I discovered that my Defender was turned off. When I turned it on, it
needed any update. Upon trying to update the same error code 0x80240029 was
displayed. I opened IE as an administrator and went to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931099, but there is no upgrade linkage
there. You can't install the Defender anew because it is part of Vista.
So, now I have a crippled Defender. Is there a doctor in the house? My
Defender is version 1.1.1505.0.




"Donna Buenaventura" <dbuenaventura@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:8489C1A8-B942-448B-9055-35DC2081B534@microsoft.com...
> An update is available for Windows Defender on Windows Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931099
>
> An update for Windows Defender on Windows Vista has been released. The
> update corrects a problem in the functionality of Windows Defender malware
> sample submission. This update applies only to Windows Defender version
> 1.1.1505.0 on Windows Vista. This problem does not occur in Windows
> Defender version 1.1.1592.0. This problem also does not occur in later
> versions of Windows Defender on Windows XP.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Donna Buenaventura
> Windows Security MVP
> w: http://cou.dozleng.com
> b: http://msmvps.com/donna