Alanrf & Trevion, good catch, this is a simple-to-fix error (ashQuick.exe doesn't contain the ActiveSkin component licensing info in this build). Of course, this will be fixed in the next beta refresh.
RejZor, I'd like to find out more about the problem (the self-defense related thing). What other low-level software do you have installed on your system? Do you have SP1 on your Vista? Any other less-standard tweaks? Etc... we'd definitely like to have the problem simulated on one of our test machines...
The lack scan progress indicator in the skinless UI will be fixed momentarily, too.
Thanks so far
Vlk