Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions

[Guest Dave Horne]

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

[Guest Dave Horne]

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" <davehorne@home.nl> wrote in message

news:uenO3NcYJHA.4480@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

>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

> </span>

[Guest PHX]

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" <davehorne@home.nl> wrote in message

news:etL6iTcYJHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

>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" <davehorne@home.nl> wrote in message

> news:uenO3NcYJHA.4480@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green">

>>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

>></span>

> </span>

[Guest Robert]

Dave Horne wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> 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

> </span>

 

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.

 

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[Guest Jim Moriarty]

Robert <nothere@nowhere.there> wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

>Dave Horne wrote:<span style="color:green">

>> 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

>> </span>

>

>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.</span>

 

A wrong thought, but the effort is appreciated.