Memory Leak with MS Antispyware

[Guest]

After your beta runs out.

Don't sit and wait for an update, uninstall it. I used this in a corporate
environment, and on several machines....the beta version ran out, and the
program caused a memory leak, which was obvious using task manager to veiw
CPU and memory usage.

It also interfered with installing accounting software (Timberline) and
caused multiple problems in opening and closing programs...mostly due to the
CPU going crazy.

I also noticed one other problem with MSantispyware......Does anyone else
get 30 icons for MSAntispyware in the task bar ?...and then when you put the
mouse over them, they disappear ....weird

Other than that the program works ok....But it takes alot of overhead off
system resources. They need a CPU process throttle on this program, so that
I can increase or decrease its use of system resources.

 

[Guest]

After your beta runs out.

Don't sit and wait for an update, uninstall it. I used this in a corporate
environment, and on several machines....the beta version ran out, and the
program caused a memory leak, which was obvious using task manager to veiw
CPU and memory usage.

This software is not suitable for deployment in such an environment.

The current beta 1 release does not support scanning multiple user account,
its single user application in this beta 1 release, it should support
multiple account scanning and limited accounts in beta 2.

It also interfered with installing accounting software (Timberline) and
caused multiple problems in opening and closing programs...mostly due to the
CPU going crazy.

Try here:
Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta): Resources for Software Vendors
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/isv/default.mspx

False Positive Report Form
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/isv/fpform.aspx

I also noticed one other problem with MSantispyware......Does anyone else
get 30 icons for MSAntispyware in the task bar ?...and then when you put the
mouse over them, they disappear ....weird

Do you have a keyboard with a fingerprint reader installed?

Do you use TightVNC or RealVNC or any other VNC application to remote
control your computer?

Also, is this a Tablet PC?

This seems to affect most if not all Tablet users.

Under Taskmanager, the Microsoft AntiSpyware Processes are represented by,:
gcasDTServ.exe and gcasServ.exe, if those are running, Real time protection
is enabled.

You can also try doing a repair:
Go to Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. Click Microsoft AntiSpyware
and click Change. Click Next, and then click Update. Also, check back on it
in beta 2.

Other than that the program works ok....But it takes alot of overhead off
system resources. They need a CPU process throttle on this program, so that
I can increase or decrease its use of system resources.

I hope this post is helpful, let us know how it works ºut.

Engel

 

[Guest]

After your beta runs out.

Don't sit and wait for an update, uninstall it. I used this in a
corporate
environment, and on several machines....the beta version ran out, and the
program caused a memory leak, which was obvious using task manager to veiw
CPU and memory usage.

So you choose to jeopardize your job by running **BETA** software on your
**PRODUCTION** hosts to risk a loss in those resources? Step down and let
someone else do your job.

It also interfered with installing accounting software (Timberline) and
caused multiple problems in opening and closing programs...mostly due to
the
CPU going crazy.

Yeah, a single tear rolls down our cheek from our laughter at the idiot that
risks the corporate well being to beta software.

Other than that the program works ok....But it takes alot of overhead off
system resources. They need a CPU process throttle on this program, so
that
I can increase or decrease its use of system resources.

Your company needs someone smarter to stop risking their productivity with
beta software. You can't even bother to investigate the product to
determine that it is NOT an enterprise-level solution to deploy in a
corporate network and that Microsoft is still working on that version which
has not been released yet.

 

[Linuxgirl]

LOL ................

So you choose to jeopardize your job by running **BETA** software on
your **PRODUCTION** hosts to risk a loss in those resources? Step
down and let someone else do your job.


Yeah, a single tear rolls down our cheek from our laughter at the
idiot that risks the corporate well being to beta software.


Your company needs someone smarter to stop risking their productivity
with beta software. You can't even bother to investigate the product
to determine that it is NOT an enterprise-level solution to deploy in
a corporate network and that Microsoft is still working on that
version which has not been released yet.

 

[plun]

Well, he is not alone running Betas within
production environments.

Heard that Cert have some thoughts about that.
http://www.cert.org/

Maybe Software professor mscxulp, mssqlvp, sqlvo, MS
finds it OK ?

 

[Guest]

Well, he is not alone running Betas within
production environments.

Yeah, that's the scary part about how many "professionals" haven't a clue
about their job function beyond managing to wring out a paycheck (i.e., I
got mine, screw everyone else).

 

[DanR]

And we should never read Google news at work.

So you choose to jeopardize your job by running **BETA** software on your
**PRODUCTION** hosts to risk a loss in those resources? Step down and let
someone else do your job.


Yeah, a single tear rolls down our cheek from our laughter at the idiot that
risks the corporate well being to beta software.


Your company needs someone smarter to stop risking their productivity with
beta software. You can't even bother to investigate the product to
determine that it is NOT an enterprise-level solution to deploy in a
corporate network and that Microsoft is still working on that version which
has not been released yet.

 

[Guest]

And we should never read Google news at work.

Nope, I use a real newsreader connecting to an NNTP server. Unfortunately
there are no NNTP servers that I've seen that let me define server-side
rules to obliterate posts from particular NNTP providers. That's one of the
reasons why I keep hovering on the choice to dump OE and use another
newsreader that lets me define rules that can check on ANY header, like the
PATH header to check for posts made from Google or from anonymizing
mail2news gateways. Fidolook looks promising the author kills the
functionality of that product by its dearth of documentation. Xnews is a
private newsreader that gets little attention from its author to fix UI
bugs. Thunderbird's rules suck as bad as OE's. Forte finally got a UI
overhaul but it is a commercial enterprise trying to lure purchases by
spewing a crippled free version. But eventually I'll have to dump OE to get
something better for rule potency to weed out the chaff.