Update failure 0x80072EFD

[Guest]

Hi all
I have just installed defender and when it goes to do update check, it
reports that signatures are greater than 42 days old. When i hit the check
for updates all i get is a failure with error message 0x80072EFD. Any
suggestions

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Are you able to reach WindowsUpdate?

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;836941

may be relevant--but concentrate on getting to Windows Update--pick the
custom option when you do.

 

[Guest]

Windows Defender Live (Beta), help needed from Microsoft.
Except for the new download Signature Version 1.14.1314.1, all previous
versions have fallen into a loop to High Priority Definition Update
1.14.1314.1 for Beta Windows Defender (KB915597). The users of the Windows
OneCare Live (Beta) have downloaded automatically the file in excess of 54
times, as per the Update History, with no positive results. Previous results
of the Windows Defender (Beta) Definition Updates that worked are:
1.13.1276.3, 1.13.1272.4, 1.13.1276.16, 1.13.1282.6 and 1.13.1386.1 with KB
892519, 892519, 892519, 915597 and 915597 respectively. The loop failure
started when trying to update to 1.13.1288.5 and 1.13.1314.1 both with
KB915597, from older Signature Versions. Worst of all, no removal of the
Defender beta is possible nor installation of the newer 1314 version ontop of
the other.
Microsoft, please read also the many complains in the Discussion Groups Home

 

[Guest]

Thanks all, Bill was right IT had managed to remove the download entry from
the trusted sites, and also turned on must be HTTPS sites. But again thanks
for the pointer's