Notification window streaks across screen then disappears

[Guest]

Every so often I catch a little window whizzing accross
my screen (vertically, bottom to top) going much too fast
to read. It never stops so I can't see what it is.
This time I managed to catch a screenshot.

The window title is "Spyware Definitions Updated".
The text is:
"New Spyware Definitions are Available!"
"New Microsoft AntiSpyware definitions are available for " ...(rest
truncated)
"Would you like to update spyware definitions now?" [Yes/No buttons]
[Checkbox] "Automatically keep me updated"

Question: Is it a legit Microsoft notification? If so, is this a known bug?

p.s. I use XP SP2.
My AntiSpyware AutoUpdater Settings are:
[YES] Enable automatic updates
[NO ] Apply new spyware updates without notifying me
[YES] Notify me when updates, (...etc...) are available

Two possibly relevant quirks:
1) I keep my taskbar vertical and on right side of screen.
2) My system tray (notification area) may have become broken.
It shows most icons, but e.g. no longer shows the connection icon
when I'm connected, even tho it's configured to show it.

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Yeah, its bug, hopefully something will done about it in beta 2. What you
can do in the mean time is hold your mouse pointer over it and it will stay
on the screen. You can then drag it in view, it always pops up from the
right hand bottom of the screen. once you move the mouse pointer away from
the notification it will disappear.
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[Bill Sanderson]

This a bug. Before build 613 or so, all the notification windows for
Microsoft Antispyware did this same thing. They fixed most of them, but
apparently missed this one in the fix. It will be fixed in beta2.

It happens only with a vertical taskbar setting.

 

[Vanguard \(NPI\)]

Every so often I catch a little window whizzing accross
my screen (vertically, bottom to top) going much too fast
to read. It never stops so I can't see what it is.
This time I managed to catch a screenshot.

The window title is "Spyware Definitions Updated".
The text is:
"New Spyware Definitions are Available!"
"New Microsoft AntiSpyware definitions are available for " ...(rest
truncated)
"Would you like to update spyware definitions now?" [Yes/No
buttons]
[Checkbox] "Automatically keep me updated"

Question: Is it a legit Microsoft notification? If so, is this a known
bug?

p.s. I use XP SP2.
My AntiSpyware AutoUpdater Settings are:
[YES] Enable automatic updates
[NO ] Apply new spyware updates without notifying me
[YES] Notify me when updates, (...etc...) are available

Two possibly relevant quirks:
1) I keep my taskbar vertical and on right side of screen.
2) My system tray (notification area) may have become broken.
It shows most icons, but e.g. no longer shows the connection icon
when I'm connected, even tho it's configured to show it.

Vertical taskbar and MSAS are mutually exclusive. That is, what you
describe is typical of when the user has vertical taskbars (instead of the
default horizontal orientation). So your choices are to use horizontal
taskbars, play mouse tag with the window (as Andre mentioned), or wait until
Beta 2 comes out and hope they fixed the bug by then.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to all three of you - your responses were a big help. It's a big
relief to know it's JUST a bug. Much appreciated.