Thanks. But can someone explain the root cause why it is still at step 1 - initialing please wait after more than an hr. I have done manual update before the 2014 update episode and there is no such problem.
Perhaps Avast evangelists can come in and throw some light fir us. It should work whether it is auto or manual update. Now I do not have the latest virus definition files in my PC n as such it is not protected well.