Sorry just seeing this. Looks like you opened a ticket, but still wanted to answer your question...
Our Scan Server freezes I guess is the best way to put it. The Service is "Running" on the server, but in Lansweeper it says its stopped. If I stop the service in Windows it eventually times out with an error, and then lets me start the service back up. Which then works for a while until I either scan an item based on its IP or Linux based item (not sure which causes the problem, yet). If i turn all scanning off, and only leave Active Directory scanning on, it works fine.