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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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I am unable to up date this software because of an error message:
Invalid update control CTF file
How can I resolve this ?
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RobJenks
I am unable to up date this software because of an error message:
Invalid update control CTF file
How can I resolve this ?

have you got the free version?
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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I had something similar earlier in the week. I re-ran the installer and selected the option to repair. Then rebooted and ran the updater and it was OK.

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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 02:02 AM
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bin it and use nod32
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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BlkKnight
bin it and use nod32
Amen to that
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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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Will either of these run OK on 64 bit Vista ?
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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 10:14 PM
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Nod32 runs fine on 64bit Vista. AVG doesn't work properly on anything
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 08:20 AM
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avg makes your pc sooo slooow, took mine of and it was like a new pc!
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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lol AVG is fine .. works on 64 bit without any issues
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by pimmo2000
lol AVG is fine .. works on 64 bit without any issues
...apart from the fact that it is dog slow, can easily screw up your registry, and misses loads of viruses of course
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
...apart from the fact that it is dog slow, can easily screw up your registry, and misses loads of viruses of course
Never caused me a single issue .. maybe its you and your dodgy sites
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 12:11 PM
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Nope, I've never been infected (I use Nod32). I have had to rescue more than a few customer / relative / friends machines however that have been riddled with viruses, and all had the most up to date version of avg installed. It's not a good piece of software at all, and misses some quite nasty stuff...

You pay what you get for

(I'm sure tha captain of the Titanic was equally sure of himself as you pimmo. After all, he'd been sailing the thing for ages without it sinking once.... )
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
Nope, I've never been infected (I use Nod32). I have had to rescue more than a few customer / relative / friends machines however that have been riddled with viruses, and all had the most up to date version of avg installed. It's not a good piece of software at all, and misses some quite nasty stuff...

You pay what you get for

(I'm sure tha captain of the Titanic was equally sure of himself as you pimmo. After all, he'd been sailing the thing for ages without it sinking once.... )
We do this everytime someone mentions AVG ...

(I'm sure tha captain of the Titanic was equally sure of himself as you Iain. After all, he'd been sailing the thing for ages without it sinking once.... )
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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I've seen a lot of titanics of the AVG variety sink though. Never seen a Nod32 titanic sink
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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must admit I did used to be a fan of avg, thought it was good with regular updates etc. Its only when I did an online virus check and found a few viruses/trojans that I though otherwise. I use bitdefender now, has decent reviews and is fairly cheap as well
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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NOD32 for me, For what it costs its not even worth arguing about
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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Use Avast, light install and works fine + free.
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