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joanj189
Former Member
Message 11 of 16

One other thing...

Forgot to mention that I ran Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE and it found adware on my computer, which I removed and THEN I was able to update the definitions file.

Joan
stebie
Former Member
Message 12 of 16

RE: Having same issue

FWIW, I was experiencing the same issue on a colleague's laptop.

Model: Dell Vostro 1500
OS: Vista Business 32-bit

MVT kept saying the issue was with outdated DATs, which I knew, and it was able to do the same as Security Center - kick off the update, however the VirusScan update kept getting to approx. 20-25% complete (I got this percentage by moving the mouse over the animated system tray icon every so often) and would restart at 0% a few times, before receiving the "An error occurred while updating" error message.

Reinstall at present isn't an option for me, as despite it being a legit copy (through Dell I'm assuming - it's a Dell laptop), I or my colleague don't have any paperwork regarding the McAfee registration.

I tried gorf's link - did a quick scan with MBAM, but it found nothing. A complete/thorough scan was taking too long, so I decided to stop it after an hour had passed.

The fix that worked for me was that suggested by bua_ako - running http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MSCPRXFIX.exe followed by a restart - despite not using a proxy to download updates.

Many thanks to those that have contributed.
Nix2008
Contributor
Message 13 of 16

RE: Having same issue

Oddly enough, I was about to try bua_ako's solution then the problem suddenly fixed itself. I got the impression that Mcafee updated itself, then the data file was suddenly updated correctly too and now it's working. Glad I didn't do the reinstall anyway.
Many thanks to all.
bua_ako
Former Member
Message 14 of 16

@stebie and Nix

Glad your mcafee issues are fixed...
eleroy44
Former Member
Message 15 of 16

Having same problem: An error occurred . . .

I'm having the same problem that has already been posted. The difference with me is that I have reinstalled McAfee as the direction said to do. I'm still getting the same notice and am being asked once again to reinstall. I reinstalled about a week ago, so there has been some time lapse.
stebie
Former Member
Message 16 of 16

RE: Having same problem: An error occurred . . .

@eleroy44, have you tried other suggested fixes in this and related threads?

- perform a full anti-malware and/or anti-spyware scan on your PC, e.g. using Lavasoft's Ad-Aware or MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
- download/run http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MSCPRXFIX.exe

The more info you provide, the better the support can be provided.
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