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MS Security Essentials ?
Getting a lot of update failures recently for Microsoft Security Essentials, running with Win 7 Pro, 32-bit.
So far the following definitions updates have failed: 1.249.12.69.0, 1.249.1405.0, 1.2511.126.0, and 1.251.173.0. They all failed with error code 80070650.
I have Windows Update check for updates every day, and what's odd is I've recently been getting the MSE updates two at a time and that started the same day the first failure occurred (8-19-17).
The update history lists 3 updates with today's date, but only 2 were offered when WU checked. So I don't know why 3 are listed with today's date:
1.251.170.0 successful (installed first)
1.251.173.0 failed (attempted next)
1.249.211.0 successful (installed last)
Even stranger, the update history says 1.249.211.0 was successfully installed 2 days ago, so why was it installed again today..????
Malwarebytes and SAS say the system is clean...
The error code isn't informative, and my exact problem was reported 3 days ago on a German site here, so I'm not alone in this...
Anybody got any ideas..??
RoHe
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August 28th, 2017 14:00
UPDATE:
There's a thread over on the MS forum about this issue, but no fix offered, as of now... It may be the result of a botched update to the MSE scanning engine which was issued on 8-19-17.
Geez...what's wrong with those guys in Redmond?
joe53
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August 28th, 2017 20:00
If I were a cynic, I would chalk this up as yet another effort by MS to annoy you enough to upgrade to Win 10. I note that Windows Defender for Win 10 (essentially MSE) is updating without any problems for me.
RoHe
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August 29th, 2017 10:00
You mean you're not...?
I'm not the only one they've annoyed, yet again. This desktop cannot run anything beyond Win 7, and MS is supposed to support Win 7 until 2020. So I'll upgrade to Win 10 now, IF MS wants to buy me a new desktop to run it on.
(FWIW, my laptop is running Win 10.)
RoHe
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August 29th, 2017 11:00
Don't know if this is a real fix or just a "feel-good"...
If MSE Definition 1.249.211.0 is already successfully installed but WU offers it again, just hide this update. It seems when that update is (re)installed, the very next update will fail.
After I hid 1.249.211.0, 1.251.182.0 was successfully installed and then 1.251.187.0 got installed.
Don't know about all the others that failed, but I presume updates are cumulative so those may not be needed now that 2 more recent ones got installed...
Your results may vary...