What is your operating system ?
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I wud again like to tell that it was working fine until i last entered the new registration key. My virus chest is also not working well. It gives the message
Initialization of Chest files
Action was completed with errors!
Initialization of Chest files
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Program will try to load all Chest files from the following server: (null)
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Action was completed with errors!
My AV doesnot even update automatically when i connect to net, it always used to do it earlier. It can take manual updates. I have again tried to uninstall it in safe mode using the uninstall utility, and then again reinstalling it but all in vain. Also i have defragmented the registry... but no use.
I'm at a loss as to what to suggest as you have tried a clean install yet that hasn't resolved it (as it commonly does).
Since the manual update works and you only have the windows firewall which doesn't check outbound protection (XP firewall, the Vista firewall has the outbound checking disabled by default).
How do you connect to the internet, broadband or dial-up ?
Check the avast Program Settings, Updating (Connections) and check only the option that you use to connect either, Dial-up or permanently connected. Next click the Proxy button... set that to Direct connection (no proxy) assuming that you don't have to use a proxy to connect (do you ?).
The only other thing that I can suggest is to do another clean reinstall but first uninstall tune-up start up manager.
Download the latest version of avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html and save it to your HDD, somewhere you can find it again. Use that when you reinstall. Ensure that you scroll down and select the avast direct download link for the English version and not Cnet as that is for an on-line installation (not what you want to do).
Download the avast! Uninstall Utility,
find it here and save it to your HDD.
- 1. Now uninstall (using add remove programs, if you can't do that start from the next step), reboot.
- 2. run the avast! Uninstall Utility, reboot. If step 1 failed it may be necessary to run this from safe mode, once complete reboot into normal mode.
- 3. install the latest version, reboot.