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→ NOTE: July 25, 2005 The information on this page is obsolete unless you are running an old version of the Microsoft Antispyware engine. Beginning with version 1.0.615, July 18 2005, the
issue described on this page has been resolved, hence is no longer applicable. If you are running version 1.0.614 or earlier, you should updgrade. The
software is free, and it is easy to install.
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| This page contains information pertaining to a beta version of "anti-spyware" software from Microsoft.
There is an existing issue beginning with update signature 5733, and posted in the Microsoft Support Newsgroup is a fix. Below
is the text of the fix, which I have verified on machines running Windows™ 2000, Windows™ XP Home and Windows™ XP Pro. For more information, or to update your anti-spyware engine, visit the Microsoft Security Site. The most recent Microsoft AntiSpyware engine as of July 25 2005 is: MicrosoftAntiSpywareInstall.exe 1.0.615 - 9.0.333.0 July 18 2005 6,860,424 bytes ← Fixes issue described on this page |
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The fix for "5733": (first posted here July 13 2005, 17:00 GMT) For update problem with version 5733 signature updates for MS/AS Thanks! to Robin Walker, MVP, for posting this very helpful and accurate detail: 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. [END of post from Robin Walker] |
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