Problem running batch files after installing MS-A-spyware

[Steve]

This seems so obvious a problem that I'm surprised everyone
isn't complaining. maybe that means it is something
specific to my PC's configuration.

Having installed MS-Antispyware, whenever I launch a batch
file using a shortcut a warning window of some sort scuds
up the right hand side of my screen too quickly to read -
let alone try clicking on its buttons. Specifically this
is a problem when launching Cygwin (the "free" POSIX shell
environment) from "quickstart". The only way I've been
able to launch Cygwin has been to disable MS-Antispyware.
I do not believe Cygwin to be a spyware threat - but even
if it were, a warp-speed-warning that can't be read isn't a
particularly helpful countermeasure.

Can anyone advise how to overcome this problem without
uninstalling MS-Antispyware?

 

[Leor Zolman]

-----Original Message-----
This seems so obvious a problem that I'm surprised everyone
isn't complaining. maybe that means it is something
specific to my PC's configuration.

Having installed MS-Antispyware, whenever I launch a batch
file using a shortcut a warning window of some sort scuds
up the right hand side of my screen too quickly to read -
let alone try clicking on its buttons. Specifically this
is a problem when launching Cygwin (the "free" POSIX shell
environment) from "quickstart". The only way I've been
able to launch Cygwin has been to disable MS-Antispyware.
I do not believe Cygwin to be a spyware threat - but even
if it were, a warp-speed-warning that can't be read isn't a
particularly helpful countermeasure.

Can anyone advise how to overcome this problem without
uninstalling MS-Antispyware?

First day running Antispyware...and I'm seeing the same
problem with batch files...except that in my case the
dialog that pops up is readable, and is basically asking
me for permission to run the script. I give it permission,
tell it to "remember" the setting, and the dialog goes
away.

But then, the script fails. From the error it is giving
me, I'm guessing that the current directory setting gets
screwed up during the approval process. The script (one I
wrote) complains that a file is missing.

When I run the script again a second later, it works fine.

So it is the popup that is somehow "losing" the current
working directory while it waits for, and processes, the
approval actions.
-leor

 

[Steve Dodson [MSFT]]

Steve,

The window is unreadable because you have the start bar docked on the side
of the screen. This is a known issue which we are working to fix in a
future release. As a workaround, dock the start bar at the bottom of the
screen and allow the application change. Let me know if this does not work.

-steve

Steve Dodson [MSFT]
MCSE, CISSP
PSS Security

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[Bill Sanderson]

First day running Antispyware...and I'm seeing the same
problem with batch files...except that in my case the
dialog that pops up is readable, and is basically asking
me for permission to run the script. I give it permission,
tell it to "remember" the setting, and the dialog goes
away.

But then, the script fails. From the error it is giving
me, I'm guessing that the current directory setting gets
screwed up during the approval process. The script (one I
wrote) complains that a file is missing.

When I run the script again a second later, it works fine.

So it is the popup that is somehow "losing" the current
working directory while it waits for, and processes, the
approval actions.

leor - You're correct. This is a bug and is on the list of things to be
fixed. Sorry it doesn't work properly--please check this issue when another
beta is released.

 

[Spider]

Steve,
As you probably know, this issue is related to the real time protection of
the software. I have not played with it much, but if you go into real time
settings you will see that there are 25 separate system agents and 25
separate application agents that can be turned on or off individually. By
default they are all turned on. You can modify these settings according to
your specific needs but doing so will expose the workstaions to those
particular vulnerabilities. That may not be a bad thing though. I found
that as I explore each of those settings, the "Learn about this checkpoint"
gives some pretty good information about what each one does. I need to find
more time to explore these myself...

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