Hi,
Been using SAV for a few months now and really like it. I have however noticed a few things that I would like to see improved in the product:
1. Could an option to be added to the menu bar item to provide quick access to Enable / Disable On Access Scanning? This would be much quicker and easier than launching SAV, going to preferences and then enabling and disabling. I disable on-access scanning when installing trusted software updates and burning CDs/DVDs so it would be handy to have quicker access to this setting.
2. When on access scanning is disabled could the SAV menu item icon more obviously illustrate the fact that it is disabled? Currently the icon changes from black to light grey which is a little too subtle imo. It isn't immediately obvious that SAV is disabled and sometimes I forget to re-enable it. Maybe the icon could be coloured (only when disabled) or have a cross through it. Also in a previous AV product that I used, it would remind you after a reboot (first time only) if you have left the on-access scanning disabled. I think that was a really useful feature!
3. I talked about this on another post but I thought it was worth mentioning again... One thing I liked in another AV app I used to use - Norton AntiVirus for Mac - was that when you use right-click scanning from the Finder, it actually just scans the selected file/folder in a seperate headless version of the app ("small scanner") that appears, performs the scan and then is dimissed as soon as you respond to the dialog showing the scan results. I think this is more convienient than having the right-click scan launch the main Sophos AV app and then leaving it running after the scan is complete.
A couple of bugs that I've noticed too:
a) When you select "About Sophos Anti-virus" it takes absolutely ages for the about window to appear (say 15-30 secs). I have tested this on a MacBook and Mac Pro (8.0.3c) and it's very sluggish. I always get the SBOD when selecting this option (to see what version I'm running). Not a big issue but it would be great if it could be improved.
b) When I click the View Scan Log button in the "Scan Completed" dialog box after initiating a scan from the Finder, the log is never shown and the button doesn't seem to do anything. If I create a new custom scan in the main SAV application and then click the View Scan Log option from the main drop-down menu the log is opened and displayed in the Console app.
c) The download link for Mac SAV on the main Sophos web site still downloads the old version 8.02 instead of 8.0.3c. Any chance you can update that link... I read the other posts about it taking time to update the website but 8.0.3 has been out for a few weeks now and the main link is still out of date (I tried it again today because I was installing SAV on my MacBook and it still downloads the old 8.0.2 release).
Cheers,
Stuart
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