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    It keeps the old definitions in a "backup" folder, I guess in case the update turns out to be corrupt. I kinda figured the new engine wouldn't work. But I guess it's smart enough to restore the backups when it blows up. (Of course, it'd be just like M$ to read this thread and decide to change the format of the definitions files, along with yet another incompatible mpengine.dll which would be required to read them. They seem to be doing everything in their power to kill off XP.)
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    Excellent! That's a better procedure too, because it also updates the "Definitions Last Updated" date.
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    I believe there are add-ons that will let you customize your UA according to the Web site. (I know they exist for Firefox.) You could then send 51.0.2704.63 to YouTube without affecting anyone else.
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    It looks like the mpengine.dll version has been updated too; I just haven't worked up the courage to try copying it over yet.
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    How is your UA modified? If you're spoofing a newer Chrome version, Google probably started using CSS or Javascript that works on the newer version, but not on the version you actually have.
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    It doesn't seem to be necessary to stop MSE; just stopping the service was enough for me.
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    I got the same message if the M$ Antimalware service wasn't stopped.
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    First I had to run services.msc and stop the M$ Antimalware service. (MSE complains when you do this, but you can ignore it). Then I copied: mpasbase.vdm mpasdlta.vdm mpavbase.vdm mpavdlta.vdm ... to the folder mentioned above, and finally restarted the service (MSE's complaint goes away and the icon turns green again). Edit: I'm hoping that, if this process works, @heinoganda or someone can automate it. Then we'll be good at least until M$ shuts WU down forever. I didn't copy mpinstall.dll from the update, even though it lives in the same folder; I was worried it'd be flagged for NT 6.1, or have unresolved dependencies. I just completed a scan. It seemed to work, but didn't find anything. I guess for a true test, you'd need to put some piece of malware that MSE is known to recognize on your PC and then run a scan.
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    Maybe: I moved the four definition files to folder "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\Definition Updates\{7B4903B6-59C9-4BB6-BB10-6B3CC934757A}" (on my system) and it seemed to work, but I haven't tried scanning anything yet: Edit: It's weird seeing definitions created on 4/23 but last updated on 4/22. I wonder if MSE will start claiming it's "out of date" in a few days even if the definitions are current?
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    I am disappointed that MailNews did not create the registry entries you need when you told it to become your default email client. But that only means that New Moon and MailNews work differently. New Moon does create registry entries under StartMenuInternet when you make it your default browser; I just tested it! That would work; the registry entries could also be written by an installer (but someone would have to write one) or by MailNews itself (but someone would have to patch it to do so). You asked why MailNews doesn't appear as a choice when customizing your start menu, but New Moon does. It seems clear that the reason is, New Moon added the appropriate registry entries; MailNews didn't. I don't know what else you're still wondering about....
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    Actually I think it's the same file. (M$ updates the definitions 2-3 times a day, so the third number keeps increasing.) The downloaded file can be opened with 7-Zip. It contains four malware definition files: a spyware definition "base" and "delta," and a virus definition base and delta. (It also contains two executable files: mpengine.dll and mpsigstub.exe.) On Windows 7, Windows Defender is antispyware only, so I'd assume it only uses the spyware definitions. You have to install MSE to get antivirus functionality. But I think on Windows 10, Windows Defender is both, and essentially replaces MSE.
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    Well, @Bersaglio did say: You don't have the very latest, but the last update you got is still pretty current. If we can figure out a workaround, you don't need to worry about missing just that one very last update. If we can't, it won't matter anyhow, because MSE will soon be useless without updates.
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    @heinoganda's MSE Definitions Updater will download and extract the latest definitions, but they won't install. I don't know how his program works, but I suspect installation makes use of Windows Update components that try to verify the signature, and that the installation fails there.
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    Under "StartMenuInternet" in my registry I do not have palemoon.exe, even though I have New Moon installed and working. However, I do have basilisk.exe there. I'm thinking a browser installs itself there whenever you make it your "default" browser. (I never made New Moon my default browser.) Something similar may apply to email clients. If you make it your default, it may install itself under "Mail" in your registry, and it should remain there even if you then make another email client your default.
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    OK, so "bootstrapped" add-ons are something that have been around since FF 4.0 (!), but Waterfox is just now adding support. (Horrible name, by the way. "Restartless" is much more descriptive.) So Jody was right: if Waterfox had been UXP-based, it would already have had that support. I'm guessing that Waterfox was forked from FF 56, the last version with any XUL add-on support, and "bootstrapped" extension support had already been removed from FF 56, and now Waterfox is putting it back in. Good grief. Talk about the memory hole! Not only have we removed all support for XUL add-ons, and removed all XUL add-ons from even the "older versions" section of our add-ons page, we're even going to remove the documentation and try to pretend that these things never existed! Good thing there's web.archive.org.
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    Skype Web works even though you admit you're on WinXP? Earlier reports said you had to lie & say you were on Windows 10
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    My confusion results from the fact that it preserved XUL APIs for "classic" add-ons. In fact, Classic Add-Ons Archive had to make a special kludge for Waterfox to run in multiprocess mode. There would be no point in that if XUL add-ons couldn't be used.... After my last question, I sort of hate to ask, but what the heck are "Bootstrapped" add-ons, and why does anyone need them? The WebExtensions API, I dig, because of the aforementioned multiprocess mode. But another new add-on type so soon after WE? It's really starting to sound like Mozilla is just making random changes for the sake of making random changes.
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    WTF is "Photon?" These physics-inspired trademarks - Quantum, Photon, etc. - are really getting out of hand. Next thing you know, someone will have a "Higgs Boson" browser
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    Yes, that is likely. That part, I'm not so sure about. OTOH, it's certainly possible. We'll just have to hope for the best. It'll depend on what MCP intends to do with PM 29, and what code libraries they use. For example, they could go down a path similar to Waterfox, which preserves UXP, yet cannot be back-ported to XP (uses Rust, IIRC....)
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    I think you could go with and you'll be set, at least until NM 29! Note: I'd guess that, when the day comes, it won't be possible to make an XP-compatible version of PM 29. But I'm willing to bet that @roytam1 will continue post-EOL updates of NM 28, just as he does now for NM 27. So 28.* will probably work for a long time
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    Strange; it installed OK for me.
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    Java has released nn1 and nn2 versions simultaneously for some time now. Usually the nn1 version is fine. Supposedly the nn2 version contains some new "advanced" features; it's probably not needed unless you're a Java developer.
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    That's a nicer way of saying it, I suppose. Even Mozilla can't get rid of it because there are several sites that haven't been rewritten to use HTML5 equivalents yet; until that happens, those sites, and the folks who use them, still need Flash. It has several privacy exposures though; e.g., it has its own cookies, and unlike your browser, there are no "add-ons" for Flash (although I think there are standalone apps that can help manage Flash cookies); and it exposes all your installed fonts, which was innocent enough until fingerprinting (even across browsers on the same machine) became a thing.
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    From your description, it does sound like a tracking site. I haven't seen it myself but I normally surf with Flash disabled and only enable it when necessary (increasingly rare). Flash objects are almost like their own Web pages that can use Flash as another, less secure, Web browser on your system; one that leaks a lot of info. Ironic, to say the least, that it's the one NPAPI plug-in that modern FF still allows. I guess Adobe's big enough that Mozilla's rules about proper add-on behavior don't apply to them.
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    I'm not following you, or at least, it's not working here. When I click on that URL it goes directly to the "This hotfix is no longer available" page for KB4343220. There's no EULA to accept. Clicking the URL again just brings up the "This hotfix is no longer available" page again.
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