greenhatch
join:2005-08-14
UK! | reply to La Luna
Re: MS Antispyware Is Now Windows Defender
I think we are up to date (1630pm GMT). That entry in the 220206 security update thread is erroneous, as my post there with pic indicates. I stand to be corrected if someone else finds an update issued after 15th. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
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join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
1 edit | The update did not get released on the 15th... I hammer the "Check for Updates" button daily. Yesterday is when it was released. 
The date you see is the date it was built.
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greenhatch
join:2005-08-14
UK!
2 edits | That update was in my WD days ago, sir...but hell who cares, I just want the M$ auto update to function properly via the erratic WU system. |
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amysheehan
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join:1999-12-21
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·RoadRunner Cable
| Read thru the newsgroup postings and you will find that an update was indeed released on Tuesday.. »www.microsoft.com/athome/securit···ult.mspx
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Le Boule
join:2001-09-20
Selma, AL
| reply to LetsRok
Looks like I was quite wrong when I speculated there would be no further updates for Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta. It just updated and gave me definition file 5811. Think I'll keep it a while lomger while the kinks are worked out of Windows Defender.
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ZOverLord
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join:2003-10-20
Minneapolis, MN
| reply to Le Boule
said by Le Boule  :AntiSpyware Beta is no longer listed on the Microsft Download page. There are apparently going to be no more updates for Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta. I presume keeping the present program is not an option unless we wish to use a program that is not current; it will be like using an anti-virus program that is out of date. So if we don't have antispyware as part of an anti-virus suite and want a "free" and current resident type ASW program we should switch to Windows Defender or purchase a program such as Spysweeper. Am I correct in my interpretation?  If you have the Anti-Spyware ("Beta I") It should still be good until Microsoft announces the Beta is over.
Of course the Beta I is not being offered anymore because the Beta II is now being offered, but I would not rush to leave Beta I, if you are using it now with all the problems with Beta II, why not wait until things get a little more stable?
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habya
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join:2003-05-29
Huntsville, AL
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I chose to do the same thing after running Windows Defender for a while. Windows Defender just wasn't worth the hassle. With the updates not always wanting to work and no icon for quick access to disable the program if needed, I think I'll stick with good ol' MSAS until updates end for it.
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La Luna
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join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
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| reply to Le Boule
Yep, I got those definitions too!
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greenhatch
join:2005-08-14
UK! | ...and the next Windows Defender update done too (1.13.1282.6)! I did it manually as the last update was seriously delayed on WD (confuzzled me greatly). This time no 5 day gap! |
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Lex Luthor
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| Does it put the icon with the yellow ! mark in your system tray if you haven't performed a full scan recently?
I turned off the daily/weekly scan and will run manual scans, but I don't want the icon popping up all the time telling me I need to run a full scan.
I wasn't sure if the yellow ! was because it needed new defs or if it wanted me to run a full scan.
Which is it? |
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wxboss
This is like Deja vu all over again.
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2 edits | reply to LetsRok
It puts the icon with the yellow "!" in the sys tray if it has been 3 or more days since a scan and if you summon the control panel during that time.
After a scan, the icon disappears again 
Edit: the yellow "!" is to alert you that you haven't scanned in the last 3 or more days. I've also noticed that the icon won't appear if I don't lauch the app, so the 'alert' icon really doesn't do much good if you don't launch the app again. |
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DFWDraco76
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join:2001-02-21
Plano, TX
clubs: | reply to Lex Luthor
ditto to that Lex Luthor!!! |
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HA Nut
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join:2004-05-13
USA
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said by Lex Luthor :Does it put the icon with the yellow ! mark in your system tray if you haven't performed a full scan recently? I turned off the daily/weekly scan and will run manual scans, but I don't want the icon popping up all the time telling me I need to run a full scan. I wasn't sure if the yellow ! was because it needed new defs or if it wanted me to run a full scan. Which is it? In one of their Windows Defender newsgroups, MS has acknowledged that the 3 day reminder icon is a bug and should have been caught. Not sure when it will be fixed but it will be at some point... |
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dp
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join:2000-12-08
Greensburg, PA
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| reply to Le Boule
Updates should continue until it expires at the end of July.
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obie22
join:2003-06-27
New York, NY
| reply to LetsRok
Hello,
I am having problems downloading the update to "Windows Defender"
When I try to update the program. It says "Successful". Then I goes back to needing an update.
I tried uninstall / reinstall. Still does not work.
Can someone help????
Thanks in advance!
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HA Nut
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join:2004-05-13
USA | obie: I would try removing the old (current) definitions and then download them again. To remove the old definitions, check this MS bulletin. »support.microsoft.com/kb/915105 |
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Bobby_Peru
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join:2003-06-16
| reply to dp
said by dp :
Updates should continue until it expires at the end of July. That's good to hear, for those sticking with MSAS at this point.
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Khaine
join:2003-03-03
Australia | reply to LetsRok
is there any indication of when this software will come out of beta? |
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j2
@mchsi.com | reply to LetsRok
Does anybody know where i could download Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta (1)? |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
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Warwick, NY
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1 edit | reply to LetsRok
oy....do to other issues, my MSAS got hosed, along with a couple of other programs. Fixed that issue, but when I went to reinstall MSAS (still had the downloader), I got a message saying something to the effect that is was no longer supported as of 12/31/05 and it wouldn't let me reinstall it, BUGGER!!  Up until last night when I had my *issue*, it was working fine, I was even still getting definitions. 
Now I had to go with WD....I really hope they reconsider putting back the tray icon, I like to KNOW if something is running or not. And I'll be really annoyed if I have these update problems, precisely why I wanted to stay with MSAS.
Also seems to be a bit of a resource hog.
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