"I am investigating taking automatic action on these "Bad" files..." We're looking at automatically quarantining files when launched if their reputation level has changed to “Bad” from when they were downloaded and when they are launched. Right now we show an alert and ask.
"Programs that are already on the machine before the product is installed will not be checked when they are launched." I’m speaking specifically of Download Intelligence, they are still processed by all our other protection engines (Auto-Protect, SONAR2, etc.). They are not analyzed by Download Intelligence because we did not identify them as a downloaded file.
We're looking at automatically quarantining files when launched if their reputation level has changed to “Bad” from when they were downloaded and when they are launched. Right now we show an alert and ask.
"Programs that are already on the machine before the product is installed will not be checked when they are launched."
I’m speaking specifically of Download Intelligence, they are still processed by all our other protection engines (Auto-Protect, SONAR2, etc.). They are not analyzed by Download Intelligence because we did not identify them as a downloaded file.