Schedule Setting

[Bryan]

First, it is unnecessarily difficult to find the settings
page for scheduling: You have to use the menu bar, and
you tend to hunt and peck for it even then. Secondly, you
can't set it to 12:00 PM (Noon). It pops back to 12:00
AM!! Gosh, you'd think that this should be solid, as
during lunch is the PERFECT time to set a scheduled scan.
In fact, it should state "Noon" to avoid ambiguity. Also
related to this, a 2:00 AM scheduled scan by default
doesn't help people who don't leave their computer on and
logged on all night. The best protection against spyware,
after all, is a turned off computer with non-spinning hard
drives!!!

That having been said, I've installed this on 4 computers
now, and absolutely LOVE it! If Microsoft will clean this
product up a bit more, I will certainly be willing to pay
for it. Not over $24.95, please, as that would be a slap
in the face, especially with awesome freeware like Spybot
Search and Destroy available, and with the fact that
Microsoft itself has designed the vulnerabilities into the
OS/Browser. One might argue for a continued free
product... Give it some thought, Bill...

 

[Bill Sanderson]

[not that Bill!]

The scheduling issue is a known bug, and on the way to being fixed. I don't
know what they will do with that default search time, I'm afraid, but the
feedback in these groups is being read and collated and affects the work on
the product directly.

Thanks for the positive feedback!