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# sk164393 - NGAV.log is increasing to a size of Gigabytes due to Anti-Ransomware blade

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk164393 |
| Date Created | 2020-01-17 |
| Last Modified | 2020-01-19 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Endpoint Security |
| Versions | Cloud, E89.X, E88.X |

## Symptoms

- * *NGAV.log* is increasing to a size of Gigabytes due to the Anti-Ransomware blade. The log can be found in:  
  *C:\\ProgramData\\CheckPoint\\Logs\\NGAV.log*   

* *NGAV.log* gets filled up with this error:   
  **\[Error\] source: (NGAV.Core.Reporting.ReportingTelemetry) message: ( System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'NGAV.Connectors.AntiRansomware.AntiRansomwareConnector' threw an exception. ---\>** System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'AntiRansomware.AntiRansomwareEngine' threw an exception. ---\> System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file 'C:\\ProgramData\\CheckPoint\\Logs\\AntiRansomware.log 03-12-19 08-59-57\\.zip' because it is being used by another process.

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