Bug with reputation service

[system]

I am using the latest free version (7.0.1426)

I am a programmer and when I make a change to my source code and compile and run a new exe there is a 2 second delay after compilation before the program runs.

This behaviour has only just appeared.

After much research I discovered that the problem was the new reputation service was failing as I was not connected to the internet.
When I do connect to the internet the delay drops from 2 seconds to a noticeable half a second.
If I disable the reputation service there is no delay.

With the reputation service enabled and the internet connected I notice that a small amount of data is sent and received each time I compile a fresh exe.

Some suggestions:

1. If the reputation service fails due to no web access it should not keep trying until web access has been detected (perhaps via the regular update check)
2. A commonly altered exe (such as a compiled program) would benefit from being entered into an exclusion list to prevent unnecessary reputation checks
3. Depending on the amount of data the reputation database could be included as a daily database download instead of a constant online check

For now I have disabled the reputation service.

[igor0]

@MissMinded post:1

2. A commonly altered exe (such as a compiled program) would benefit from being entered into an exclusion list to prevent unnecessary reputation checks

I’d say that’s up to you to put such a file into the exclusion list (knowing the output folders of your projects) - automatic excluding of files from any future scanning (there’s no exclusion list for reputation checks only) according to their modification seems kinda dangerous to me.

@MissMinded post:1

3. Depending on the amount of data the reputation database could be included as a daily database download instead of a constant online check

No, it certainly couldn’t - it would have to be many orders of magnitude smaller than it actually is.