Re: Windows Defender fails to update

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/3/06, RobinPinoy <robin.saunders@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have tried a number of times to install and reinstall Windows Defender
> but
> I always get the following message 'Window defender was unablew to
> complete
> the update: 0x8024002b', when checking for updates.
>
> I have followed MS suggestions from
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915105 but still no success.
>
> Hope someone on this list might be able to help me.


Not sure how much help this will be, other than to save you from pulling out
your hair.

For a lot of people, myself included, Microsoft "broke" Windows Defender
with the symptoms you described.  Too bad, because it seems to be a pretty
good product otherwise.  I never had problems with the version M$ had before
they renamed it to Defender, but I think I got Defender to update a few
times before it "broke".  I gave up after a week of checking for a fix; that
was several weeks ago, so I am somewhat surprised to hear that they still
haven't fixed it.

FWIW, there are a lot of other products that do what Defender was supposed
to do, some good ones even do it for free.  I have had good experience with
"Spybot - Search & Destroy" and "Ad-Aware".

HTH,
Dan