Defender-no new defs

[Gazza B]

Useful discussion group - & my 1st post! Every time I boot up, Windows
security alert tells me Defender is out of date but when I try to update I
receive message that there are no new definitions available. OS is Vista HP
+SP1; also running AVG antivirus + Lavasoft ad-aware (both free versions). I
cannot d/load latest version of Defender from M/soft coz message tells me
this s/ware is already preinstalled, and I cannot disable or uninstall
Defender from my h/drive (what is the point of being obliged to keep
something which is not working properly so you can replace it with something
that is?!) Any advice much appreciated. Gazza.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to troubleshoot definition update issues for Windows Defender
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918355/en-us

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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Useful discussion group - & my 1st post! Every time I boot up, Windows
security alert tells me Defender is out of date but when I try to update I
receive message that there are no new definitions available. OS is Vista HP
+SP1; also running AVG antivirus + Lavasoft ad-aware (both free versions). I
cannot d/load latest version of Defender from M/soft coz message tells me
this s/ware is already preinstalled, and I cannot disable or uninstall
Defender from my h/drive (what is the point of being obliged to keep
something which is not working properly so you can replace it with something
that is?!) Any advice much appreciated. Gazza.

 

[Gazza B]

So simple! Thanks a lot.

 

[Engel]

Hello Gazza,

It may well be worth your while to go to:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal

and download the 32-bit definitions for Windows Defender--in the right
column.

(unless you know that you are running a 64-bit version of Windows.)

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