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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Kristi on July 27, 2010, 01:56:19 AM

Title: Avast free 5.0.594 100726-0 attempt to update "the package is broken"
Post by: Kristi on July 27, 2010, 01:56:19 AM

same error when trying to update program.

Just happened 55 min ago.  7:55pmEDT

What do I do?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Avast free 5.0.594 100726-0 attempt to update "the package is broken"
Post by: DavidR on July 27, 2010, 02:30:02 AM

Try a repair of avast. Add Remove programs, select 'avast! Anti-Virus,' click the Change/Remove button and scroll down to Repair, click next and follow.

Title: Re: Avast free 5.0.594 100726-0 attempt to update "the package is broken"
Post by: Kristi on July 27, 2010, 02:34:51 AM

Quote from: DavidR on July 27, 2010, 02:30:02 AM

Try a repair of avast. Add Remove programs, select 'avast! Anti-Virus,' click the Change/Remove button and scroll down to Repair, click next and follow.

"error processing packagers, please use full update."

 ???

Title: Re: Avast free 5.0.594 100726-0 attempt to update "the package is broken"
Post by: Kristi on July 27, 2010, 02:46:40 AM

Uninstalled and re-installed it and no problem.  I assume it was because of a couple of hardware locks I gave myself this afternoon playing with a graphics card.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Avast free 5.0.594 100726-0 attempt to update "the package is broken"
Post by: DavidR on July 27, 2010, 03:34:40 AM

You're welcome.

Hard to say if it would be related to hardware locks unless it caused some corruption that also effected the repair function.  The main thing is that you now have it running.

Title: Re: Avast free 5.0.594 100726-0 attempt to update "the package is broken"
Post by: Kristi on August 02, 2010, 06:12:33 PM

Uh.

Happened again.

Also been getting auto hardware reset right after os logs on, on cold boot.  About the time that the AV would start.

uninstalled avast and am using avira for now.  Problems went away.

Don't know if you have a problem or this is circumstantial - I could buy either.....

GA-EP45-UD3P, E7200/3.6ghz, 2x2GB, MSI N465GTX-M2D1G, Hannspree 28",  650Wpsu,  Win7