do not spy windows 10 Sept 2016 ?

scotslad · 1 Oct 2016 at 22:27

Craig321 said:
Have a look in the Task Scheduler. If you did choose the option, you should have:

Task Scheduler Library > Safer-Networking > Spybot Anti-Beacon > Refresh Anti-Beacon immunization

thanks, seems to be showing there as you describe, does yours say the status is "running" ? :confused:

D3K · 1 Oct 2016 at 22:43

Is there a real issue here or is it paranoia?

The only gripe I've had from the latest update is that the store app and Edge shortcuts re-appeared on my taskbar.

marc2003 · 2 Oct 2016 at 14:04

scotslad said:
does yours say the status is "running" ?

I doubt it. It shouldn't take more than a second or 2 on each startup.

scotslad · 2 Oct 2016 at 16:40

marc2003 said:
I doubt it. It shouldn't take more than a second or 2 on each startup.

Ok, I have took 6 X screenshotS of what it shows when I click on each of the 6 tabs, so maybe please could someone tell me if what it is saying is correct please ?

Thanks.

p.s, I noticed straight away that it is saying last time it ran way yesterday when I installed it but according to what you can also see in the screenshots it says last time it ran was yesterday and I just done a cold restart of my system right now today at approx 4pm-ish, how come :confused:

scotslad · 2 Oct 2016 at 16:57

D3K said:
Is there a real issue here or is it paranoia?
The only gripe I've had from the latest update is that the store app and Edge shortcuts re-appeared on my taskbar.

Yes mate, there is a huge issue unless you like the whole host of things that they added in and actually use them all, in that case its fine then, but from all the people I know and myself, I cant stand all the extra garbage that guzzles resources, to me its as if they think everyone must be using windows 10 on a mobile device like a tablet or even some sort of phone as most desktop or use at home laptop owners will never use all that rubbish, plus the spying has got a lot to answer for too, to me thats a bit, well a big bit wrong, we can only try and stop them best we can.

marc2003 · 2 Oct 2016 at 17:13

Well I don't why it didn't run when you booted but it shouldn't matter that much. Really, the only time it needs to run is after installing windows updates which might try and restore some of the settings it's turned off. And in those instances, I'd be checking using the full app rather than relying on the background process.

scotslad · 3 Oct 2016 at 02:37

marc2003 said:
Well I don't why it didn't run when you booted but it shouldn't matter that much. Really, the only time it needs to run is after installing windows updates which might try and restore some of the settings it's turned off. And in those instances, I'd be checking using the full app rather than relying on the background process.

hi mate, I did run the full app again and it still didnt even update saying the current time and date, hmmmm :confused:

, maybe its as you say. maybe it only does something when it has to, I dont have a clue as its the first time using this software and thats why I was asking others etc.

pastymuncher · 3 Oct 2016 at 09:18

I believe that once you have run it all is good until you update windows. After updates you should run it again as some things get's re-enabled. The anniversary update restarted a load of them so I ran Anti Beacon again and disabled them straight away. The anniversary update also reinstalled several apps such as windows store and the other rubbish they want you to have on your pc. A quick play with CCleaner and all were uninstalled again.

scotslad · 3 Oct 2016 at 21:21

its strange as now in task scheduler its saying the last date it done anything was yesterday, its as if its a day behind for some reason, hmmm :confused:

Maybe windows tried to do something when I restarted or something, but its defo not reporting each time the computer is rebooted, hmmm.

jpaul · 3 Oct 2016 at 21:44

Have you looked in event log too, to see whether is shows 'refresh anti-beacon' task failed to start at startup
(the event manger sections you posted would show last successful start time, but event log will show failures)
I agree with other comment to run it manually when a win update has occurred, but yes it is annoying when windows does not work as it should
(the askwoody site had an evaluation of global manhours and additional power stations needed due to microsoft's continuing screw up with win 7 updates)

BlackAle · 4 Oct 2016 at 08:23

More paranoia than anything else, such 'spying' has existed since at least Windows 7.

LizardKing · 4 Oct 2016 at 11:34

BlackAle said:
More paranoia than anything else, such 'spying' has existed since at least Windows 7.

And its not a patch on what Google / Facebook harvest. 2 company's that make a profit from actively selling your information yet people are more than happy for that to happen, but a company that uses it to improve the services it offers oh no we cant have that