Windows Defender (Vista) keep being told to Check for new definitions

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Dave Horne

I am using Vista Home Premium, SP1, with the latest updates for WU and
Defender .... I think.

I see the orange oval with the black exclamation mark on the Windows
Defender System Tray icon and am asked to check for new definitions. I do,
there are no new definitions and yet I keep seeing that exclamation mark
advising me to do something.

I did a scan, rebooted the computer (even though I was not advised to do
so), and I still see this message.

Just me? Suggestions? Thanks, Dave Horne
 
I'm running Vista Home SP1 with the latest MS updates and saw this 12/18 at
logon. I had to go to the recommended site and update manually also. The
only change to my system was the IE7 update on 12/17, but correlation is not
causation. I hope this was a one-time occurrence.
 
Robert said:
Are you using a program similar to ccleaner which may be clearing out
the history for Defender?

That may be causing the problem, just a thought.
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A wrong thought, but the effort is appreciated.
 
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