I'm not sure how many still use this program. I use it on four Windows 7 computers but will be removing it at least on my desktop computer.
Here's what my update history looks like since January 7th
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The two hour updates while I'm using the desktop or while I'm away but the computer is on are chocking the update history. All I see are these definition updates. With 5 to 7 arriving every day, searching for real updates I've installed takes a lot of scrolling.
Unfrotunately, I think when I remove MS Security Essentials all the updates will stay in the history.
If anyone knows a way to blast them off once I've uninstalled MS Security Essentials, please share.
Hello,
On a Windows 7 64Bit the definition up dates are here--> C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Definition Updates
You could delete the folder-> Definition Updates.
Thanks.
This is a 32 bit Win 7 Home Premium. I'll look and see if I can find something.
I also looked in at HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Microsoft Antimalware/Signature Updates
and it appears to be set for 24 hours.
If only I had known the key earlier, I might have figured out how to change it because it wasn't set for 24 hours.
I have received no updates today so whatever the problem was, I suspect it resolved itself.
I looked on two computers and saw this in def. updates
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The updates folder is empty on both.
The only difference is the desktop has the second folder with a date of 1/11/2017 the date when the updates started coming faster than once a day.
With MSE on Windows 7, I always sorted the updates by Name. That would separate definition updates as shown in the example below, although it is for updates to be installed.
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I have no problem with updates to be installed because there are so few.
The problem comes when I look at my history to see if or when a particular update was installed by me. There is no way to simply remove all those definition updates from the history and see all the others. I don't always install an update in the month it was issued, particularly now with the bundles. I might wait a month or even two or three when I read about issues before I install it.