Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Aaron M. Hall — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:02:25 GMT

Hmm, on the previous refresh, I was able to update just fine. However, I installed this build and am unable to get the product to update. It reports my definitions have reverted back to January! I have uninstalled, reinstalled, and no fix. I reverted to the previous refresh, and I'm back in business.

If there's any solutions or ideas, I'm willing to try them as I get time.

Otherwise, I look forward to a future build.

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Dave — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:38:02 GMT

"the SpyNet report will strip off the path to an executable it found, in case it was in a folder that contained your user name"

Adam, you should consider canonicalizing the file name before it leaves the system, so that C:\Documents and Settings\Dave\Application Data\MySpy is returned to you as %UserProfile%\Application Data\MySpy instead. Most likely that is what you want in your recognition database anyway.

Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Sidebar Geek — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:56:19 GMT

The Anti-Malware Engineering Team is called the latest build release of Windows Defender Beta 2 a "refresh"....

Windows Observer » Blog Archive » Windows Defender Beta 2 Update

Windows Observer » Blog Archive » Windows Defender Beta 2 Update — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:18:50 GMT

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re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Greg — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:41:29 GMT

I miss some of the features from the Beta 1 release. The two items I miss the most are the "Track Eraser" and the "Browser Restore". I found these two items helpful and useful. Could these be added in future releases?

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Alvin — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:30:58 GMT

Thanks for shareing! I like it!

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

joris — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:37:45 GMT

the problem with the interaction as reported in the newsgroups concerning the msmpeng (the real-time protection of defender and the symantec protection console keeps going on in the new build.

The refresh build of Windows Defender means the return of the system tray option (optionally)

Aaron Tiensivu's Blog — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:47:52 GMT

Windows Defender has been updated with a tweaked UI (again) and marks the return of the system tray icon if you want it there all the time. Believe it or not, this was a hot topic in some circles.

http://blogs.technet.com/antimalware/archive/2006/04/1

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

NR041 — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 04:33:05 GMT

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# re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh
I miss some of the features from the Beta 1 release. The two items I miss the most are the "Track Eraser" and the "Browser Restore". I found these two items helpful and useful. Could these be added in future releases?
Friday, April 14, 2006 8:41 AM by Greg
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Ditto!

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Marty398 — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 03:59:25 GMT

I don't see the promised option to turn on the system tray icon. When I try to update, no updates are found. Help>About shows Windows Defender Version: 1.1.1051.0. Is this the updated version?

Marty

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re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Chas — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:58:57 GMT

Would be nice to see this software disable an remove malware. Using the latest version I have already had numerous issues removing the keykey keylogger. Defender crashes as it attempts to remove this software as the file is in use. Would be nice to have any file in question instantly rendered usless.

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Michael — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:32:46 GMT

Tracks eraser and browser restore were great features in the Beta 1 release, but there's more than that missing in the Beta 2--like a more comprehensive set of "System Explorers," such as registry key editors without having to run the "regedit" application from the "Run" prompt.

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh

Christopher — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:52:30 GMT

I hope I can pause the process of scanning spyware at anytime so that my computer can work faster when I need to use the computer. I can also resume Windows Defender to scan for spywares when I finished the work on the computer.

re: Windows Defender Beta 2 Refresh - SMS Signature update?

Berni — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:15:07 GMT

Hi,
Will we be able to deploy Windows Defender Signatures over SMS in a near future?
Or do we need to use WSUS just to be able to deploy signatures in a Enterprise environment?

Thanks in advance to keep SMS in mind ;-)

Berni