Why does MS not categorize MSE definition updates as important??

OK, Noel. I give up. I respect your opinion, but I don't agree.

FWIW - I just ran an update check via the MSE interface & downloaded a new virus definition database, which was created - according to MS - about 9 hours prior to my update check. My previous update was downloaded around 15 hours ago. I don't have the creation date/time for that one. I am set to receive updates automatically, but I will be manually checking for MSE updates more often now. Otherwise, I would not have known of the existence of the latest virus definitions.

Hello - new user here.
You have a great forum.

FYI - You can set up a scheduled task to automatically update MSE virus definitions.
I have mine set up to check for new definitions every 4 hours.
The down side (to me) is there are a lot of entries in the Windows Update history.
Usually 3 per day for these updates.
I normally want to be notified of new Windows updates available.
Except these - I want these updates applied without me doing anything manual.

It can be done with a batch file, or directly running the Update program.

I can post details, batch file, etc. if that's ok and anyone wants it.

DavidW7ncus said:

Hello - new user here.
You have a great forum.

FYI - You can set up a scheduled task to automatically update MSE virus definitions.
I have mine set up to check for new definitions every 4 hours.
The down side (to me) is there are a lot of entries in the Windows Update history.
Usually 3 per day for these updates.
I normally want to be notified of new Windows updates available.
Except these - I want these updates applied without me doing anything manual.

It can be done with a batch file, or directly running the Update program.

I can post details, batch file, etc. if that's ok and anyone wants it.

Welcome!

That's an idea, David! Please post.

Creating the task from the elevated command prompt worked well for me - after doing some research on the subject. I entered the following in the elevated command prompt:

schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 240 /tn "MSE Update" /tr /c:\MSEupdate.bat

This set up my MSEupdate.bat file - which I copied from your post & pasted in notepad & saved in c:\ as "MSEupdate.bat". The "sc minute /mo 240" entry sets it to run every 240 minutes - or 4 hours.

I checked out your method via Task Scheduler & never found an "Advanced" section. I did find that - in the "Triggers" tab area - there is an "edit" button that enables me to set up the task on an hourly basis. So a task can be set up - or edited - to run in hour increments via the task scheduler.

I don't know why MS did not provide an "Hourly" check box in Task Scheduler on the "Create Basic Task Wizard". It leads one to believe that it can't be set up to run more frequently than daily increments.

Anyway - This is the answer to my concern about MSE updates being "tardy"

Problem solved Thanks, David!

Your welcome TBoyd, and glad this worked for you.
Thanks to the others that "Reputation commented" for this...

David

With the recent MSE V4 version update, the folder for MpCmdRun.exe has changed.
The BAT file in POST #15 needs to be changed to work with MSE V4.
I'm looking at a Win7 x64 install, but i expect Win7 32 bit is the same...

The old folder was "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Antimalware"
The new folder is "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client"

The new BAT file for V4 is:

-- --------------------------------------------------------
:: MSEUpdate.bat

@echo off
cd "c:\Program files\Microsoft Security Client"
MpCmdRun.exe -SignatureUpdate
:: pause
-- ---------------------------------------------------------

Note:
If you have any issues you can remove the "::" in the pause statement.
This will uncomment the pause, and the CMD window will stay open so you can check for any errors.
Just hit enter in the CMD window to close it...