Windows update & Defender not downloading

[Jorge Bravo]

I am unable to download updates. Sometimes I get a message like: 'The web
detected a problem and cannot show the page you are trying to see' and then
suggests a number of possible causes. If I refresh I eventualy get the
download button and the list of updates. However, after some delay it tells
me that the download failed. It seems to be related to 0x80246008.

I have managed to update manually, except for the Defender update which I
cannot find anywhere on the MS site.

I have looked at Background Intelligent Transfer Service and when I press
the tart button I get Error 2: the system could not find the specified file.
Also, in the Event Viewer/Services/System I get error 7023 along with 10010
which may be, or not , related.

So, it appears that this file is missing or corrupt. How can I solve it?

I have scanned with resident Avast in Boot-up mode; with Kaspersky and
HouseCall; with Spybot and Ad-Aware: all show the system is clean.

A couple of days ago I downloaded BBCi and RealPlayer programmes and thought
afterwards that something was not what it should be with the computer and
decided to uninstall them and restore to the previous day. I think this may
have caused the curent problems.

Help!!!

JB

[Diana]

Hello,

You can download bits and reinstall it: I placed the links below for Winxp
and Vista, since I did not see where you mentioned your OS:

842322 Update available for WinHTTP for Windows XP
http://vkbexternal/VKBWebService/ViewContent.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;842322

940520 An update is available to fix a Background Intelligent Transfer
Service (BITS) crash on a Windows Vista-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;940520

Diana

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Jorge, PLEASE stop posting new threads about your problems! Doing so only
serves to delay resolving the problems.

When I replied to your most recent post, I crossposted my reply to WinXP
General and Windows Update newsgroups:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?&lang=en&cr=us&guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsupdate&p=1&tid=06aef8f0-eaed-45bb-ae73-d4ace0612541&mid=81c0ce22-6113-422e-ae1d-0d5506d5a12d
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Jorge Bravo wrote:
> I am unable to download updates. Sometimes I get a message like: 'The web
> detected a problem and cannot show the page you are trying to see' and
> then
> suggests a number of possible causes. If I refresh I eventualy get the
> download button and the list of updates. However, after some delay it
> tells

> me that the download failed. It seems to be related to 0x80246008...

[Jorge Bravo]

Hello Diana

When I press the link for XP I get a warning on a white page:

Intranet settings are now turned off by default. Intrane settings are less
secure than internet settings. Click for options.

What does this mean? I'm rather suspicious of everything now...

JB

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[Diana]

Please try this link:
842773 An update package that includes BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 is available
for Windows Server 2003, for Windows XP, and for Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;842773

Diana

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[Jorge Bravo]

Thank you Diana

When I start the download a box comes up aying that the Setup has detected
that the SP vrsion of this system is newer than the update , and that there
is no need to install

So, back to the beginning. First, is there a way of finding out where this
file is or is not on th computer; and if it is to get rid of it so that a
copy can be installed?

Thanks for your help

JB

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[I believe Jorge's sudden, new problems are being caused by a hijackware
infection, Diana. And why did you reply to my post?]

Diana wrote:
> Please try this link:
> 842773 An update package that includes BITS 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 is
> available
> for Windows Server 2003, for Windows XP, and for Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;842773
>