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December 19th 08, 09:20 AM
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Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions
I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and
Defender .... I think. I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do, there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark advising me to do something. I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even though I was not advised to do so), and I still see this message. Just me? Suggestions? Thanks, Dave Horne 
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December 19th 08, 09:30 AM
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Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions
A follow up - I went to
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/ADL.aspx#top and manually updated the program. That did the trick. I never had to do this before. Has something changed? Will I now always have to manually update Defender? Thanks, Dave Horne "Dave Horne" wrote in message ... I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and Defender .... I think. I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do, there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark advising me to do something. I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even though I was not advised to do so), and I still see this message. Just me? Suggestions? Thanks, Dave Horne
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December 19th 08, 10:50 AM
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Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions
I'm running Vista Home SP1 with the latest MS updates and saw this 12/18 at
logon. I had to go to the recommended site and update manually also. The only change to my system was the IE7 update on 12/17, but correlation is not causation. I hope this was a one-time occurrence. "Dave Horne" wrote in message ... A follow up - I went to http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/ADL.aspx#top and manually updated the program. That did the trick. I never had to do this before. Has something changed? Will I now always have to manually update Defender? Thanks, Dave Horne "Dave Horne" wrote in message ... I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and Defender .... I think. I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do, there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark advising me to do something. I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even though I was not advised to do so), and I still see this message. Just me? Suggestions? Thanks, Dave Horne
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December 19th 08, 11:05 AM
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Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions
Dave Horne wrote:
I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and Defender .... I think. I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do, there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark advising me to do something. I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even though I was not advised to do so), and I still see this message. Just me? Suggestions? Thanks, Dave Horne Are you using a program similar to ccleaner which may be clearing out the history for Defender? That may be causing the problem, just a thought. -- Robert Maskill - G4PYR - Peterborough Cambridgeshire MF Coastal Radio www.coastalradio.org.uk Orton info community web site www.ortoninfo.co.uk Nene Valley Railway Pictures www.nvrpics.org.uk/
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December 19th 08, 12:00 PM
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Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions
Robert wrote:
Dave Horne wrote: I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and Defender .... I think. I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do, there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark advising me to do something. I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even though I was not advised to do so), and I still see this message. Just me? Suggestions? Thanks, Dave Horne Are you using a program similar to ccleaner which may be clearing out the history for Defender? That may be causing the problem, just a thought. A wrong thought, but the effort is appreciated.
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