Can I download anti-virus update signatures separately?

Question

I recently installed Microsoft's Security Essentials on a family members PC, having previously downloaded the installer over broadband, as their PC is limited to 46K dial-up.

Once installed, we set MSE away updating and after 4 hours (and 62MB!) it said it was still only half complete!

Is it possible to download the latest updates for MSE separately, and then update it manually?

Answer 1

Yes

On the MSE update troubleshooting page, step 6 provides the following two links:

• If you're running a 32-bit Windows operating system, download the latest updates manually at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87342.

• If you're running a 64-bit Windows operating system, download the latest updates manually at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87341.