WindowsUpdate caught in endless loop

I have experienced this issue on 5 computers. Some WindowsUpdates won't
download. I go to WindowsUpdate, select an update, and it appears to start
downloading.

The following appears in the download window:


Verifying the download.

Then

Downloading 2.90 MB of 2.90 MB

then

Verifying the download

then Downloading 3.00 MB of 3.00 MB

and keeps adding .1 MB to the total, and it's stuck in a loop. The amount
will keep growing. I just let one download sit overnight and it was over 50
MB.

ARGH. Anyone have a possible fix for this?

I have seen this issue happen on 2 machines, but each update was different.
One was 873339. I forget the other update, but it was one of the 4 that was
released in December.

-Mike

Same problem here. Also running McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0. Definitely
an interesting coincidence.

"Jeepnut" wrote:

> I have been experiencing the same problem on several machines. I belive our
> AntiVirus software is at fault(McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0) It has
> elements of a firewall built into it. I am now trying to make exceptions
> for it now. Anyone else experience this?
>
>

I am running VirusScan 8.0 Enterprise also.... hmmmm....


"theFlyingSquirrel" <> wrote in
message news709BE67-450B-4F4B-830A-...
> Same problem here. Also running McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.
> Definitely
> an interesting coincidence.
>
> "Jeepnut" wrote:
>
>> I have been experiencing the same problem on several machines. I belive
>> our
>> AntiVirus software is at fault(McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0) It has
>> elements of a firewall built into it. I am now trying to make exceptions
>> for it now. Anyone else experience this?
>>
>>

try if possible to get nortin system utilities.it should uninstall any norton
or mcafee.iI prefer myself watchdog over all the rest

"Mike D." wrote:

> I am running VirusScan 8.0 Enterprise also.... hmmmm....
>
>
> "theFlyingSquirrel" <> wrote in
> message news709BE67-450B-4F4B-830A-...
> > Same problem here. Also running McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.
> > Definitely
> > an interesting coincidence.
> >
> > "Jeepnut" wrote:
> >
> >> I have been experiencing the same problem on several machines. I belive
> >> our
> >> AntiVirus software is at fault(McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0) It has
> >> elements of a firewall built into it. I am now trying to make exceptions
> >> for it now. Anyone else experience this?
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Open MacAfee VirusScan Console, then Access Protection, uncheck both
"Prevent IRC communication...", click Apply. That worked for me.
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Mike D. wrote:
> I have experienced this issue on 5 computers. Some WindowsUpdates
won't
> download. I go to WindowsUpdate, select an update, and it appears to
start
> downloading.
>
> The following appears in the download window:
>
>
> Verifying the download.
>
> Then
>
> Downloading 2.90 MB of 2.90 MB
>
> then
>
> Verifying the download
>
> then Downloading 3.00 MB of 3.00 MB
>
> and keeps adding .1 MB to the total, and it's stuck in a loop. The
amount
> will keep growing. I just let one download sit overnight and it was
over 50
> MB.
>
> ARGH. Anyone have a possible fix for this?
>
> I have seen this issue happen on 2 machines, but each update was
different.
> One was 873339. I forget the other update, but it was one of the 4
that was
> released in December.
>
> -Mike

I also had to delete everything deletable in
C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\
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a...@mailinator.com wrote:
> Open MacAfee VirusScan Console, then Access Protection, uncheck both
> "Prevent IRC communication...", click Apply. That worked for me.
> --
> http://www.firestreamer.com - NTBackup to DVD and DV
>
> Mike D. wrote:
> > I have experienced this issue on 5 computers. Some WindowsUpdates
> won't
> > download. I go to WindowsUpdate, select an update, and it appears
to
> start
> > downloading.
> >
> > The following appears in the download window:
> >
> >
> > Verifying the download.
> >
> > Then
> >
> > Downloading 2.90 MB of 2.90 MB
> >
> > then
> >
> > Verifying the download
> >
> > then Downloading 3.00 MB of 3.00 MB
> >
> > and keeps adding .1 MB to the total, and it's stuck in a loop. The
> amount
> > will keep growing. I just let one download sit overnight and it
was
> over 50
> > MB.
> >
> > ARGH. Anyone have a possible fix for this?
> >
> > I have seen this issue happen on 2 machines, but each update was
> different.
> > One was 873339. I forget the other update, but it was one of the 4
> that was
> > released in December.
> >
> > -Mike