Can't update definitions

[Guest]

When I try to update the definitions on Windows Defender Beta 2 it says that
it was unable to complete the update: 0x8007efd. Help please.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I don't have an answer for these questions yet, or even a test case with
easy access--you might post in the .signatures group, and read others
there--I haven't even been able to read them all yet, and may not get to
that tonight.

 

[Guest]

I had problems.. too it doesn't work through MS proxy server????????

I ended up updating our WSUS server and after this defender picked up the
updates fine. Might be worth a shot.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I had a single update failure on an office network behind an ISA 2000
firewall doing transparent proxy.

On that machine, I changed the IE settings from none to always detect, and
the update proceeded fine.

 

[Guest]

Turns out the firewall settings were a bit off. Fixed that, updated good.
Knew something was up when the same error was keeping me off the Windows
Updates area. So I'd say this is done.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Thanks!
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Turns out the firewall settings were a bit off. Fixed that, updated good.
Knew something was up when the same error was keeping me off the Windows
Updates area. So I'd say this is done.

 

[Guest]

At corporate, I use authenticated proxy server and I already disable the
firewall but I can't update Windows Defender (Beta 2). It get the Internet
Explorer Connection Settings like Windows Anti Spyware did?

Thanks!

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Yes - I believe it does still use the IE connection settings.

However, rather than going to Spynet for definitions, it uses AutoUpdate,
WindowsUpdate, or WSUS to acquire the definition files, which are released
as updates over these mechanisms.

If you are on a managed network where these updates are controlled, you need
to be running WSUS, and the WSUS admin needs to have enabled the new
category of updates available.

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