Hi everyone!
I am new to this forum and hope that someone can help me.
I am running Linux Mint 9 Isadora 32-bit, which is based on Ubuntu 10.04.
I installed avast! Linux Home Edition months ago and so far it worked fine. But after a virus signature update that I started from the terminal today using the command “avast-update” I can not start avast anymore. I get the following error message:
“An error occured in avast! engine: VPD Datei wurde zerstört!” (which translates: VPD file has been destroyed!)
I tried to reinstall avast! using the deb-file (without uninstalling avast first, because I have no idea how to do that properly). That did not work. Still the same error message.
By the way, when checking the system kernel limit by typing “sudo gedit /etc/init.d/rcS” into the terminal I found it still looks like it is supposed to:
#! /bin/sh # # rcS # # Call all S??* scripts in /etc/rcS.d/ in numerical/alphabetical order #
sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=128000000
exec /etc/init.d/rc S
So I guess it has nothing to do with that particular avast! engine error.
Can anyone tell me what this VPD error means and how to fix the problem?
