NIS 2012 some Bugs and questionable behaviours

Hi everyone,

On my Notebook with Intel Centrino2 dual core at 1,66 Ghz, 2gb Ram, Nvidia 7600go with 128 Mb dedicated, Vista SP1 32bit Italian version,
I installed NIS 19.1.0.28 Italian final version downloaded via Norton Update Center.
No other security softwares except Norton Online Family.

BUGS:

1) I open NIS event log, I maximize the window, then I open an entry for read details, when I close it, the NIS event log main window resize to previosus size (as before I maximized it).


2) During a scan, if I click “Suspend”, the little black bold text show me “interrupted”, but the big white/orange text show me “executing” I think that the text should be corrected and the orange substituted with grey color. (see picture) I try to explain better: when I suspend a scan I have both text: “executing” and “interrupted” at the same time. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/orangenis.jpg/


3) When in main window i select “?” menu and open “license agreement”, sometimes the window is opened behind NIS main window and not on top. Same behaviour happen when in Settings panel I “open the intusion definitions list”, the window is opened back the settings panel window.


Questionable things:

4) I install 19.1 over 18.6. Nis 2012 kept all my settings except one: in NIS 2011 “smart definitions” were disabled but after the installation “smart definitions” are ON. Is a bug or is it by design?
If is by design, I think that is better to set smart defitions off by default for maximize security


5) The help guide should be offline: if I want to modify a setting, I think that is better that associated help panel is showed even offline.


6) Also file insight data should be showed offline. And also “Evalutate applications” offline also because I may would view what processes or modules are running even when I am offline.


7) Why the “Check for new version” button is no more avaible? I think that should be showed in “?” menu in main window.


8) Double cliking on the top of a window like a scan doesn’t maximize the window.

Thanks in advance for replies.

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After all NIS 2012 is amazing: more fast, better disposition of settings panel, more options for custom scan, better UI, firewall alert are showed more fast. I also appreciate the new install method: as a simple upgrade like from 18.1 to 18.6. So the reboot without protection as in past versions is skipped and the protection is always on.

I know that many people are experiencing many other bugs, but at the moment, my installation works fine except for the bugs that I noticed before. (No settings panel / firewall alert bug)

I think that a NIS 19.2 will solve all problem.

Thanks Symantec!!! Every NIS version is a surprise and better than the previosus.