I have been using avast for a while, but lately The updater had failed. Today I took an actual attempt at fixing it, and found (through ashupd.exe, the gui would not show up at all) that the updater had “Updater failed with error code 0x426 - 0x2”. I looked around and found that this is usually found with port issues, or a router issue. But the strange thing is, I also have avast on another computer, networked through the same router, but the updating there works just fine. So it isn’t a router issue. But it shouldn’t be a local issue, as avast has worked for such a long time before. The only thing that has changed is my IP at one point, but it still updates on the other computer. I even tried disabling windows firewall to test, to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
Please, post the last 100-150 lines of avast log: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\DATA\log\Setup.log
Which version of avast are you using? Home, Pro or Trial? When did you install avast first time?
Avast home, and I’ve had avast installed for a long time. I found the possible date as Thursday, April 13, 2006 Through a file creation date on C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashAvast.exe), And the license key is due to never expire, but updates expire on “Monday, December 01, 2008 12:00:00 AM”.
The avast free update registration lasts 14 months at that point (update expiration in about avast as you found), you need to reregister see below.
Complete the avast! 4 Home Registration form and you will receive an email from register @ avast.com (without the spaces) with your registration key.
If those are the most recent lines of your setup log then then please check your system date and time for correctness.
Those log lines say the system date is 25 November 2007.