Windows Defender - Virus and spyware definitions couldn't be updated

Hi,

I cant update my spyware and irus definition. what do i do?

Windows Defender - Virus and spyware definitions couldn't be updated                     

I try to use my update system and it wont update well it will look like its going to do so but then quits

so what do I do?

grant

I didn't have the password problem but the symptoms with the update were the same i.e. claiming bad or no internet connection which is not the case.  I have a Windows 8.1 laptop beside it which is fine.

I am guessing that it is a Windows bug and not a virus but I don't know.  I feel that if it was a virus it would have been discovered by now and we would be hearing about a specific virus.

Microsoft seems to be very silent on this problem.

There are several issues here. The password was changed earlier today because I received an error msg saying that it was the wrong one (no chance it was mistyped or had any case sensitivity) so I had to change it again, to the same one I changed it to earlier.  : (

I went through the same thing last week when I tried to sign in to Skype using my Kindle and from then on the "microsoft password" I use to sign in to my HP pc is different from the "microsoft password" used to access this "help" feature and Skype. This does Not sound like the kind of "logic" that Bill Gates is known for!

Also, I recceived an error msg when I couldn't update the virus definitions because of failed "internet" issues. As you can see, the internet provider here has a very strong signal.  Does this mean that I have been "hacked" for the first time since 1995 or what?

window defender will not update. what could be the problem. at one time it would update automatically.