1.0.614 do not update from 5725 to 5731 spyware definition

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There's no error message. But when I try to update again ,
the same update is download again, and again. What's the
problem?
 
There's no error message. But when I try to update again ,
the same update is download again, and again. What's the
problem?
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Shutdown MS AntiSpyware. Right click the following and "Save target as..."
http://download.spynet.com/ASDefinitions/gcDeterminationData.gcd

http://download.spynet.com/ASDefinitions/gcThreatAuditScanData.gcd

http://download.spynet.com/ASDefinitions/gcThreatAuditThreatData.gcd

Copy/paste these files to Program files/Microsoft Antispyware

Restart MSAS and "check for updates".
 
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There's no error message. But when I try to update again ,
the same update is download again, and again. What's the
problem?
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I have the same problem. The program states it needs to
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update from 5725 to 5731 and does so. But when you hit
update button again-it does the same update! I did not
have this problem with the first beta release-only the
new 12/31 expiration release. I decided to remove the
program and reinstall-this did not help-still the same
problem-don't know what's up.
 
Sorry to report that this fix is a one time fix, 5731 to
5733 dose the same loop.
I sure hope you can find the answer...good luck.
Charley
 
Sorry to report that this fix is a one time fix, 5731 to
5733 dose the same loop.
I sure hope you can find the answer...good luck.
Charley
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There is now another solution found by Robin Walker [MVP]

"After much debugging, I have found that the problem with definition update
failures and repetition is because of an incorrect version of the file
gcUnCompress.dll in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ (for XP) or C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\ (for
2000 or systems upgraded from 2000).

The incorrect version is of length 130,272 bytes.
The correct version is of length 95,448 bytes.

To update your system to install the correct version of the file, do the
following:

1. In the System Notification Area, right-click on the MSAS icon and select
"Shutdown Microsoft AntiSpyware".
2. In Explorer, navigate to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\, locate the file
"gcUnCompress.dll", right-click on it, and select "Delete".
3. In Control Panel "Add or Remove Programs", select "Microsoft AntiSpyware"
and click button "Change".
4. Click "Next".
5. Select "Update Microsoft AntiSpyware", click "Next".
6. Click "Install".
7. When the re-installation finishes, click "Finish".
8. In Explorer, in folder C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\, check that
"gcUnCompress.dll" is now 95,448 bytes long, by right-clicking it and
selecting "Properties".
9. Launch MSAS, pull down the File menu and select "Check for updates" -
this time it really will update your definition files to the latest version.
10. In Explorer, open the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft AntiSpyware, and
satisfy yourself that the modification dates of the three definition files
have changed:
gcDeterminationData.gcd
gcThreatAuditThreatData.gcd
gcThreatAuditScanData.gcd

Done!

You won't ever have to manually install the definition files again, nor will
the update keep repeating every time you try."
 
Please see Mikolaj's reply to other messages in this thread for the
solution, or see Robin Walker's original message in the .announcements
group, from July 9th.

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