Hi - I have a design suggestion related to the tray icon for Bitdefender Internet Security 2012. It should in my opinion change color whenever any key security feature is turned off - the autoscan or the firewall, for example.
I have used Norton Internet Security in the recent past for several years, and whenever I would install new programs (of any type) on my pc, I would typically turn off the autoscan feature during the installation of the new program. In Nortion IS, when I did turn a security feature off, the tray icon would change color (to red, as I recall) to alert me that it was off. In addition, at the time I turned autoscan off, I got a menu window giving me a choice for how much time I wished it to remain off. For example, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or "until reboot." If I selected 15 minutes, the autoscan would be turned back on automatically after 15 minutes.
In Bitdefender Internet Security 2012, I cannot tell if the autoscan is turned off unless I hold the cursor over the tray icon - in that case, a tool tip pops up to tell me that an unspecified issue(s) needs fixing. I believe the Norton system is better - the tray icon actually changes color until the security feature is turned back on. I think this would be useful to users. In addition, I suggest you add the "turn off time" whenever autoscan or the firewall (or any other security feature) is being turned off, so that the security feature will automatically be turned back on after a certain time (or until system reboot), as I described for the Norton security software.
Any thoughts on these suggestions?
