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Bryan
First, it is unnecessarily difficult to find the settings
page for scheduling: You have to use the menu bar, and
you tend to hunt and peck for it even then. Secondly, you
can't set it to 12:00 PM (Noon). It pops back to 12:00
AM!! Gosh, you'd think that this should be solid, as
during lunch is the PERFECT time to set a scheduled scan.
In fact, it should state "Noon" to avoid ambiguity. Also
related to this, a 2:00 AM scheduled scan by default
doesn't help people who don't leave their computer on and
logged on all night. The best protection against spyware,
after all, is a turned off computer with non-spinning hard
drives!!!
That having been said, I've installed this on 4 computers
now, and absolutely LOVE it! If Microsoft will clean this
product up a bit more, I will certainly be willing to pay
for it. Not over $24.95, please, as that would be a slap
in the face, especially with awesome freeware like Spybot
Search and Destroy available, and with the fact that
Microsoft itself has designed the vulnerabilities into the
OS/Browser. One might argue for a continued free
product... Give it some thought, Bill...
page for scheduling: You have to use the menu bar, and
you tend to hunt and peck for it even then. Secondly, you
can't set it to 12:00 PM (Noon). It pops back to 12:00
AM!! Gosh, you'd think that this should be solid, as
during lunch is the PERFECT time to set a scheduled scan.
In fact, it should state "Noon" to avoid ambiguity. Also
related to this, a 2:00 AM scheduled scan by default
doesn't help people who don't leave their computer on and
logged on all night. The best protection against spyware,
after all, is a turned off computer with non-spinning hard
drives!!!
That having been said, I've installed this on 4 computers
now, and absolutely LOVE it! If Microsoft will clean this
product up a bit more, I will certainly be willing to pay
for it. Not over $24.95, please, as that would be a slap
in the face, especially with awesome freeware like Spybot
Search and Destroy available, and with the fact that
Microsoft itself has designed the vulnerabilities into the
OS/Browser. One might argue for a continued free
product... Give it some thought, Bill...