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Cochise

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2003, 01:12:42 PM »
I have it now but had to un-install the program. I did not use Avast Clear but by just using the add/remove program in Win98se and then manually deleted the Avast folder before reinstalling. I downloaded the Avast set up program and ran it at which time everything showed as updated but I noticed the standard shield program was missing. It seems to be working fine now.

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2003, 01:17:38 PM »
Oops that is strange. The error code 76B is "The endpoint mapper database entry could not be created. "

I have absolutely no idea what it means. ;)

Haven't you applied some RPC-related security patches recently?
Or something that may be related to this problem? There is really nothing new in this piece of code in av4.1

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dcliff

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2003, 01:32:05 PM »
Like I said before, the Avast shield is starting up but after a long delay so my system is unprotected for about 10 minutes after starting.
And i dont recall having patched win 98 with any RPC related patches.

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2003, 01:58:48 PM »
Problem solved.
Sorry for the trouble folks.
The problem was traced to a missing rpcss.exe

Now that ive restored it there is no dealy in starting up and all providers are working. :)

Thanks for the support

Cliff
« Last Edit: September 12, 2003, 01:59:56 PM by dcliff »

mantra

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2003, 02:01:54 PM »
can somebody tell me

is better update using the program update click on the icon on system tray and download the incremental files?

or download the full program?

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2003, 02:03:47 PM »
dcliff, I'm glad we've fixed this.

mantra, right now it's better to use the built-in updater. There are some problems with updates from the setup EXE file (at least under Win9x). Of course, reinstallation would do as well but it shouldn't be necessary.

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2003, 02:09:54 PM »
ok thanks
here i used the built-in updater
and seems avast4 the new version works perfectly

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Re:standard shield
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2003, 04:00:51 PM »
Our investigation so far indicates that the problem only occurs if you do the update by running the setup EXE file (and not by using the built-in updater). Can anyone confirm/deny this?

Vlk, the file vpsupd.exe (update file) cannot be applied to version 4.1.260: Error: 0x00000008 (only works with previous version)...  ???
The updates from Internet are Ok for my XP...  ;)
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Re:standard shield
« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2003, 08:15:19 PM »
Guys, how did you do the update?
I mean, from the program (via Internet) using its built-in updater, or by downloading the latest installation EXE and running it?

Our investigation so far indicates that the problem only occurs if you do the update by running the setup EXE file (and not by using the built-in updater). Can anyone confirm/deny this?

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Vlk

I did the update via the built-in updater and had no problem whatsoever.
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