How to manually download the latest antimalware definition updates for Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 and Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection

INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to manually download the latest antimalware definition updates for Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 and Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.

More Information

To download the Microsoft Forefront Client Security, the Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, or the Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection antimalware definition update file (Mpam-fe.exe) for 32-bit (x86-based) versions of Windows, click the following link:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87342&clcid=0x409 To download the Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 or Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection antimalware definition update file for 64-bit versions of Windows, click the following link:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87341&clcid=0x409 Note: You must be running a 64-bit version of Windows to run a 64-bit version of Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 or Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection. 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.

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, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 or Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection definitions have been updated. To do this, open Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 or Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection, and then check the definition version at the bottom of the Microsoft Forefront Client Security Home, or Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, dialog box.

Corporate customers should use Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) version 2.0 or a later version to distribute Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 or Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection definition updates. 

You can use the -q command-line switch with the Microsoft Forefront Client Security or Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 or Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection 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.