TheNay Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 sweet, will try the new build out and fair it from beta 1 :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphillips59 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Screenshot Gallery http://windowsconnected.com/photos/windows...er/default.aspx Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.M.K Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 x86 and x64 versions. :) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en The x64 suprised me too. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutabor Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 That's what happens when you hire too many Indian developers... They placed "Exit Windows Defender" menu item under the Help menu. They must be on crack or something... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
family guy Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Sweet! Thanks for the heads up :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chsoriano Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 That's what happens when you hire too many Indian developers... They placed "Exit Windows Defender" menu item under the Help menu. They must be on crack or something... haha... I mean, not funny at all :shifty: .... anyway... nice update, I've already noticed a couple bugs though, and I have to agree about the icon, needs work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
viciv Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 thanks for the link and screenshots. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan300 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I've been unable to get mine to update the definitions with error 0x8024402c. Has anyone else got theirs to work? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chsoriano Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Mine keeps telling me that the definitions haven't been updated in 19 days... it checks and it says that there are no updates... but the alert is still there... go away damnit! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutabor Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I've been unable to get mine to update the definitions with error 0x8024402c. Has anyone else got theirs to work? Just updated mine without any errors... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 After trying 3 times, mine updated fine. And yes, the icon is extremely ugly... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Diaper Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 works perfectly fine on my compaq with XP Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan300 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Just updated mine without any errors... The servers must be busy or something...Thanks for the update. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Now I just need to load up my system with some spyware ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thagame Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 im failing the auth check but i have a retail version of xp. its not pirated. i didnt fail anything else requiring this Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
family guy Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 How can you tell if this thing is running? Shouldn't there be an icon in the taskbar tray? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billthy Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 thats what i was saying, nothing is showing up in mine either Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) The castle icon will only show up in the tray if an action is needed. Try installing Kazaa as a way to test out WD. Currently WD is using about 29MB of memory on my machine... I hope they can trim it down. Windows Defender must also be written in C/C++ because it does not use the Visual Basic 6 VM like MSAS Beta 1, nor does it seem to use the .Net frameworks 1.0/1.1 or 2.0, according my research. Edited February 14, 2006 by jimbo11883 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zionyx Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 They got this out just in time, for me at least - I was going to uninstall it tomorrow unless there was some very good reason to keep it. Seems that reasons just arrived. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
family guy Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) The castle icon will only show up in the tray if an action is needed. Try installing Kazaa as a way to test out WD. Thanks for clarifying that. I was kinda worried I wouldn't know when/if it was actually running Edited February 14, 2006 by family guy Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 I noticed it uses less ram, much better than beta 1 (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Thanks for clarifying that You're welcome! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSouL Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 "This software requires GDI+. Please load the Windows 2000 Security Software PreRequisite Pack." I can't install it on Windows 2000. What the hell is the Windows 2000 Security Software PreRequisite Pack? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 "This software requires GDI+. Please load the Windows 2000 Security Software PreRequisite Pack." I can't install it on Windows 2000. What the hell is the Windows 2000 Security Software PreRequisite Pack? Are you running SP4? Run Windows Update. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSouL Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) Yes. And my Windows is updated. Edited February 14, 2006 by eSouL Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/432274-windows-defender-beta-2-now-available/page/2/#findComment-587193669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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