Last encountered error: the package is broken

[terri1986]

My Avast will not update. This is the error message I get. Anything I can do to fix this? or wait for the package to be replaced?

[Para-Noid]

Try a repair  Control Panel>Programs and Features(XP)/Uninstall (Vista & Win7)>double click "avast">scroll to and click "repair>reboot 

[terri1986]

apparently they fixed their package...lol. Had to go out and when I got back, the computer said that Avast had just updated. Just so used to everything being so automatic...lol

[koam]

I've had the same "package is broken" error several times in the past.

This week, I got that error, and after restarting computer, still got it for a full day.

I could not repair the Avast installation.

The solution for me was to uninstall Avast free and re-download and re-install it.

I've had to do this before, but not every time I got the "package is broken" error...so it's worth waiting a day, restarting, or repairing before reinstalling.

[DavidR]

Another option is (after the Repair if it didn't work and before a reinstall):
- avast! Virus Definitions Update - Manual Download VPS Update (virus definitions, vpsupd.exe, approx 78.1 MB). - Save the file to your hard disk, locate where you saved it and double click it and that should carry out the virus definitions update.