Avast for Mac will not update from original install

Avast Mac Security
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trying to install this on a Mac Mini. Works fine on my iMac at work.
Both are on the same Avast account.

This is what I get when I try to update:

Connecting to repository http://download.ff.avast.com/mac/vpsmac
Downloading vpsmac.lat…
Downloading vpsmac.lat… (retry 1)
Downloading vpsmac.lat… (retry 2)
Download failed [exit code 28]
Update aborted.
Cannot perform HTTP request. [1c]
tar: install/update.sh: Not found in archive
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

  • RAW=‘/Library/Application Support/Avast/files/Setup/filedir/vpsmac.raw’
  • ‘[’ ‘!’ -f ‘/Library/Application Support/Avast/files/Setup/filedir/vpsmac.raw’ ‘]’
  • VERSION=13102301
  • ‘[’ -z 13102301 ‘]’
  • FILES_DIR=‘/Library/Application Support/Avast/files’
  • ‘[’ -d ‘/Library/Application Support/Avast/files/defs/13102301’ ‘]’
  • echo ‘Version already installed?’
    Version already installed?
  • exit 1
    Connecting to repository http://download.ff.avast.com/mac/AAFM
    Downloading AAFM.lat…
    Downloading AAFM.lat… (retry 1)
    Downloading AAFM.lat… (retry 2)
    Download failed [exit code 28]
    Update aborted.
    Cannot perform HTTP request. [1c]
    install/update.sh
    No program update available.

Any ideas???

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Try uninstalling avast! and install it again. See if that works.

Cheers,
Hello

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–Overview–
This is due to the connection timing out. (curl is existing with code 28)

I set the timeout to 90 seconds and this fixed the problem

–Details–
The file you need to edit is:
/Library/Application Support/Avast/files/Setup/download.sh

To be able to edit this file you need to add read/write permissions to the folders, subfolders and file in this path for the user/group you need.

The line to edit is:
DOWNLOAD=“curl -L -s --connect-timeout 5 -f”

Change to:
DOWNLOAD=“curl -L -s --connect-timeout 90 -f”

Cheers,
David

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