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Title: Where to place the vps update file in Mac OS X Lion?
Post by: harihb on December 18, 2012, 07:11:26 AM

Hello,

I have downloaded the 400.vps and 400vps.md5 files for Mac OS X. I don't know where to paste these files so that avast virus scanner for Mac can recognize the updated virus definitions.

Cheers,
Hariharan

Title: Re: Where to place the vps update file in Mac OS X Lion?
Post by: zilog on December 21, 2012, 12:40:15 PM

Quote from: harihb on December 18, 2012, 07:11:26 AM

Hello,

I have downloaded the 400.vps and 400vps.md5 files for Mac OS X. I don't know where to paste these files so that avast virus scanner for Mac can recognize the updated virus definitions.

Cheers,
Hariharan

Hallo, those files aren't used anymore for 10+ months - instead, new virus definitions come as a bundle (which contains many different files).
pc

Title: Re: Where to place the vps update file in Mac OS X Lion?
Post by: harihb on December 22, 2012, 05:36:55 AM

Oh? Is there any other way to update the antivirus via proxy then? I tried this method in the post here
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=36008.msg866006#msg866006

I gave the following command

sudo launchctl setenv http_proxy http://user:pass@xxxxxx:3128

and then tried updating. It doesn't work :(

Title: Re: Where to place the vps update file in Mac OS X Lion?
Post by: zilog on December 26, 2012, 01:51:41 AM

Quote from: harihb on December 22, 2012, 05:36:55 AM

Oh? Is there any other way to update the antivirus via proxy then? I tried this method in the post here
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=36008.msg866006#msg866006

I gave the following command

sudo launchctl setenv http_proxy http://user:pass@xxxxxx:3128

and then tried updating. It doesn't work :(

Hallo, are you sure the option was set? Did you verify it via getenv?

regards,
pc