Windows Defender: Fightin’ crime
I believe in securing your Windows system. Because you kinda have to. So it was with great delight that I noticed that Windows Defender left the Beta-arena and was unleashed upon the public. After (and pay close attention to this) passing the validation to download the file I decided to install it. It would be a bad story (and a tad silly) if I didn’t do that after going through the trouble of downloading it.
Now, imagine my surprise when this was the first (technically second, since the actual first screen is HI YOU’RE INSTALLING WINDOWS DEFENDER! :keke:) screen I saw:
I have to validate again? Now, I kind of get Microsoft’s logic on this one. I could technically download the installation on a licensed machine and then go on my merry way to install it on an unlicensed machine. However, it just comes across as them treating me as a criminal. This increasing paranoid and Big Brother-esque behaviour (let’s not even get started on Office Genuine Advantage) is getting out of hand. Also, stop calling it a genuine advantage. A name like EASILY CIRCUMVENTED NONSENSE CHECK TO MAKE IT GO Advantage would be more fitting.
HELLO EULA THAT NO ONE READS
This part is probably my favorite, you see, this is where Microsoft fails UI 101: Checkboxes normally denote multiple choices, however, there is only one option possible:
GO GO GO MAJOR CONFUSO RAY
So after I had to shut down Internet Explorer, Windows Defender (since the non-ActiveX validation sucks on the Microsoft site) finally installed. And hey, while we’re at it let’s check for updates and run a quick scan now!
Microsoft stayed at the dorm and played Smash Brothers while getting high instead of attending UI 101 so we can’t really expect them to get some of the more advanced stuff right, can we? You see, when I initially saw this screen I was confused. I had told Windows Defender to go and get the latest definitions, yet all it gave me was the update-screen with the Update-button disabled. Turns out this is the UI feedback for “We’re currently updating”. Huh. That’s an interesting decision, I guess going with a progressbar was too mainstream.
Now that it (finally) started scanning I got my damn progressbar. However it’s of the “HOW LONG IS GOING TO TAKE? WHO KNOWS! I’M JUST GOING TO PLAY A LOOP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER” variety. So I have no idea how long the scan is going to take, however it does kindly inform as to how long I’ve been waiting for it to finish.
In conclusion: Windows Defender sucks. Not to mention that there shouldn’t be a need for it anyway. Oh :iceburn: