CAVEAT: batch files disabled

[Jay]

Beware: your batch files will not run after installing
this beta product, and I found no way to allow them to do
so.

I tried to configure (and re-configure, and re-re-
configure!) the appropriate Agent settings to allow my
batch files to run, to no avail.

I also waited in vain for an opportunity to flag a
particular batch file as OK to run when Mr. Beta stopped
it, again to no avail.

I uninstalled this product and will continue to use
Yahoo's AntiSpy until I see a production version of MS
Antispyware.

 

[Michael Jennings]

My batch files run fine with the agents disabled,
however their first use is suspended until I tell the
tray popup to let them run and remember it.

 

[Jay]

Hmmm. I never saw the tray popup so I could allow them to
run. I suspect that something else is amiss. Thanks for
your reply.

 

[Michael Riley]

Every weekday I run a batch file that moves a file or two
to a new directory and then opens an app to process them.
When I tried to run it today (after installing MS
Antispyware) I got a nice blue and white message box -
one that appeared from the base of the screen in the
bottom left and rose rapidly and vertically to the top of
the screen and out of sight.
I assume it is a dialogue box asking me if I want to
allow the batch file to run, but after several
frustrating viewings the only thing I can be sure of is
it's colour scheme.
Exiting ASW didn't stop the phenomenon I had to disable
it in msconfig and reboot.
Having said that the original scan of my system removed a
browser hijacker that nothing else (S&D, Winpatrol, Ad-
aware) had been able to detect.
Will have to try again and see if I can find the elusive
tray pop-up. :-(

 

[Michael Jennings]

The interface is Nortonish - the alert should rise from the tray
(lower right) like a slice of toasted bread and sit there.

You probably found a bug in the program. There's no bug
reporting facility in the beta. Perhaps they'll see it here.