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Error 0x8024402f for Windows Update due to malware. Fresh install.
There are a lot of posts about error 0x8024402f when trying to update Windows 10 on the web. With none of the solutions able to get Windows Update to run for me, I am posting here so that a Google search will show this as a solution.
I was able to "fix" the error by running the MS Update Troubleshooter:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...troubleshooter
But it was a false fix. After running the downloaded wu170509.diagcab as administrator, it showed that it fixed the problems but after running it once (with NO updates downloading), the error would return. I am assuming that I had some sort of malware running that would turn off updates to prevent Windows Defender from updating itself to detect the malware.
The only way for me to finally get rid of the error was to do a cold install. Before I did that, I got rid of all my old keygen programs and any threats that Windows Defender and AntiMalwareBytes detected. So far, so good.
Last edited by John Pombrio; 15 May 2017 at 13:47.