Article ID: 935934
Article Last Modified on 5/8/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Forefront Client Security
INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to manually download the latest antimalware definition updates for Microsoft Forefront Client Security.
MORE INFORMATION
To download the Microsoft Forefront Client Security antimalware definition update file(Mpam-fe.exe) for 32-bit (x86-based) versions of Windows, click the following link:
To download the Microsoft Forefront Client Security antimalware definition update filefor 64-bit versions of Windows, click the following link:
Note You must be running a 64-bit version of Windows to run a 64-bit version of Microsoft Forefront Client Security. The 64-bit versions of Windows include x64-based versions.
After you click the appropriate link, click Run to install the definition update file immediately. Or, click Save to save the file to the computer. If you click Save, remember the folder where you save the file.
To install the saved file, click Start, click Run, locate the folder where you saved the file, double-click the file, and then click OK.
Note To install the file on a Windows Vista-based computer, right-click the file, and then click Run As Administrator to install it.
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If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or click Continue.
When the definition update file runs, a file extraction dialog box appears. The dialog box indicates that the definition update is installing. After the file extraction dialog box closes, you can verify that the Microsoft Forefront Client Security definitions have been updated. To do this, open Microsoft Forefront Client Security, and then check the definition version at the bottom of the Microsoft Forefront Client Security Home dialog box.
Corporate customers should use Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) version 2.0 or a later version to distribute Microsoft Forefront Client Security definition updates.
You can use the -q command-line switch with the Microsoft Forefront Client Security definition update file. This switch installs the definition update in quiet mode. Quiet mode suppresses the file extraction dialog box. To install the definition update in quiet mode, type the following command:
Mpam-fe.exe -q
Note You must use an account that has administrator rights to run this command.
Technical support for x64-based versions of Microsoft Windows
If your hardware came with a Microsoft Windows x64 edition already installed, your hardware manufacturer provides technical support and assistance for the Windows x64 edition. In this case, your hardware manufacturer provides support because a Windows x64 edition was included with your hardware. Your hardware manufacturer might have customized the Windows x64 edition installation by using unique components. Unique components might include specific device drivers or might include optional settings to maximize the performance of the hardware. Microsoft will provide reasonable-effort assistance if you need technical help with a Windows x64 edition. However, you might have to contact your manufacturer directly. Your manufacturer is best qualified to support the software that your manufacturer installed on the hardware. If you purchased a Windows x64 edition such as a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 edition separately, contact Microsoft for technical support.
For product information about Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For product information about x64-based versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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