I've been trying for several hours to update the virus engine and definitions using avast free 5.0.462 on 64-bit vista, and have been receiving the error (current 100406-2, latest 100408-0):
Last encountered error: Other HTTP error (301), while trying 174.36.159.206:80//iavs5x/jrog-8e.vpx
Repeating the update gives the same error (with the IP address sometimes changing). A quick http trace shows the request with an IP address and the URL above returning a "404 Not Found" error followed by a request with a host similar to download###.avast.com returning a "301 Moved Permanently" page directing to
http://www.avast.com/iavs5x/jrog-8e.vpx (which returns a 404 Not Found error)
I've tried the same update on my 32 bit Win7, and the definitions updated w/o error.
I attempted to download the latest definitions directly from
www.avast.com, but when I tried to install them I received the following error:
Can't install VPS update...etc
SI: 0x00000002
ST: 0xFFFFFFFE
LE: 0x0000000000
I performed a full scan, and didn't find anything wrong with my system.
Any idea what's going on? Server configuration error perhaps?
Thanks,
Scott