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Microsoft Security Essentials definition 1.249.211.0 appears over and over again

Posted on August 31, 2017 at 17:17 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

Got an email from @twbartender:

Since 8/19 I’ve been having almost daily issues with Microsoft Security Essentials Definition Updates that keep reintroducing definition 1.249.211.0 It was originally offered and installed on 7/26/17. As of 8/19 when a newer definition update is offered in Windows Update, definition 1.249.211.0 is offered again at the same time. At certain times 1.249.211.0 is installed again, and the new definition update fails. At other times both of the definitions install successfully.

Yesterday 8/26 Born wrote an article about this issue that can be found here:
http://borncity.com/win/2017/08/26/microsoft-security-essentials-double-definition-updates-error-0x80070650/

He also posted his findings at Microsoft Answers forum within the thread Microsoft Security Essentials Update Definition Number 1.249.211.0 Keeps On Coming Back, located here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_updating-windows_7/microsoft-security-essentials-update-definition/e6374bbc-cc98-4567-b7da-7e2e32908d46

In my case 1.249.211.0 has thus far been installed 9 separate times since 8/19.

Yesterday 8/27 the 1.249.211.0 MSE definition reappeared in Windows Update once again, but rather than install it I hid it. This morning a new definition, 1.251.140.0 was offered and installed without the presence of 1.249.211.0 .

Anybody else having problems with 1.249.211.0? If so, and you hide it, does the problem disappear?

Windows Patches/Security Microsoft Security Essentials 1.249.211.0

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