My thoughts on MSAS

My thoughts on MS AntiSpyware:

Updater:
The update utility should be accessible without having to
open the whole program, or the update function should check
whenever you go online, not just at one specific time.

Menus:
The top-level menu bar should be a standard menu bar like
every other Windows program. Check for Updates should be
under something other than File. Maybe there shouldn't be
a File menu.

SpyNet:
I hope the checkbox stays there - I don't always want to
send data to SpyNet, if it's just because of me fiddling
around. It's nice that it's checked by default, though.

Clicking bug:
Clicking on "Spyware Scan" (the title) when a scan is
running aborts the scan. Why, I don't know. There is no
indication that it should or that it will.

Summary screen:
The colour of the stars indicating something good should be
changed. A yellow star means, to me, that something needs
attention at a convenient time. Maybe something like a
green checkmark would work better.

Bonus feature:
It would be REALLY, REALLY nice if MSAS could run a scan as
a background low-cpu-usage process that could be paused and
resumed manually and at system startup/shutdown quietly.
It could also alert the user if it needed some dedicated
time to meet the "one scan every 5 days" ideal MS has given us.

I'm certain that Spynet will remain optional--last stats I heard were that
about half of installs opted in.

You'll be happy to hear that the "clicking bug" you describe is fixed in
build .509, which you can download from:

http://www.microsoft.com/spyware/software (and a few clicks beyond)

Just run the installer--it will perform an upgrade.

Thanks for taking the time to offer these useful observations!
--
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Peter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24c901c51f94$9fafb300$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> My thoughts on MS AntiSpyware:
>
> Updater:
> The update utility should be accessible without having to
> open the whole program, or the update function should check
> whenever you go online, not just at one specific time.
>
> Menus:
> The top-level menu bar should be a standard menu bar like
> every other Windows program. Check for Updates should be
> under something other than File. Maybe there shouldn't be
> a File menu.
>
> SpyNet:
> I hope the checkbox stays there - I don't always want to
> send data to SpyNet, if it's just because of me fiddling
> around. It's nice that it's checked by default, though.
>
> Clicking bug:
> Clicking on "Spyware Scan" (the title) when a scan is
> running aborts the scan. Why, I don't know. There is no
> indication that it should or that it will.
>
> Summary screen:
> The colour of the stars indicating something good should be
> changed. A yellow star means, to me, that something needs
> attention at a convenient time. Maybe something like a
> green checkmark would work better.
>
> Bonus feature:
> It would be REALLY, REALLY nice if MSAS could run a scan as
> a background low-cpu-usage process that could be paused and
> resumed manually and at system startup/shutdown quietly.
> It could also alert the user if it needed some dedicated
> time to meet the "one scan every 5 days" ideal MS has given us.

You have to reboot though.

--

Andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
news:QREv%2315HFHA.2344@cpmsftngsa06.privatenews.microsoft.com...
> I'm certain that Spynet will remain optional--last stats I heard were that
> about half of installs opted in.
>
> You'll be happy to hear that the "clicking bug" you describe is fixed in
> build .509, which you can download from:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/spyware/software (and a few clicks beyond)
>
> Just run the installer--it will perform an upgrade.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to offer these useful observations!
> --
> FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>
> "Peter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:24c901c51f94$9fafb300$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> My thoughts on MS AntiSpyware:
>>
>> Updater:
>> The update utility should be accessible without having to
>> open the whole program, or the update function should check
>> whenever you go online, not just at one specific time.
>>
>> Menus:
>> The top-level menu bar should be a standard menu bar like
>> every other Windows program. Check for Updates should be
>> under something other than File. Maybe there shouldn't be
>> a File menu.
>>
>> SpyNet:
>> I hope the checkbox stays there - I don't always want to
>> send data to SpyNet, if it's just because of me fiddling
>> around. It's nice that it's checked by default, though.
>>
>> Clicking bug:
>> Clicking on "Spyware Scan" (the title) when a scan is
>> running aborts the scan. Why, I don't know. There is no
>> indication that it should or that it will.
>>
>> Summary screen:
>> The colour of the stars indicating something good should be
>> changed. A yellow star means, to me, that something needs
>> attention at a convenient time. Maybe something like a
>> green checkmark would work better.
>>
>> Bonus feature:
>> It would be REALLY, REALLY nice if MSAS could run a scan as
>> a background low-cpu-usage process that could be paused and
>> resumed manually and at system startup/shutdown quietly.
>> It could also alert the user if it needed some dedicated
>> time to meet the "one scan every 5 days" ideal MS has given us.
>
>