Windows Defender Offline on Windows 7 machines DEFINITIONS OUT OF DATE

Anonymous
2017-05-31T08:59:20+00:00

Windows Defender Offline has stopped recognizing UPDATED Definitions on W7 machines,  Again.

Immediately after updating the Media USB, using the MSSSTOOL, attempts to boot from the USB fail,

indicating that the Definitions are out of date. On both 32bit and 64bit machines.

 This same failure occurred in 2016, on multitudes of W7 machines, between January and July.

Microsoft eventually fixed it by releasing a new version of the MSSSTOOL. 4.9.0221.0  (872kb).

The failure with WDO on W7 machines in 2016 began to occur shortly after problems showed up in

Windows Defender on W10 machines, and was probably the result of fixing the W10 machines.

We may now have the same thing occurring again. After the CREATOR update to W10, it appears they

are having problems with WDO.   And now WDO is broken for W7 machines.

MICROSOFT, if you have modified the configuration of the definitions or the WDO program data in an

effort to repair the problems in W10 machines, please release an updated version of the MSSSTOOL

that will allow W7 machines to accommodate those changes.    Thanks,  Glen

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Anonymous
2017-08-20T01:47:10+00:00

GREAT NEWS !

Windows Defender Offline is working once again on Windows 7 machines.

There has been a change made to the Windows Defender Offline Program.

It no longer updates definitions before running.

In order to take advantage of this FIX, it will be necessary to format your

USB before you run the mssstool. This will ensure that a fresh copy of the

Program is installed on the USB.

Don't know why we were not notified!  I just happened to discover this change,

while examining a WDO problem on Windows 10. There, it is possible track

the operation, using the Event Viewer. I couldn't believe my eyes.

Happy Scanning,  Glen

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-06-23T07:46:17+00:00

    Semi-good news. The MSSSTOOL for 32 bit machines will once again download updated definitions.

    However, they still show as Out Of Date when the WDO program is booted. Curious thing occurs on my

    old DELL 8300 now. When the Out Of Date red screen displays, it changes to Up To Date after approx

    2 minutes. That is without any kind of action on my part. And there is no progress bar activity.  ??

    The machine scans normally after this.

    Sadly, the 64bit TOOL still wont download definitions. (0002-80004005).

    I see that someone else is having problems downloading 64bit definitions to W10 as well.

    Glen

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-06-22T18:40:27+00:00

    Josef, thanks for being available.   I'm afraid the links you provided are relevant to this problem.

    We don't have problems with Windows Update.  Instead, we are trying to download the Windows Defender Offline to a USB flash drive.  Error code 0002-80004005is accompanied by the explanation   "There was a problem downloading the required files". "Make sure your PC is connected to the internet and try again".

    If the links you provided will solve this problem, would you please explain how we can make them work?

    Otherwise, can you tell us how to get the USB flash drive to work?  Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-06-22T16:36:00+00:00

    Hi,

    To help you with your concern, we suggest checking this linkrelated to security definition issue with Windows Defender. If you need the ISO file for Windows Defender, you can check out the Microsoft Security Portal here.

    Should you need assistance, please do let us know.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-06-22T13:29:49+00:00

    I have the same issue and it's frustrating. I'm connected to the internet, explorer is my default browser (another thread recommended this,) and I have a fresh, newly formatted usb drive.

    Please help, Microsoft!

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