Defender Glitch Fixed (?)
We described problems with "Windows Defender," the newer and renamed beta of Microsoft Antispyware, in http://langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-04-20.htm#4 .
Many readers--- thank you all!--- wrote in with suggestions along these lines:
Fred, hi. I am one of a *large* number of people having trouble updating Windows Defender.
But Microsoft knows there is a problem, and have actually provided a useful - if cumbersome - fix.
See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915105/en-us
I've had to use this twice in order to update the program's definitions, and both times it's worked.
I hope this is of some use. (And I hope they fix the program soon!)
Enjoy your newsletter! ---M. L. Taylor
And it appears that MS has indeed fixed--- or at least updated--- the beta code. If you're still having trouble, try an uninstall, grab new download (from http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx ) and then reinstall.
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