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Old 04-10-2008   #1 (permalink)
Robin
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Defender and SP1

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".


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Old 04-10-2008   #2 (permalink)
Charlie42
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Re: Defender and SP1

"Robin" <greetings@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>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/Win...c2c4c1033.mspx

Charlie42

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Old 04-10-2008   #3 (permalink)
Robin
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Re: Defender and SP1

thanks. updating maually worked.


"Charlie42" <Charlie42@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robin" <greetings@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
Quote:

>>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/Win...c2c4c1033.mspx
>
> Charlie42
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