OT--Avira Update Problem

Howdy. A friend of mine has the free version of Avira.

All of a sudden, an attempted update yields the error message to the effect
that:

no valid license file available

Any idea what is going on?

Should he just remove the program and re-d/l it?

Mel

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:20:58 -0400, "MZB" <moo@noway.prudigy.net>
wrote:

>Howdy. A friend of mine has the free version of Avira.
>
>All of a sudden, an attempted update yields the error message to the effect
>that:
>
> no valid license file available
>
>Any idea what is going on?
>
>Should he just remove the program and re-d/l it?
>
>Mel
>

I think Yes. Mel, I don't use this software so I'm just guessing here
but I'm thinking they updated the free version.

> [ can't update avira free ]

I agree, uninstall, download, and reinstall. I think it's gone funky.

I run avira free on three machines and I've had no problems, including
updating, often supplementing the auto update with a manual one.

Here's what help says:

Program version 9.0.0.403 6/3/2009

There are a bunch more versioned components listed, the most recently
updated being:

Virus definition file 7.01.04.180 7/3/2009



On Jul 3, 4:19*pm, RnR <rnrte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:20:58 -0400, "MZB" <m...@noway.prudigy.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Howdy. A friend of mine has the free version of Avira.
>
> >All of a sudden, an attempted update yields the error message to the effect
> >that:
>
> > no valid license file available
>
> >Any idea what is going on?
>
> >Should he just remove the program and re-d/l it?
>
> >Mel
>
> I think Yes. *Mel, I don't use this software so I'm just guessing here
> but I'm thinking they updated the free version.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yirgster [mailto:yirg.kenya@gmail.com]
> Posted At: Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:37 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: OT--Avira Update Problem
> Subject: Re: OT--Avira Update Problem
>
> > [ can't update avira free ]
>
> I agree, uninstall, download, and reinstall. I think it's gone funky.
>
> I run avira free on three machines and I've had no problems, including
> updating, often supplementing the auto update with a manual one.
>
> Here's what help says:
>
> Program version 9.0.0.403 6/3/2009
>
> There are a bunch more versioned components listed, the most recently
> updated being:
>
> Virus definition file 7.01.04.180 7/3/2009
>
>
>
> On Jul 3, 4:19*pm, RnR <rnrte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:20:58 -0400, "MZB" <m...@noway.prudigy.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Howdy. A friend of mine has the free version of Avira.
> >
> > >All of a sudden, an attempted update yields the error message to
the
> effect
> > >that:
> >
> > > no valid license file available
> >
> > >Any idea what is going on?
> >
> > >Should he just remove the program and re-d/l it?
> >
> > >Mel
> >
> > I think Yes. *Mel, I don't use this software so I'm just guessing
> here
> > but I'm thinking they updated the free version.


Same exact problem on an AVG machine (down to the error message). I
wonder if they use some 3rd party license manager that had issuesz.