I normally keep Windows Defender disabled as I use SEP 2.1.6 MP10 as my 3rd party Anti-Malware/Anti-Virus/Firewall solution. But once a month, I perform manual updates/scans using various other 3rd party Anti-Malware/Anti-Virus products just prior to creating my monthly system backups in preparation for updating Windows 7 with next month’s security only & IE cumulative updates.
With all the hubbub about Windows Defender no longer updating in Windows 7, just moments ago, I enabled it and performed a check for updates within the Windows Defender Help pull-down tab & within a couple of seconds, it indicated it was downloading a definition update – Version 1.271.328.0 created on 7/1/2018 at 7:00 AM. Prior definition version was dated 6/11/2018 I think.
I don’t know if the problem is fixed or if it only effects some but not others – all I can say is that it seemed to work as expected on one of my Windows 7 x64 systems. Also, I don’t know if it “automatically” downloads definition updates as I normally keep Windows Defender disabled as to not add additional system slowdowns nor interfere with SEP.
I’ll try it on some other Win7 systems (x64 & x86) and also re-install a Vista x64 hard drive in one of my laptops to see how they behave and post my results.
Win7 - PRO & Ultimate, x64 & x86
Win8.1 - PRO, x64 & x86
Groups A, B & ABS
