LiveSafe Feedback

[DrTechnical]

I have had this behavior happen to me multiple times, on multiple computers.  I have quite a few computers in my home, some laptop and some desktop.  I don't turn some of them off, so my problem of having McAfee start a scan after being powered on does not apply routinely to most of my computers.

As a programmer myself, I understand the concept of an interrupt and how it can be used to stop a process and either terminate it or allow the CPU to work on another task.  I also know that it is possible for one to program a process such that it does not respond to interrupts, or does not respond very often, as a strategy to allow the process to advance with as little interruption as possible.

However, it seems to me that when you program a "cancel" button into your application, and a cancellation does not materially affect the operation of your application (eg. you have a process to count from 1 to 1000...who cares if you stop it in mid-process?), I expect a cancel button to respond immediately.

[tromine]

Good feedback, Dr Tech - 

I'll raise this with the Development team.  1) Cancel should be responsive.  2) Catch-up scans after a period of being turned off.  This last one is a bit more sensitive...and need to think about what the appropriate behavior should be.  Thanks!

[BorisV]

I can suggest a behaviour.
1. Modify the tray icon to add the blue “i”.

2. Display a notification saying “Hey, we couldn’t scan your system as scheduled, because your computer was not on. Would you like us to scan now and make sure you are good to go?
You can also leave automatic scan check files as you use them.”
Buttons should be “Scan Now” and “Remind me in”
Remind me in can include various options + “Never”
Add the ability to permanently disable this alert via “Do not show again” and General Settings -> Alerts

3. Add the same thing in the carousel area under Home and PC Security.

[Peacekeeper]

@tromine

In my testing scheduled scans cancel fine. So unsure this a common issue. Will test another Pc.

[tromine]

Thanks Peacekeeper!  Great seeing you continuing to offer us product feedback, and fellow-users your expertise. 

[BorisV]

It works fine on all 3 laptops of mine as well.

[Peacekeeper]

As it also does on my wife PC. 

@DrTechnical 

If this cancel issue is only on 1 PC maybe a uninstall reinstall is needed. I notice R19 just got installed so maybe see if that fixed anything.