sorry for the delay, i manually updated the definition with windows
update
after my original inquiry. i am on a corporate network. today the
icon
shows its out of date so i ran the diagnostic, here are the entries---
2007-02-21 17:16:33 3472 17e0 COMAPI -------------
2007-02-21 17:16:33 3472 17e0 COMAPI -- START -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId
=
Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:33 3472 17e0 COMAPI ---------
2007-02-21 17:16:33 3472 17e0 COMAPI - Online = Yes; Ignore download
priority = No
2007-02-21 17:16:33 3472 17e0 COMAPI - Criteria = "(IsInstalled = 0
and
IsHidden = 0 and CategoryIDs contains
'0a487050-8b0f-4f81-b401-be4ceacd61cd')
or (IsInstalled = 0 and IsHidden = 0 and CategoryIDs contains
'8c3fcc84-7410-4a95-8b89-a166a0190486')"
2007-02-21 17:16:33 3472 17e0 COMAPI - ServiceID =
{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
2007-02-21 17:16:34 3472 17e0 COMAPI <<-- SUBMITTED -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:34 1136 184 Agent *************
2007-02-21 17:16:34 1136 184 Agent ** START ** Agent: Finding updates
[CallerId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:34 1136 184 Agent *********
2007-02-21 17:16:34 1136 184 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing server
updates +++++++++++
2007-02-21 17:16:34 1136 184 PT + ServiceId =
{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL =
http://tmamon/ClientWebService/client.asmx
2007-02-21 17:16:35 1136 184 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing extended
update info +++++++++++
2007-02-21 17:16:35 1136 184 PT + ServiceId =
{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL =
http://tmamon/ClientWebService/client.asmx
2007-02-21 17:16:35 1136 184 Agent * Found 0 updates and 8 categories
in
search
2007-02-21 17:16:36 1136 184 Agent *********
2007-02-21 17:16:36 1136 184 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates
[CallerId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:36 1136 184 Agent *************
2007-02-21 17:16:36 3472 1270 COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:36 3472 1270 COMAPI - Updates found = 0
2007-02-21 17:16:36 3472 1270 COMAPI ---------
2007-02-21 17:16:36 3472 1270 COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId
=
Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:36 3472 1270 COMAPI -------------
2007-02-21 17:16:40 1136 54c Report REPORT EVENT:
{49CCE918-994F-4D3B-95E6-0F33EDBACEF4} 2007-02-21
17:16:35-0600 1 147 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0
Windows
Defender Success Software Synchronization Agent has finished detecting
items.
2007-02-21 17:16:40 1136 54c Report REPORT EVENT:
{ED3A81E1-A027-4D78-863A-FFA3E7E2D1BC} 2007-02-21
17:16:35-0600 1 153 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0
Windows
Defender Success Pre-Deployment Check Reporting client status.
2007-02-21 17:16:57 3472 1324 COMAPI -------------
2007-02-21 17:16:57 3472 1324 COMAPI -- START -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId
=
Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:57 3472 1324 COMAPI ---------
2007-02-21 17:16:57 3472 1324 COMAPI - Online = Yes; Ignore download
priority = No
2007-02-21 17:16:57 3472 1324 COMAPI - Criteria = "(IsInstalled = 0
and
IsHidden = 0 and CategoryIDs contains
'0a487050-8b0f-4f81-b401-be4ceacd61cd')
or (IsInstalled = 0 and IsHidden = 0 and CategoryIDs contains
'8c3fcc84-7410-4a95-8b89-a166a0190486')"
2007-02-21 17:16:57 3472 1324 COMAPI - ServiceID =
{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
2007-02-21 17:16:57 3472 1324 COMAPI <<-- SUBMITTED -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:57 1136 608 Agent *************
2007-02-21 17:16:57 1136 608 Agent ** START ** Agent: Finding updates
[CallerId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:57 1136 608 Agent *********
2007-02-21 17:16:58 1136 608 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing server
updates +++++++++++
2007-02-21 17:16:58 1136 608 PT + ServiceId =
{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL =
http://tmamon/ClientWebService/client.asmx
2007-02-21 17:16:59 1136 608 PT +++++++++++ PT: Synchronizing extended
update info +++++++++++
2007-02-21 17:16:59 1136 608 PT + ServiceId =
{3DA21691-E39D-4DA6-8A4B-B43877BCB1B7}, Server URL =
http://tmamon/ClientWebService/client.asmx
2007-02-21 17:16:59 1136 608 Agent * Found 0 updates and 8 categories
in
search
2007-02-21 17:16:59 1136 608 Agent *********
2007-02-21 17:16:59 1136 608 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates
[CallerId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:59 1136 608 Agent *************
2007-02-21 17:16:59 3472 1270 COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId = Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:59 3472 1270 COMAPI - Updates found = 0
2007-02-21 17:16:59 3472 1270 COMAPI ---------
2007-02-21 17:16:59 3472 1270 COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Search
[ClientId
=
Windows Defender]
2007-02-21 17:16:59 3472 1270 COMAPI -------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks for any insight you can provide.
burke
:
This may be an oddity of your network environment. Can you describe
the
network your machine connects to--is it a corporate network?
Windows Defender will go to the same servers that AutoUpdate is set to
connect to--and in the case of a managed network, these may be
internal
corporate servers that dispense only patches which have been tested in
advance.
However, if group policy settings have not been applied to prevent the
user
from going directly to Microsoft's servers, via WindowsUpdate, the
user
may
be able to manually apply any patches offered from that source, which
will
include Windows Defender definitions.
It's also possible that there's some remnant of settings from previous
usage
of your machine on a corporate network causing this--we've seen a
couple
of
examples of that sort--and the diagnostic is to look at:
notepad %windir%\windowsupdate.log
(put that in start, run)
Do this: Check the clock, then do a check for updates within Windows
Defender.
Then open the log in notepad using the above command, and delete all
but
the
very tail end entries which will relate to that check from within
Windows
Update. Let's see what servers are being connected to.
--
when i click the "Check for Updates Now" button i get--
"No new definition files or updates for Windows Defender are
available."
i then have to manually go to windows update and get the update. is
this
a
bug with the application? is there something i can do to get it to
find
the
new definitions from with Defender?
thanks,
burke