I had been using avast for years and love it, and recently, wanted to install it on a used laptop. But I got this error whenever I try to run the setupeng.exe that I downloaded. I have goggled and search this forum, and tried all the methods, disable firewalls, uninstall tool, look for nvidia stuff etc etc… and no success.
I bite the bullet and do a total fresh install of WinXP home. The 1st thing I did is to download avast via IE, and I got the same error ! I have not even install any other programs yet.
ok, to find the root of the problem. I downloaded avast on another computer which is running avast fine. I tried running the setupeng.exe on that computer, and guess what ? I had the same problem too ! Now, I’m wondering, is the file on avast server really corrupted ? Of course, when I copy over the file to run it on my freshly installed laptop, it doesn’t run too.
I’m running out of ideas and in the verge of giving up avast. Really appreciate if I can get some help here.
btw, the file size of the setupeng.exe that I downloaded is 32793088, I hope that’s correct ?
They are avast errors, but if this is a windows file error which is a possibility, 1006 = The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid. Then I doubt that a fresh install would make any difference.
Where did you download your version of avast from ?
It may be best to do a clean reinstall:
Download the latest version of avast http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html and save it to your HDD, somewhere you can find it again. Use that when you reinstall. Don’t go to the Cnet link, download direct from avast, scroll down and select the avast English version and download direct from avast.com.
Download the avast! Uninstall Utility, find it here and save it to your HDD.
Now uninstall (using add remove programs, if you can’t do that start from the next step), reboot.- 2. run the avast! Uninstall Utility, reboot. If step 1 failed it may be necessary to run this from safe mode, once complete reboot into normal mode.- 3. install the latest version, reboot.
I downloaded again from the link that you had provided, no luck, still the same error.
I can’t get avast to install at all after the fresh installation of win xp, and there’s no avast directory created, so I guess there’s no use running the uninstall program. I run it anyways, and there’s no directory listed. I run the installation after this uninstall, still the same error.
I’m ruling out hardware problem, because I’m able to download and install other programs. And also, I downloaded it (from the given link) from another computer which had been running avast for ages, and try to run the setupeng.exe on that computer, I got the same errors too.
Is there another version of Home edition avast that I can try downloading ?
ok. I found an old setupeng.exe somewhere on another PC, version 4.7. I’m able to install it on my fresh laptop. However, when I try to do a “update program” i’d got a “signature” error. Attached is the log file, hopefully it can shed some light on what’s the problem ?
every time i start my pc it come with this error when i delete it then it ask for a restart and even if i restart this next time its again the same problem i have checked also my system 32 file but there is no such file in there also.
can some one help me with this suspicious file found
a suspicius file has been detected ( using a heuristic method) this may be a sigh of malware infection. please allow the file to be submitted to our virus lab for analysis
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\nmdfgds0.dll
Rootkit: hidden process
If it helps, the problem is on a netbook with Intel Atom processor, Asus AOA150. But like I said, I had problem running the downloaded setupeng.exe on a regular PC too.
ok, i manage to download a working copy and got it installed smoothly ! what i did is to download it via flashget, and the installation went through. its weird that all my other downloads work fine. thanks everyone and sorry for the noise.