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Title: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format
Post by: jadinolf on September 08, 2010, 12:43:32 AM

I experienced this message when I attempted to upgrade to .677 on avast! Pro and a Vista computer.

I ended up uninstalling Pro, reinstalling Pro and the upgrade went well.

Just thought I would pass this on.

edit should have mentioned I tried 3 times before I gave up and uninstalled.

Title: Re: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format
Post by: Shyly on September 08, 2010, 03:42:29 AM

I had some trouble updating to Pro 5.0.677 from the previous beta, too.   Can't remember any specific errors but when I clicked update, it just wouldn't do anything.   The update definitions also said it needed updating and did the same thing.  It had been updating fine.  I went to the add/remove and when I clicked on Avast, I was only presented with uninstall.   

Uninstall/reinstall 5.0.677 seemed to have fixed the problem.   




XP SP3
3G RAM
Avast Pro 5.0.677
Outpost FW 7.03

Title: Re: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format
Post by: SafeSurf on September 08, 2010, 05:33:29 AM

@ jadinolf,

What was the [error] message you received out of curiosity?

Title: Re: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format
Post by: jadinolf on September 08, 2010, 05:31:38 PM

Quote from: SafeSurf on September 08, 2010, 05:33:29 AM

@ jadinolf,

What was the [error] message you received out of curiosity?

Check the subject of my post.

Every attempt to update the program gave the same message so- I uninstalled it, reinstalled it and all is now well.

Title: Re: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format
Post by: SafeSurf on September 09, 2010, 05:24:00 AM

Got it...sorry I was a little slow when I made that post.  :-X