Hi
I am running MSAS Beta1, expiry date December 31,2005 on
a Windows XP Pro SP2 computer. I have found that if I go
to File download, the same spyware definitions are shown
available for download,despite them having been
previously downloaded and installed without any error
messages. Any body got a clue? Others are also
experiencing this problem. Thanks in advance. Bert
Hi,
Here is the solution found by Robin Walker [MVP]:
"After much debugging, I have found that the problem with definition update
failures and repetition is because of an incorrect version of the file
gcUnCompress.dll in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ (for XP) or C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\ (for
2000 or systems upgraded from 2000).
The incorrect version is of length 130,272 bytes.
The correct version is of length 95,448 bytes.
To update your system to install the correct version of the file, do the
following:
1. In the System Notification Area, right-click on the MSAS icon and select
"Shutdown Microsoft AntiSpyware".
2. In Explorer, navigate to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\, locate the file
"gcUnCompress.dll", right-click on it, and select "Delete".
3. In Control Panel "Add or Remove Programs", select "Microsoft AntiSpyware"
and click button "Change".
4. Click "Next".
5. Select "Update Microsoft AntiSpyware", click "Next".
6. Click "Install".
7. When the re-installation finishes, click "Finish".
8. In Explorer, in folder C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\, check that
"gcUnCompress.dll" is now 95,448 bytes long, by right-clicking it and
selecting "Properties".
9. Launch MSAS, pull down the File menu and select "Check for updates" -
this time it really will update your definition files to the latest version.
10. In Explorer, open the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware, and
satisfy yourself that the modification dates of the three definition files
have changed:
gcDeterminationData.gcd
gcThreatAuditThreatData.gcd
gcThreatAuditScanData.gcd
Done!
You won't ever have to manually install the definition files again, nor will
the update keep repeating every time you try."
