Posted: 3/19/2010 3:52:00 PM EDT
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My MSE is giving me a notification (red flag - potentially unprotected) that I need an update, but when I attempt to update it (this has been going on for 3 days now) I get an error and popup that says: Virus and spyware definations update failed. MSE wasn't able to check for virus and spyware definition updates. Make sure your computer is connected to the internet and try again. ETA: I should mention that it seems to get about 95% of the update done before failing. There is a green progress bar that fills up and it gets to the same point every time.
I am connected fine. Something seems wrong on their end. Anyone know what to do? |
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Just joshing on a Friday night. Check out this site, it might have some pointers:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=264447 Quoted:
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Microsoft Security Essentials = oxymoron  No, it has been highly recommened by many people on here. Seriously. |
| that happened to be over the last couple of days. the reason was a virus that was preventing from getting the update. you can get the update here...http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Definitions/ADL.aspx and install it manually |
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that happened to be over the last couple of days. the reason was a virus that was preventing from getting the update. you can get the update here...http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Definitions/ADL.aspx and install it manually Wait. A virus in my machine or a virus at Microsoft where the download was coming from? I re-installed, updated and scanned with MSE and it found nothing. I also have Malwarebytes and it, too, found nothing on my machine. You have me worried now. |