AVG Antivirus on Vista Home 64 bit (CTF file?)

using AVG anti virus version 8.0.173 I get an error saying invalid
update control CTF file. I searched and found an article saying I
should delete the CTF file under AVG's settings folder. I searched my
entire hard drive and there are no CTF files anywhere.

Justin wrote on 20/11/2008 :
> using AVG anti virus version 8.0.173 I get an error saying invalid update
> control CTF file. I searched and found an article saying I should delete the
> CTF file under AVG's settings folder. I searched my entire hard drive and
> there are no CTF files anywhere.

Have you enabled viewing of hidden files.

Johnw wrote:
> Justin wrote on 20/11/2008 :
>> using AVG anti virus version 8.0.173 I get an error saying invalid
>> update control CTF file. I searched and found an article saying I
>> should delete the CTF file under AVG's settings folder. I searched my
>> entire hard drive and there are no CTF files anywhere.
>
> Have you enabled viewing of hidden files.
>
>

Yes.

Justin laid this down on his screen :
>> Have you enabled viewing of hidden files.
> Yes.

http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/ctf

If CTF files become corrupted, the corresponding AVG program may not be
updated; this problem can be fixed by running AVG's
"deleteupdatefiles.exe" utility or by manually removing the CTF files
and downloading the updates again; these files are typically named
"avginfoavi.ctf" and "avginfowin.ctf" and are saved in the
"\ProgramData\avg8\update\download" folder.

Johnw wrote:
> Justin laid this down on his screen :
>>> Have you enabled viewing of hidden files.
>> Yes.
>
> http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/ctf
>
> If CTF files become corrupted, the corresponding AVG program may not be
> updated; this problem can be fixed by running AVG's
> "deleteupdatefiles.exe" utility or by manually removing the CTF files
> and downloading the updates again; these files are typically named
> "avginfoavi.ctf" and "avginfowin.ctf" and are saved in the
> "\ProgramData\avg8\update\download" folder.
>
>


Ugh...
I can get to AVG's website but it tells me it can't connect to the
server. I can run it on my other machine.

It happens that Justin formulated :
> Ugh...
> I can get to AVG's website but it tells me it can't connect to the server. I
> can run it on my other machine.

Have you removed those 2 files? If you have, uninstall AVG & reinstall.

Justin submitted this idea :
> Ugh...
> I can get to AVG's website but it tells me it can't connect to the server. I
> can run it on my other machine.

Opp's.

Have you removed those 2 files? If you have, uninstall AVG & reinstall.

Should have been.

Have you removed those 2 files? If you hav'nt, uninstall AVG &
reinstall.

Johnw wrote:
> Justin submitted this idea :
>> Ugh...
>> I can get to AVG's website but it tells me it can't connect to the
>> server. I can run it on my other machine.
>
> Opp's.
>
> Have you removed those 2 files? If you have, uninstall AVG & reinstall.
>
> Should have been.
>
> Have you removed those 2 files? If you hav'nt, uninstall AVG & reinstall.
>
>


Yes, I did.
I updated just now, ever so slowly but it updated. I waited five
minutes and tried it again, this time the connection failed.

I don't understand, on my XP machine everything is fine.

Justin expressed precisely :
> I don't understand, on my XP machine everything is fine.

That being the case, I feel your AVG install is still corrupt,
uninstall & start afresh.

Johnw wrote:
> Justin expressed precisely :
>> I don't understand, on my XP machine everything is fine.
>
> That being the case, I feel your AVG install is still corrupt, uninstall
> & start afresh.
>
>

third time, same deal.

Johnw wrote:
> Justin expressed precisely :
>> I don't understand, on my XP machine everything is fine.
>
> That being the case, I feel your AVG install is still corrupt, uninstall
> & start afresh.
>
>


OK, now I have stability issues and AVG just started a scan on its own.
I can't stop it.

Whats another decent free anti virus program that runs on Vista 64 bit?

Justin laid this down on his screen :
> OK, now I have stability issues and AVG just started a scan on its own. I
> can't stop it.
> Whats another decent free anti virus program that runs on Vista 64 bit?

These are the 64 bit programs I know of.

http://www.avast.com/eng/x64.html

http://www.free-av.com/
Disable the Avira AntiVir nag screen:
http://www.elitekiller.com/files/dis...ntivir_nag.htm
User Manual
http://www.free-av.com/documents/pro...ersonal_en.pdf
3.2 System requirements
For Avira AntiVir Personal to work perfectly, the computer system must
fulfill the following requirements:
– Computer as from Pentium, at least 266 MHz
– Operating system
– Microsoft Windows Vista (32 or 64 Bit) or
– Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional, SP2 recommended, or
– Microsoft Windows 2000, SP 4 recommended
Note
Avira AntiVir Personal also supports Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition
and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows Vista.
– At least 192 MB RAM with Windows 2000/XP
– At least 512 MB RAM with Windows Vista
– 30 MB free memory space on the hard disk (more if using the
quarantine function)
– 100 MB temporary memory space on the hard disk
– For the installation of Avira AntiVir Personal: administrator rights
under Windows 2000 and XP

MicroWorld Free AntiVirus Toolkit Utility (MWAV)
http://www.mwti.net/products/mwav/mwav.asp
MWAV 9.x (Vista & 64 - bit OS compatible) also provides multi-language
support.

Justin explained :
> OK, now I have stability issues and AVG just started a scan on its own. I
> can't stop it.

Uninstall AVG with a decent uninstaller.

Revo Uninstaller
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/U...nstaller.shtml
http://www.revouninstaller.com/

Screenshots of how to use.

http://www.mediafire.com/?yldgwojeijh

http://www.mediafire.com/?mwjwj2mng41

http://www.mediafire.com/?kxqrznntoh5

>OK, now I have stability issues and AVG just started a scan on its own.
> I can't stop it.
>
>Whats another decent free anti virus program that runs on Vista 64 bit?

Comodo Internet Security contains Comodo Antivirus and Comodo
Firewall. The Antivirus can be installed separately without the
firewall, and is Vista 64 bit compatible. I use it and it's working
fine so far.
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/index.html

Johnw wrote:
> Justin explained :
>> OK, now I have stability issues and AVG just started a scan on its
>> own. I can't stop it.
>
> Uninstall AVG with a decent uninstaller.
>
> Revo Uninstaller
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/U...nstaller.shtml
> http://www.revouninstaller.com/
>
> Screenshots of how to use.
>
> http://www.mediafire.com/?yldgwojeijh
>
> http://www.mediafire.com/?mwjwj2mng41
>
> http://www.mediafire.com/?kxqrznntoh5
>
>


What difference would that make? I uninstalled it, and deleted the AVG
folder which included the magical ctf files.
Then I rebooted.
I reinstalled, tried to update and got the same ctf file bullshit I had
before.
How would uninstalling/reinstalling help me out?