Not fully compatible with Windows XP

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It appears somewhat bizarre that AntiSpyware should need
user approval to change defaults like the temporary
internet folder or My Documents folder when switching
users (Windows fast user switching involving multi-
logins). This is not suspicious activity but what Windows
does.

It is bad enough that many third part software producers
produce software that is not compatible with Windows in
aspects like fast user switching and differing types of
user accounts; however, one does expect Microsoft to do
better and make things compatible for its own system.
 
You are correct in your observations of the programs behavior. Bear in mind
that this technology was, in fact, purchased from a third party, and the
beta released only three weeks or so after that purchase.

Microsoft is aware of the specific shortcomings with regard to multiple
users, and is planning to address them. We should see results at a later
time in the beta/
 
It appears somewhat bizarre that AntiSpyware should need
user approval to change defaults like the temporary
internet folder or My Documents folder when switching
users (Windows fast user switching involving multi-
logins). This is not suspicious activity but what Windows
does.

It is bad enough that many third part software producers
produce software that is not compatible with Windows in
aspects like fast user switching and differing types of
user accounts; however, one does expect Microsoft to do
better and make things compatible for its own system.
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Every instruction in the code for spyware is also legal within the
definition of the system API calls it uses to executes its behavior.
Based on your logic, every piece of software is doing simply what
Windows was designed to do. Well, that's obvious since the point of
Windows is to provide an operating system atop of which applications can
call and use so they perform their function. It is *behavior* that gets
monitored to determine if the application might be doing something
nasty. If you or an application perform the behavior that is being
monitored, what point would there be to use anti-spyware if you are
simply going to blindly allow that behavior? You used an *application*
within Windows to change the path for your browser's temp file cache.
Okay, so how would anti-spyware software know that it was YOU that asked
the application to perform that potentially suspicious behavior.
 
I use the Fast User Switching feature a lot and it is
generating a lot of problems to me. I am going to
unistall the software and wait for a new release with
that "bug"/Imporvement.
 
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