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Microdefs Updating Error

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xCoffeex

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Dec 15, 2007
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When I go to update my virus definitions when it finishes it says: microdefs - error while updating

Can anyone help? Thanks

BTW I believe I have the most current OS and Updates and Nortan Anitvirus.
 
xCoffeex said:
When I go to update my virus definitions when it finishes it says: microdefs - error while updating

Can anyone help? Thanks

BTW I believe I have the most current OS and Updates and Nortan Anitvirus.
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I am having the same problem. Symantec has an old fix online but it doesn't work.
 
Microdefs error

Live Update has worked fine with Leopard 10.5.1 until today.
Since updating to 10.5.2 I get 'Microdefs Error'.
None of the suggested Symantec fixes have worked for me either.
Anyone able to suggest something that will work?
Thanks :)
 
Reinstalling NAV helps one time

Using OS X 10.5.2 on a Mac Pro here. Uninstalling, restarting, and then reinstalling Norton AntiVirus allows you to immediately update all components, which successfully updates the virus definitions, too. Unfortunately, this seems to be a one-shot deal since even the very next day, Live Update reports a new Microdefs error if attempted. But at least the definitions remain updated from the day before...
 
Reinstalling NAV helps one time

Thanks for the advice.
My ISP sent me a CD because I was unable to download NAV from their website! When I installed it, the defs. error appeared. Maybe some fix has been added recently? Will have to try again ...:)
 
NAV 11.0 Released

Checking around I discovered that Symantec has released Norton AntiVirus 11.0 (NOT a free update, though). Once installed, Live Update performs fine under OSX 10.5.2.
 
You are correct..sigh.. Thanks for the link to clamxav. Will try it out imediately and forget about NAV which is included as part of the 'service' from my ISP.
 
neil321 said:
I'd do a search as like i posted before Norton will slow your Mac down until it becomes a expensive slug
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I didn't know that !

Also, My MacBook has a 4GB Ram and I only use it for school work (papers, browsing, and a little programming). Do you still think it would affect it so bad ? I mean, I don't have any problems removing it since I got it for free from my school :p But I also think it's not a very bad idea to keep it, if my machine's speed is not affected so bad that is !
 
Kaizoku said:
I didn't know that !

Also, My MacBook has a 4GB Ram and I only use it for school work (papers, browsing, and a little programming). Do you still think it would affect it so bad ? I mean, I don't have any problems removing it since I got it for free from my school :p But I also think it's not a very bad idea to keep it, if my machine's speed is not affected so bad that is !
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Me personally id get rid of it regardless of how much of anything i had,try a search around these forums.
If you feel you need a AV for scanning dodgy e-mail attachments that you don't want to forward on i'd
recommend clamxav
 
neil321 said:
Me personally id get rid of it regardless of how much of anything i had,try a search around these forums.
If you feel you need a AV for scanning dodgy e-mail attachments that you don't want to forward on i'd
recommend clamxav
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Thanks for the advice, I removed it :)

I actually just switched to Apple a couple of months ago after being a Windows user for a long period of time, I guess that is why I felt insecured lol :D anyways I made a full scan for my mac before I removed it and after about 4 hours of scanning, it didn't find a single virus, which was very weird to me since I used to find at least 5 viruses or spy-wares every single time I scan my PC :p
 
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