[German]Some Windows 10 users are facing error 0x80244018 during installing an update or a feature upgrade. Here are a few details, what this error means and how to fix it.
What does error 0x80244018 means?
I stumbled recently upon this error code 0x80244018. A user has reported this issue within German MS Answers forum. According to my blog post Windows 10: Update errors 0x8024xxxx detailed error code 0x80244018 stands for:
WU_E_PT_HTTP_STATUS_FORBIDDEN
Same as HTTP status 403 – server understood the request, but declined to fulfill it.
This means, the HTTP request couldn’t be solved. This is mostly caused by installed third party tools, that are hooked into internet communication.
Uninstall your antivirus software
The best recommendation is to uninstall third party antivirus software and run a clean tool from this vendor to remove installed filed. If a VPN software is installed, try to un-install this software. Then reboot the machine and try to install the update again. Within the MS Answers forum thread mentioned above, deactivating Avira Security Suite was sufficient to solve the issue.
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