#277627. High Load Due to Imunify360 Realtime Scanning

Issue

We are facing server stability issues due to high load caused by Imunify360 realtime malware scanning.

From the logs, we observed a very high number of scan events triggered on frequently updated files (e.g., WordPress Wordfence logs in /wp-content/wflogs/), leading to excessive disk I/O and CPU usage. This caused the server to go offline.

We have already excluded the wp-content/wflogs directory, but the issue still persists.

Environment

• Imunify360

Solution

Probably updating Real-Scanner to the latest version can partially will help to solve this issue. However, the culprit was not. found and it might not Imunify360 related issue.

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