Check for updates

[Don Naegele]

Whenever I run M.A.S. and Check for Updates it shows me
having 5727, then it updates to 5735. I can then go to
Help, then About, and it shows 5735 installed. If I
minimize M.A.S. back to the taskbar, and open it again,
it then shows 5735 loaded. If I then hit Check for
Updates again it says updating 5727 to 5735 all over
again.

When I reboot the computer and do Help, then about, it's
back to version 5727. In other words, even though it
shows its upgraded to 5735 definitions, it reverts back
to 5727 during a reboot.

Is there a fix for this?

Don

 

[Monitor]

Thanks for your input. May I suggest searching the
newsgroups, before posting to help you find the
information you are looking for?

 

[Tom Emmelot]

Hello,

See the .announcements group, messages from July 9, for a message/thread
started by Robin Walker with a solution to this issue.
If you did that update and no fix look in Signarures "Update Fix 2"

Regards >*< TOM >*<

Don Naegele schreef:

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Whenever I run M.A.S. and Check for Updates it shows me
having 5727, then it updates to 5735. I can then go to
Help, then About, and it shows 5735 installed. If I
minimize M.A.S. back to the taskbar, and open it again,
it then shows 5735 loaded. If I then hit Check for
Updates again it says updating 5727 to 5735 all over
again.

When I reboot the computer and do Help, then about, it's
back to version 5727. In other words, even though it
shows its upgraded to 5735 definitions, it reverts back
to 5727 during a reboot.

Is there a fix for this?

Don

From Robin Walker

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.

 

[Bruce Fletcher]

From Robin Walker

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).

Thanks for the fix Robin - I did as you suggested and now
my updates are behaving normally.
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
<www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont>

 

[snakejr]

thanks for that info Robin Walker it worked

-----Original Message-----


From Robin Walker

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

 

[Chris]

I'm having the same problem; not sure what to do.

 

[Guest]

Hi.

That was the very first did I tried to do when I got
here...and I got this:

We are in the process of upgrading this site to a new
version, as a part of the upgrade we have disabled search
for this site. In the next few weeks this site upgrade
will be complete, including a new Search with improved
functionality. Thank you, Microsoft Communities.

Don

 

[Monitor]

What about manual scan.

-----Original Message-----
Hi.

That was the very first did I tried to do when I got
here...and I got this:

We are in the process of upgrading this site to a new
version, as a part of the upgrade we have disabled search
for this site. In the next few weeks this site upgrade
will be complete, including a new Search with improved
functionality. Thank you, Microsoft Communities.

Don


.

 

[Don]

Hi.

Just wanted to thank you for your suggestion to fix my
problem. It worked like a charm.

Thanks again.

Don

-----Original Message-----


From Robin Walker

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

 

[Neil B]

Thanks for that, work well, spent an age thinking it was me )