scheduled scans

[Guest]

It has been my experience that Windows Anti-Spyware would not run a scheduled
scan if not logged in to a user account.

Does anyone know this not to be the case?

Is Defender the same way?

I had a computer set to run a scan with defender at 12:00 noon and was
logged off. I logged on as the user at 12:07 and launched defender the scan
was in progress but the start time was 12:07. So did defender wait until I
logged in to start the scan? I now have the computer set to scan at 1:00 pm
and am logged off the user account. I am waiting to see what happens. My
point being - how many people are logged in at 2:00 AM - the default setting?


Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions about this.

Juli

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I'm aware, so far, of only one bug in the scheduler. Sometimes--haven't
tested the limits--when you choose a later time on the same day, the scan
is, in fact, not scheduled to begin until that time on the following day.
Thereafter, it'll be daily.

To see the actual scheduled job go to Control panel, maintenance and ??? and
open the scheduled tasks folder. Then go to advanced, and have it show
hidden tasks.

look for a job involving mpcmdrun.exe

Real Time Protection runs as a system service. the scanner is a
command-line process. I'm not sure of the answer to your stated
question--still finding out myself. I have seen evidence hear that skipped
scans are detected, and initiated at the next user login--but I'm not sure
whether these are machines which are on at night with no user logged in or
not.

I'm quite sure they've thought about this, and that the default of 2 am is
not going to result in no scans ever being run--but I can't describe the
behavior in detail at this point. I've now read the help portions that are
relevant and don't feel any the wiser.

Experiment, and let us know--use the scheduler (doesn't have to be a hidden
task)--just run mpcmdrun.exe to see the parameters available-you can choose
full or quick, and administrative or limited user, and to update signatures.

 

[Guest]

BTW _ THANKS!

I'm aware, so far, of only one bug in the scheduler. Sometimes--haven't
tested the limits--when you choose a later time on the same day, the scan
is, in fact, not scheduled to begin until that time on the following day.
Thereafter, it'll be daily.

To see the actual scheduled job go to Control panel, maintenance and ??? and
open the scheduled tasks folder. Then go to advanced, and have it show
hidden tasks.

look for a job involving mpcmdrun.exe

Real Time Protection runs as a system service. the scanner is a
command-line process. I'm not sure of the answer to your stated
question--still finding out myself. I have seen evidence hear that skipped
scans are detected, and initiated at the next user login--but I'm not sure
whether these are machines which are on at night with no user logged in or
not.

I'm quite sure they've thought about this, and that the default of 2 am is
not going to result in no scans ever being run--but I can't describe the
behavior in detail at this point. I've now read the help portions that are
relevant and don't feel any the wiser.

Experiment, and let us know--use the scheduler (doesn't have to be a hidden
task)--just run mpcmdrun.exe to see the parameters available-you can choose
full or quick, and administrative or limited user, and to update signatures.

 

[Guest]

The PC I had scheduled to run at 1:00 while I was logged off - did run the
scan. I'm glad to see this because I plan on having the scans run before the
users log in in the mornings. Do you know when the final version is going to
be released? And if I install the beta version will the WSUS server update it
to the actual version when it is released? I don't want to install a beta
version on 150 PCs only to have to uninstall later to install the actual
version.

About WSUS, I checked on the server and the 2 PCs I have installed defender

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Terrific--sounds like all is well.

I'm not Microsoft, so I really can't answer the question about how the final
version will be distributed. If I were guessing, I'd think you'd be fine.
It isn't clear yet whether beta2 will be offered automatically to beta1
customers--I think they may be letting beta2 get a shakeout trial before
they put it out automatically--that capability is there, I believe.

The best way to get an answer to a question like that--about deployment--is
through a direct Microsoft contact of some sort--if your company has one--or
watch the messages and blogs related to this project here.

Thanks for the info about the scan--that's what I'd expect, but I haven't
actually had a chance to see it myself.
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