Defender and SP1

[Robin]

I installed Vista SP1 on 3/21/08 and the last time Windows Defender updated
itself was on 3/26/08. Now it gets stuck on "searching for definitions".

 

[Charlie42]

I installed Vista SP1 on 3/21/08 and the last time Windows Defender
updated itself was on 3/26/08. Now it gets stuck on "searching for
definitions".

Do you receive any error code? If not, you should take a look in Control
Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer (run as
administrator), and see if you can dig up something. This problem could also
be caused by your firewall.

Alternatively, you can download and install definition updates manually from
Microsoft Malware Protection Center:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/

Windows Help: Troubleshoot problems with installing updates:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/26d54faf-bee6-4d4a-b5e7-2f08b53c2c4c1033.mspx

Charlie42

 

[Robin]

thanks. updating maually worked.

Do you receive any error code? If not, you should take a look in Control
Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer (run
as administrator), and see if you can dig up something. This problem could
also be caused by your firewall.

Alternatively, you can download and install definition updates manually
from Microsoft Malware Protection Center:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/

Windows Help: Troubleshoot problems with installing updates:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/26d54faf-bee6-4d4a-b5e7-2f08b53c2c4c1033.mspx

Charlie42