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Old 27-03-2006, 08:20 PM   #1
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I just downloaded and installed Defender today. When I check for updates, I
do get the ballon message stating that Defender is connecting to the Interent
and checking for updates, and then it states there are no new updates.
However, it is still on signature 1.0.0.0 and reports it is 60 days out of
date.
I thought our firewall was blocking, but I monitored the logs, and I see
that my client is not even hitting the firewall outbound at all when I check
for updates.

Thanks,
Barry
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Old 27-03-2006, 09:59 PM   #2
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Are you on a corporate network? Is your company running WSUS to distribute
patches?

If so, the WSUS administrator needs to do a little work to enable Windows
Defender definitions to be distributed.

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"Bartly" <Bartly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just downloaded and installed Defender today. When I check for updates, I
> do get the ballon message stating that Defender is connecting to the
> Interent
> and checking for updates, and then it states there are no new updates.
> However, it is still on signature 1.0.0.0 and reports it is 60 days out of
> date.
> I thought our firewall was blocking, but I monitored the logs, and I see
> that my client is not even hitting the firewall outbound at all when I
> check
> for updates.
>
> Thanks,
> Barry



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Old 27-03-2006, 10:26 PM   #3
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Bill,

Yes and yes. And I am the Network Admin. I did not realize that Defender had
changed that dramtically from the previous versions. Is the WSUS info
available from the Defender home page? Or will WSUS be providing the updates?

Thanks

"Bill Sanderson MVP" wrote:

> Are you on a corporate network? Is your company running WSUS to distribute
> patches?
>
> If so, the WSUS administrator needs to do a little work to enable Windows
> Defender definitions to be distributed.
>
> --
>
> "Bartly" <Bartly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CE0D553-792A-4FF1-9B41-B430BED6CDDD@microsoft.com...
> >I just downloaded and installed Defender today. When I check for updates, I
> > do get the ballon message stating that Defender is connecting to the
> > Interent
> > and checking for updates, and then it states there are no new updates.
> > However, it is still on signature 1.0.0.0 and reports it is 60 days out of
> > date.
> > I thought our firewall was blocking, but I monitored the logs, and I see
> > that my client is not even hitting the firewall outbound at all when I
> > check
> > for updates.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Barry

>
>
>

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Old 27-03-2006, 10:33 PM   #4
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Yes--big change.

Here's the post that I have which gives information about how to configure
WSUS:

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If your windows update is pointing to your local WSUS, then you must include
the Windows Defender in synchronization setting.
In Products selection, please include Windows Defender
In Update classifications, please include Definition Updates

You must synchronize the server and approve the definition for clients to
get the latest definition.

Regards,
Cheong
---
While you are looking at WSUS settings, I might note that security updates
for IE7 Beta2 are also being made available via this route, and probably
require similar configuration steps--so if you have (or want to have) users
of that beta--you might check for those in addition to the Windows Defender
definitions, while configuring.

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"Bartly" <Bartly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Bill,
>
> Yes and yes. And I am the Network Admin. I did not realize that Defender
> had
> changed that dramtically from the previous versions. Is the WSUS info
> available from the Defender home page? Or will WSUS be providing the
> updates?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Bill Sanderson MVP" wrote:
>
>> Are you on a corporate network? Is your company running WSUS to
>> distribute
>> patches?
>>
>> If so, the WSUS administrator needs to do a little work to enable Windows
>> Defender definitions to be distributed.
>>
>> --
>>
>> "Bartly" <Bartly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7CE0D553-792A-4FF1-9B41-B430BED6CDDD@microsoft.com...
>> >I just downloaded and installed Defender today. When I check for
>> >updates, I
>> > do get the ballon message stating that Defender is connecting to the
>> > Interent
>> > and checking for updates, and then it states there are no new updates.
>> > However, it is still on signature 1.0.0.0 and reports it is 60 days out
>> > of
>> > date.
>> > I thought our firewall was blocking, but I monitored the logs, and I
>> > see
>> > that my client is not even hitting the firewall outbound at all when I
>> > check
>> > for updates.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Barry

>>
>>
>>



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Old 27-03-2006, 11:14 PM   #5
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Thank you Bill, appreciate it.

"Bill Sanderson MVP" wrote:

> Yes--big change.
>
> Here's the post that I have which gives information about how to configure
> WSUS:
>
> ---
> If your windows update is pointing to your local WSUS, then you must include
> the Windows Defender in synchronization setting.
> In Products selection, please include Windows Defender
> In Update classifications, please include Definition Updates
>
> You must synchronize the server and approve the definition for clients to
> get the latest definition.
>
> Regards,
> Cheong
> ---
> While you are looking at WSUS settings, I might note that security updates
> for IE7 Beta2 are also being made available via this route, and probably
> require similar configuration steps--so if you have (or want to have) users
> of that beta--you might check for those in addition to the Windows Defender
> definitions, while configuring.
>
> --
>
> "Bartly" <Bartly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsFB9CCC3-BA33-4C0E-9785-99DE93CF9939@microsoft.com...
> > Bill,
> >
> > Yes and yes. And I am the Network Admin. I did not realize that Defender
> > had
> > changed that dramtically from the previous versions. Is the WSUS info
> > available from the Defender home page? Or will WSUS be providing the
> > updates?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > "Bill Sanderson MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> Are you on a corporate network? Is your company running WSUS to
> >> distribute
> >> patches?
> >>
> >> If so, the WSUS administrator needs to do a little work to enable Windows
> >> Defender definitions to be distributed.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> "Bartly" <Bartly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7CE0D553-792A-4FF1-9B41-B430BED6CDDD@microsoft.com...
> >> >I just downloaded and installed Defender today. When I check for
> >> >updates, I
> >> > do get the ballon message stating that Defender is connecting to the
> >> > Interent
> >> > and checking for updates, and then it states there are no new updates.
> >> > However, it is still on signature 1.0.0.0 and reports it is 60 days out
> >> > of
> >> > date.
> >> > I thought our firewall was blocking, but I monitored the logs, and I
> >> > see
> >> > that my client is not even hitting the firewall outbound at all when I
> >> > check
> >> > for updates.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Barry
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>
>

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