Defender errors coming out my ears

OK

1. WD was not working so I unisnstalled it and reinstalled hoping it would
fix. It did not.

2. It says it has updated defs but when I do a scan (it tells me I have not
scanned for 33 days!?) it fails with an error.

3. When I try to do scan I get an error about 'invalid pointer'

4. After unisnstall it and reinstall it seemed to be back to working but
then I did a scan which crashed out with an 'unexcpected error' - 0x8050800c.
I thought I had fixed this with a reinstall.

5. All in Defender has defended me 0 times. It has scanned my system without
error 0 times. It has successfully updated itself 0 times. It has been
reinstalled 1 times and still HAS NOT provided any useful function!!!!!

6. To surmise..... It wont scan without error. It wont update without error.
Reinstallation does not do anything to resolve this ergo this software is
crap!?

What it is good at is offering annoying reminders in the taskbar telling me
I need to do a scan!! Hoooray for Defender! Guess what. When I do a scan it
offers an error.

So I have spent quite a lot of time on this and it has not done anything of
any use for me.

WTF. Is this a MS joke?

Anyone else care to offer thoughts on what I might be doing wrong? thanks.

MS. This is a complete dog and you need to sort it quickly. It the worst MS
effort I have seen in a LONG time. For Beta 2 it is deplorable.

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Your same question is already answered on the Discussions in Announcements
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"Sandy Miller" wrote:

> OK
>
> 1. WD was not working so I unisnstalled it and reinstalled hoping it would
> fix. It did not.
>
> 2. It says it has updated defs but when I do a scan (it tells me I have not
> scanned for 33 days!?) it fails with an error.
>
> 3. When I try to do scan I get an error about 'invalid pointer'
>
> 4. After unisnstall it and reinstall it seemed to be back to working but
> then I did a scan which crashed out with an 'unexcpected error' - 0x8050800c.
> I thought I had fixed this with a reinstall.
>
> 5. All in Defender has defended me 0 times. It has scanned my system without
> error 0 times. It has successfully updated itself 0 times. It has been
> reinstalled 1 times and still HAS NOT provided any useful function!!!!!
>
> 6. To surmise..... It wont scan without error. It wont update without error.
> Reinstallation does not do anything to resolve this ergo this software is
> crap!?
>
> What it is good at is offering annoying reminders in the taskbar telling me
> I need to do a scan!! Hoooray for Defender! Guess what. When I do a scan it
> offers an error.
>
> So I have spent quite a lot of time on this and it has not done anything of
> any use for me.
>
> WTF. Is this a MS joke?
>
> Anyone else care to offer thoughts on what I might be doing wrong? thanks.
>
> MS. This is a complete dog and you need to sort it quickly. It the worst MS
> effort I have seen in a LONG time. For Beta 2 it is deplorable.
>
> --
> Microsoft Professional

Open defender click on "Scan".Should scan system
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rb


"Sandy Miller" wrote:

> OK
>
> 1. WD was not working so I unisnstalled it and reinstalled hoping it would
> fix. It did not.
>
> 2. It says it has updated defs but when I do a scan (it tells me I have not
> scanned for 33 days!?) it fails with an error.
>
> 3. When I try to do scan I get an error about 'invalid pointer'
>
> 4. After unisnstall it and reinstall it seemed to be back to working but
> then I did a scan which crashed out with an 'unexcpected error' - 0x8050800c.
> I thought I had fixed this with a reinstall.
>
> 5. All in Defender has defended me 0 times. It has scanned my system without
> error 0 times. It has successfully updated itself 0 times. It has been
> reinstalled 1 times and still HAS NOT provided any useful function!!!!!
>
> 6. To surmise..... It wont scan without error. It wont update without error.
> Reinstallation does not do anything to resolve this ergo this software is
> crap!?
>
> What it is good at is offering annoying reminders in the taskbar telling me
> I need to do a scan!! Hoooray for Defender! Guess what. When I do a scan it
> offers an error.
>
> So I have spent quite a lot of time on this and it has not done anything of
> any use for me.
>
> WTF. Is this a MS joke?
>
> Anyone else care to offer thoughts on what I might be doing wrong? thanks.
>
> MS. This is a complete dog and you need to sort it quickly. It the worst MS
> effort I have seen in a LONG time. For Beta 2 it is deplorable.
>
> --
> Microsoft Professional

I believe "invalid pointer" is due to not scanning system
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rb


"Sandy Miller" wrote:

> OK
>
> 1. WD was not working so I unisnstalled it and reinstalled hoping it would
> fix. It did not.
>
> 2. It says it has updated defs but when I do a scan (it tells me I have not
> scanned for 33 days!?) it fails with an error.
>
> 3. When I try to do scan I get an error about 'invalid pointer'
>
> 4. After unisnstall it and reinstall it seemed to be back to working but
> then I did a scan which crashed out with an 'unexcpected error' - 0x8050800c.
> I thought I had fixed this with a reinstall.
>
> 5. All in Defender has defended me 0 times. It has scanned my system without
> error 0 times. It has successfully updated itself 0 times. It has been
> reinstalled 1 times and still HAS NOT provided any useful function!!!!!
>
> 6. To surmise..... It wont scan without error. It wont update without error.
> Reinstallation does not do anything to resolve this ergo this software is
> crap!?
>
> What it is good at is offering annoying reminders in the taskbar telling me
> I need to do a scan!! Hoooray for Defender! Guess what. When I do a scan it
> offers an error.
>
> So I have spent quite a lot of time on this and it has not done anything of
> any use for me.
>
> WTF. Is this a MS joke?
>
> Anyone else care to offer thoughts on what I might be doing wrong? thanks.
>
> MS. This is a complete dog and you need to sort it quickly. It the worst MS
> effort I have seen in a LONG time. For Beta 2 it is deplorable.
>
> --
> Microsoft Professional