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Title: Avast Not Updating
Post by: happy avast user on September 20, 2011, 10:49:49 PM
Hi,

I having problems with avast updating,I have avast FREE Antivirus 6.0.1289 on my PC and I notice that it is not updating.
I have Engine and Virus Definitions Settings set to Automatically update.

When I found that the Virus Definitions were out of date, I tried to update them manually but failed.
I then uninstalled and reinstalled avast FREE and the Virus Definitions were updated when program was installed.
I then discovered that there was another update and the latest Definitions update I have is 110920-1, but I had to do another manual update...  Why is avast not updating Automatically?
Has anyone else had this problem today?? 20/09/11

happy avast user.

Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: giogio on September 20, 2011, 10:55:32 PM
Avast by default check an update every 240 minutes.. and you can set another value under Settings->Updates.
Are you sure is not updating automatically?
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: ady4um on September 20, 2011, 11:15:40 PM
I notice that it is not updating.

Please answer this (thanks in advance). How did you notice that it was not updating? Did you see any kind of "exclamation mark" or "unsecured" or some kind of message? Or was just a coincidence?

Could you please tell what was the previous database applied when you first noticed it was not updating?
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When I found that the Virus Definitions were out of date, I tried to update them manually but failed.
I then uninstalled and reinstalled avast FREE and the Virus Definitions were updated when program was installed.
I then discovered that there was another update and the latest Definitions update I have is 110920-1, but I had to do another manual update...  Why is avast not updating Automatically?
Has anyone else had this problem today?? 20/09/11

Sorry for this question: after reinstalling, have you rebooted? You can also delete firewall rules, reboot and your firewall should eventually ask you for permissions again for Avast related processes (avast.setup, avastui.exe, avastsvc.exe...).
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: happy avast user on September 20, 2011, 11:24:36 PM
Hi giogio,

Yes I'm positive that avast is not updating Automatically.  I have set update settings to 120 minutes from default 240 minutes.

happy avast user
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: Gargamel360 on September 20, 2011, 11:32:02 PM
If 110920-1 is the definition update you currently have, then you are up-to-date.  Sounds like Avast! is only...."confused".  I have seen such a problem posted here before.
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: happy avast user on September 21, 2011, 12:05:45 AM
I notice that it is not updating.

Please answer this (thanks in advance). How did you notice that it was not updating? Did you see any kind of "exclamation mark" or "unsecured" or some kind of message? Or was just a coincidence?

Could you please tell what was the previous database applied when you first noticed it was not updating?
Quote

When I found that the Virus Definitions were out of date, I tried to update them manually but failed.
I then uninstalled and reinstalled avast FREE and the Virus Definitions were updated when program was installed.
I then discovered that there was another update and the latest Definitions update I have is 110920-1, but I had to do another manual update...  Why is avast not updating Automatically?
Has anyone else had this problem today?? 20/09/11

Sorry for this question: after reinstalling, have you rebooted? You can also delete firewall rules, reboot and your firewall should eventually ask you for permissions again for Avast related processes (avast.setup, avastui.exe, avastsvc.exe...).


I noticed there was not updating by opening avast UI and noticed that the Definitions were out of date and tried to update from the UI but failed, untinstalled it rebooted and reinstalled it.
After the reinstall I did another reboot.  
I definitely had NO warning signs to say Virus Definitions were out of date.
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: happy avast user on September 21, 2011, 12:17:28 AM
If 110920-1 is the definition update you currently have, then you are up-to-date.  Sounds like Avast! is only...."confused".  I have seen such a problem posted here before.

Thanks for letting me know that 110920-1 is the latest update which I have, the strange thing I found is that avast was updating Virus Definitions Automatically yesterday and today I had to manually update it and this is even after uninstall then reboot followed by a clean install and a reboot..
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: happy avast user on September 21, 2011, 05:50:41 PM
Hello all,

Can anyone please tell me what the latest Avast Virus Definitions are?
I have 110921-0

Thanks happy avast user :)
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: Pondus on September 21, 2011, 05:53:28 PM
bookmark this   http://www.avast.com/en-no/virus-update-history
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: happy avast user on September 21, 2011, 06:03:10 PM
bookmark this   http://www.avast.com/en-no/virus-update-history

Thanks Pondus, really appreciate it. Been having trouble with my avast NOT updating, so just wanted to make sure I was up to date and protected. :)
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: Shiw Liang on September 21, 2011, 06:09:15 PM
Hi giogio,

Yes I'm positive that avast is not updating Automatically.  I have set update settings to 120 minutes from default 240 minutes.

happy avast user
Hm...changing from 240 minutes to 120 minutes?
Will the automatic update still work ???
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: happy avast user on September 21, 2011, 06:18:45 PM
Hi giogio,

Yes I'm positive that avast is not updating Automatically.  I have set update settings to 120 minutes from default 240 minutes.

happy avast user
Hm...changing from 240 minutes to 120 minutes?
Will the automatic update still work ???
  Hi yes the automatic update does work when I set it to 120 mins had it on this setting for ages.
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: uzxeL on October 30, 2011, 12:05:02 AM
.,turn off siLent/gaming mode,.  ::)
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: CraigB on October 30, 2011, 04:30:08 AM
.,turn off siLent/gaming mode,.  ::)
What for  ???
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: uzxeL on November 03, 2011, 12:58:27 AM
.,i thought maybe you're pertaining avast isn't updating just because it won't display notification or popups,, you know, to remind you it's up to date,.
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: RichJacoby on February 29, 2012, 02:22:58 PM
I have this problem(also - avast not updating (lastest version listed as 0.0.0) ; cookie removal is part of procedure for curing these virus; are cookies required to get updates.
My virus , virii, trojan.adh.2 as per norton, adware from malwarebytes,480 connections from kaspersky....And I have screen prints if avast found anything on it's maiden voyage.

Yes google is your friend, unless you have a mouse (mouseovers) or click on links instead of just reading your screen.lol
Crying when my internet signal is subverted by some other program. Don't tell me I can't get to a web page while using my connection bandwidth.
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: RichJacoby on February 29, 2012, 02:31:25 PM
RichJacoby@hotmail.com - out of date definitions - 10 years ago 5days old wouldn't be a problem. Please feel free to email me if this gets fixed.
Title: Re: Avast Not Updating
Post by: CraigB on February 29, 2012, 02:48:32 PM
Sorry but your post makes no sense to me at all  ??? do you have avast , norton and Kasperskey all installed on your system ?