your regular Internet traffic going through the proxy service and not the service itself using bandwidth. Nothing wrong at all.

 

[DesignerOnMac]

Delete it. Try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. An easy app, and free. I've won Macs since 1988. Never used any anti-virus software until El Capitan.

 

[BenTrovato]

I don't think there is anything wrong at all here and that process is not using bandwidth. What is happening is the AV solution sets up a proxy server that all your Internet traffic runs through so it can be scanned. So what you are seeing is your regular Internet traffic going through the proxy service and not the service itself using bandwidth. Nothing wrong at all.

Ah never thought of that!!! Thanks. I already deleted it but don't notice my system running any more quickly. May have to put it back on.
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Delete it. Try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. An easy app, and free. I've won Macs since 1988. Never used any anti-virus software until El Capitan.

Never used any AV until El Cap - as in you now use AV?

 

[DesignerOnMac]

Ah never thought of that!!! Thanks. I already deleted it but don't notice my system running any more quickly. May have to put it back on.
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Never used any AV until El Cap - as in you now use AV?

This isn't an AV app, it is an app that deletes unexpected adware on Safari. I installed Chrome and as soon as I started to use it I got page jumps to mackeeper, flight saving fees, etc. Now I deleted Chrome and installed Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and all is good!