Ive received a notification from Avast that my virus definitions are out of date and need to be updated to 101009-0.
When I go to update i receive an error message as follows:
Last Encountered error:The package is broken
Total time 3s.
What do i need to do to correct this error.
Many Thanks
Paul
Can you try to repair your installation?
Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > avast! antivirus > Remove. Then choose Repair function in the popup window (Repair).
Boot.
Ive tried this. im getting a message “Error processing packages, please use full update”
Is it your avast version 5.0.677 ?
@Paulb106:
I had this exact same problem this week.
Updates > Proxy Settings > Direct connection (no proxy)
Then Manually update.
That fixed it for me. Of course, a few days later I had to switch back to “Auto detect (use Internet Explorer settings)” which is where my settings where to begin with
because I started getting the same problem again.
Seems to be working fine now. Not sure what the underlying issue is with this, but at least that should help you keep your Avast! up-to-date until it’s sorted out 