Re: Windows Defender Defenition 1.35.716.0 failed to install.

PA Bear [MS MVP]

[Crossposted to Windows Update, WinXP General, and Security newsgroups]

I have reproduced this problem (error 0x80070643). Users may encounter this
problem when updating Defender via Automatic Update, Windows Update, or from
within Defender (Check for updates function).

NB: Defender will NOT be happy and its "Alert!" icon will continue to appear
in Notification Area until an update is successfully installed. This does
NOT mean that Defender is not working/protecting your machine.

I have alerted MS and the Defender team to this apparent bug via private
channels.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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Serge wrote:
> Automatic update set to: Notify me but don't automatically download and
> install them. It downloads ok.
>
> It failed to installed no error code.
>
> I tried to download it manually.
>
> The window showed:
>
> Initializing Installation
> Download
> Not Installed
>
> As it keeps being reoffered, I now have it as a hidden update.
>
> Serge