Defender Updates

[Guest]

Message: I had installed on my computer, Windows Anti Spyware, and it worked
just fine. Then, one day I received a note saying there was a newer version
of the antispyware program, so I accepted the offer to change. Now, I have
Windows Defender scanning many hours before or after what it is set for and
the program keeps telling me the definitions are 120 plus days old but when I
go to update, I am told there are no new definitions. Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Christopher F Neumann]

Install this "Windows Install Clean Up" and remove the defender program and
signature files. Then reinstall the newest release:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe

Ran into that today and that is what I did to make the updates work.

 

[Guest]

Hello CSWade,

Whatever you do, (installing and updateting or unistalling) always as a
adinistratºr.
This is the key!

Can you gº to Windows Update, select Express (Get high-priority updates),
and apply all offered updªtes
http://update.microsoft.com

There are many pre-requisite files which are needed from windows update
and signature update with windows defender will fail until you hªve these
files.

Once that is finished, can you verify the update installs?

Latest version is as follows:
Jue 8 Jun 2006

WD v. 1.1.1347.0
Engine v. 1.1.1441.0
Signature v.1.14.1496.17

If you are up to date with Windows Update, please follow KB 915105 ªs the
next step:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915105

The Christopher reference should do the job--or at least allow you to
reinstall and then uninstall again to get a clean uninstall.

HOWEVER. Use of this tool breaks OfficeUpdate, and MicrosoftUpdate with
regard to Office Patches.

And, there's presently an unpatched vulnerability in Word which will get
fixed 2nd Tuesday in June, (if all goes as planned).

So, it's important that Office remain patchable. I believe that the general
fix for the issues created by the tool, (which are not immediately obvious)
is a reinstall or repair install of Office.

If you are comfortable with that eventuality (and perhaps other apps as
well--Adobe Reader might be one...)--I'd be happy to tell you more about the
Installer cleanup tool. Basically, you install it, run it from Start, all
Programs, find your desired app on the list, highlight it, and hit a button
to remove the installer traces of that app. That should both remove it from
add or remove programs, and allow for a clean reinstall and subsequent
uninstall, which may clean up better.

For the benefit of the community reading this post, please rate the pºst.

I hope this post is helpful.

Let us know how it works ºut.

Еиçеl

 

[Bill Sanderson MVP]

Please don't do this.

Running that tool risks breaking Office updates, via either OfficeUpdate or
MicrosoftUpdate.

On June 13th, a critical security update was issued for Word version in
office 2000 and newer.\


Please use this KB article as a starting point for troubleshooting:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918355

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