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seatech1
I've been running MS Antispyware for several weeks now,
and can't seem to find that it's doing anything. I scan
my computer with AdAware and Spybot S&D periodically, and
find things each time. (mostly tracking cookies) Yet,
Microsoft's version doesn't seem to find any of them.
Then there is the issue of the little pop up windows that
appear down by the clock which are supposed to advise me
of a problem. Well, I found the problem. The stupid
notifications don't stay up long enough to read! I can't
find where they are stored, or IF they are stored, so I
can't go back to see what it was.
So far, I can't see where this program does anything but
update itself and run every night. I couldn't even send
in a report. That part didn't work.
I appreciate their attempt, but so far it needs some more
work.
1. For one thing, I'd like an interactive report to view
and select what I want to delete.
2. I want to be able to get more info on each item
3. There should be a log of every notification that it
has given me.
4. I want to be able to tweak it a little more than I
can now. There should be a place for adding "ignore"
items, for example. Other things to tweak should be
adjustable detail of report, critical vs. non-critical
item identification, mru list identification and removal
option.
5. Microsoft should maintain a database of spyware
removal instructions that are easy to access and obtain.
It should have removal tools for those items that this
program can't handle. Either they are going to get into
this side of it, or they aren't. They should not do it
halfway, especially if the rumors are true that they are
going to charge for it eventually.
and can't seem to find that it's doing anything. I scan
my computer with AdAware and Spybot S&D periodically, and
find things each time. (mostly tracking cookies) Yet,
Microsoft's version doesn't seem to find any of them.
Then there is the issue of the little pop up windows that
appear down by the clock which are supposed to advise me
of a problem. Well, I found the problem. The stupid
notifications don't stay up long enough to read! I can't
find where they are stored, or IF they are stored, so I
can't go back to see what it was.
So far, I can't see where this program does anything but
update itself and run every night. I couldn't even send
in a report. That part didn't work.
I appreciate their attempt, but so far it needs some more
work.
1. For one thing, I'd like an interactive report to view
and select what I want to delete.
2. I want to be able to get more info on each item
3. There should be a log of every notification that it
has given me.
4. I want to be able to tweak it a little more than I
can now. There should be a place for adding "ignore"
items, for example. Other things to tweak should be
adjustable detail of report, critical vs. non-critical
item identification, mru list identification and removal
option.
5. Microsoft should maintain a database of spyware
removal instructions that are easy to access and obtain.
It should have removal tools for those items that this
program can't handle. Either they are going to get into
this side of it, or they aren't. They should not do it
halfway, especially if the rumors are true that they are
going to charge for it eventually.