Software Updater is always wrong!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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How do I fix that??

Hello everyone! :smiley:

Software updater keeps popping up telling me I need to update stuff and no updates are ever needed. Adobe, IE, Java and a couple others. If I go to the programs website to update, they tell me I’m up to date and if I try to update from within avast 8.0.1483, via software updater, where it says “Update Availabe” if I click fix now it just changes to “error.” I really don’t need it because those programs have their own update remninders anyway, but the point is it’s broken on my Vista Ultimate Machine. Should I just do a custom install and get rid of it or is there a fix?

Thank You!!
Beau

It appears this question has pretty much been discussed to death in a couple other posts that I just found. I did a seach for “Software Updater” and they didn’t come up before I posted this :frowning: I apologize for wasting your time!

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=116932.0 and http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=118276.0

After reading those, I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that that particular module has not been completely developed.
I’m sure it will be fixed soon :slight_smile: Thanks again for a great program! :slight_smile:

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Try resetting Avast! software updater database:

  1. Open Avast User interface
  2. Select “Settings” to the right of “Account”
  3. Select “Software Updater” from the list
  4. Select “Database reset” → “Reset database now”

Else, you could try the repair function of Avast! installer:

  1. Select “Start” (Windows logo)
  2. Select “Control Panel”
  3. Select “Programs and Features”
  4. Select “avast!..”
  5. Select “Repair”
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Yeah I tried both those, same issue. Thank you though. I’m sure it’ll get fixed and be in an update eventually!

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Hi!

I see another opportunity: open avast-GUI, select ‘Software Updater’ and let you show (selecting ‘More details’ for every item). There you can choose ‘ignore’.
Otherside (if you don’t want ‘Software Updater’ at all):
→ Windows settings (via Software (XP)/ Programs and functions (W7) de-install ‘avast’ selecting ‘change’, you can untick ‘Software Updater’.
You need admin-rights.

HDW38