lester1 Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Uninstalled mine as well the damm thing refused to update after persistantly attempting to do so. I have reinstalled Antispyware beta 1, but do not expect the def up dates to be continued! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Uninstalled mine as well the damm thing refused to update after persistantly attempting to do so. I have reinstalled Antispyware beta 1, but do not expect the def up dates to be continued!Where did you find a link to that? It is no longer available on the MS site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Like me he probably still has it in a download folder. I NEVER in stall for online except for updates. I always download programs into a folder first. Then save them to a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 Correct andsome :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Where did you find a link to that? It is no longer available on the MS site.On this page http://members.home.nl/eltjo.huizenga/Micr...AntiSpyware.htm there are several links where the installer can still be downloaded. But beware that the beta will expire sometime in June or July.Regarding Windows Defender, Windows 2000 users must install GDI+ before installing W.D. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915052. Make sure that the DLL extracts into the WINNT\System32 folder - see below.[Edit] Actually, the redist.txt file has the following to say===========Gdiplus.dll===========For Windows XP use the system-supplied gdiplus.dll. Do not install a new gdiplus.dll over the system-supplied version (it will fail due to Windows File Protection). For Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98, install gdiplus.dll into the private directory of the application not into the system directory. In addition to the rights granted in Section 1 of the Agreement ("Agreement"), with respect to gdiplus.dll for Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98, you have the following non-exclusive, royalty free rights subject to the Distribution Requirements detailed in Section 1 of the Agreement:(1) You may distribute gdiplus.dll solely for use with Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98.However, GDI+ must be installed before W.D. will install, and therefore the W.D. home folder will not exist yet. I have - on my Win2K laptop at home - installed it into System32, but I will move it to the Windows Defender folder later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 For those of you who have problems with W.D. updates, I read in the Microsoft antispyware newsgroups that Micrrosoft Update will also download the W.D. updates. Please give it a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 My copy failed an auto install of Definition Update 1.13.1276.3 for BETA Windows Defender (KB892519).I got an error message saying something like insert disc%1 into drive 5%. Not a good start :(Found the solution for this in the antispyware newsgroup:Remove the current signature file. To do so, follow these steps:Click Start, click Run, type the following line (copy and paste if you wish), and then click Ok.Msiexec /x {A5CC2A09-E9D3-49EC-923D-03874BBD4C2C}Open Windows Defender.Check for new definitions. To do this, click the Help options arrow next to the Windows Defender Help icon, click About Windows Defender, and then click Check for Updates.[Edit] According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915105, this procedure may help with other WD update problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Thank you Pat it worked :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Thanks Pat but it did not work for me....same error message.Strange. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Thanks Pat but it did not work for me....same error message.Strange. :unsure:Hmm - your's is really a difficult one. Did you try with Microsoft Update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 DW report it to MS.NEW!! BETA Build...Date Published: 2/20/2006I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belatucadrus Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Not overly impressed with Defender so far I've had half a dozen popups as it fails to do something or other, The original Giant derived package never gave me any problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 I've had no problems so far. When Microsoft Update does an Automatic Update, the Windows Defender definitions are included.Everyone should make sure they are updated to use Microsoft Update, not Windows Update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 I am having no problems either.But, always unsure that I am doing things right, I wonder if something is passing me by.Under settings, I have checked the box asking for definitions to be up-dated before each daily scan and I am assuming that this is being done, whether Microsoft or Windows is not subject to intervention by be.Thos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 DW report it to MS.NEW!! BETA Build...Date Published: 2/20/2006I thinkI don't know why they changed the publication date; it's exactly the same build as the original beta 2 (1.1.1051.0). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 DW report it to MS.NEW!! BETA Build...Date Published: 2/20/2006I thinkI don't know why they changed the publication date; it's exactly the same build as the original beta 2 (1.1.1051.0).PatHas the signature been updated now 1.13.1276.16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamb Chop Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 I download Defender too. It didnt uninstall antispyware and it was corrupted.I took out the old beata one via Program uninstall.then tried Defener - still corrupted.So took that out too.donwloaded new version, working I think, had an incon on the tray , but now it is gone, it says it is scanning, but mainly what I want to know - is thisHow do I know it is scanning? When I turn on and it says it has done it. Does it do it whilst the machine is turned off?Right now not sure I'll even keep it as a bit of a mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 It will scan once after the initial installation, then in regular intervals as you specify in the scheduler. I think the default is every night at 02:00.And no, it will not scan when the computer is turned off :P (But it will after the next startup if it missed a scan). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 According to this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915087, there is again a new version of Windows Defender available, and it should fix the 1609 error. The build version is still the same, though. I don't know why they don't update the build version...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 DW report it to MS.NEW!! BETA Build...Date Published: 2/20/2006I thinkAccording to this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915087, there is again a new version of Windows Defender available, and it should fix the 1609 error. The build version is still the same, though. I don't know why they don't update the build version...? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 I still can't understand why just as the scan reached the end of Disc C and switched to Disc D, the computer started to make horrible grinding noises, and flickered between C an D. Adaware, Spybot S & D , Nod 32, Spy defence and A squared all scan with NO bother at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 However!With the exception of WD are those other applications set to scan drive D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 However!With the exception of WD are those other applications set to scan drive D?Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Here is a screen shot of examples with a Ewido scan. As you can see both C and D drives were scanned. Not a single sound was heard and the change from scanning C to D was instantaneous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lester1 Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Mine is on its 5th try to install up date 1.13.1282.6 (KB915597). Each time I have selected install and get a message saying install successful (after an install time of 2 seconds?). I have clicked on up date from the program and get a message "Up to date"? Here we go notification number 6 has arrived! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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