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FishyMike
Joined: Dec 14, 2005
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 Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: Help reinstalling AVG |
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| Another problem that I am having is that I need to uninstall (due to operation problems) and reinstall the avg program.
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seaeagle
Joined: Aug 31, 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| What is the nature of the problem you are experiencing? Are you getting any error messages or anything like that?
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FishyMike
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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It will not update itself, and manual updating gives me this error.
Update process failed..
Reason: Process 'avgupdate' is already running. |
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seaeagle
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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Someone who uses AVG might have to help with this one (I'm not really a Linux guru - too much of a KDE & GUI user  ).
Can you check what processes are currently running? If you use KDE, just hit Ctrl-Esc. See if avgupdate is on the list. It might be set to start up when you boot your PC, or always running in the background. Also see who is the owner of the process (you, root etc).
If you want to go via the command line (I'm not too good on this), type in"pstree(1)" to get a list of processes. Here's a list of commands if you're not sure about something: Process Control.
If it is running, kill it (you might need to do it as root). Then restart it & see if it works.
If anyone here can provide more advice, it would be very much appreciated. |
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zlim
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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The FAQs
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/7/lng/us/tpl/tpl01?num=173
Here's a few items I found (note: I do not run AVG in linux, I feel it is unnecessary)
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best solution for avgupdate is with the command:
avgupdate -o -p 3 -n –a from crone |
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The next option is to update virus definitions only, which can be done when you set update level 2 (priority update), e.g. avgupdate -o -p 2 –n
The program update can be done by avgupdate -o -p 3. |
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FishyMike
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| Just direct me to the yast module to remove it, I dont think I will reinstall it. |
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FishyMike
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:38 am Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| Ok I took a gamble and removed avg, did so through software management. So far I haven't found any gaping holes in my computer. I might be leaking something on the internet side, but I dont know how to plug that yet. |
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nlinecomputers
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| Not sure what you mean buy leaking. AVG is an antivirus not a firewall. Linux users don't need AV software. There are NO viruses in Linux. |
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FishyMike
Joined: Dec 14, 2005
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| nlinecomputers wrote: |
| Not sure what you mean buy leaking. AVG is an antivirus not a firewall. Linux users don't need AV software. There are NO viruses in Linux. |
Gaping hole, and leaking was a joke. |
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darpan
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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It occurred because the update agent died half way through an update. The lock file that tells it if it is still running was left behind. For me the solution was to delete the file:
/opt/grisoft/avg7/var/run/avgupdate.pid
If you don't have this file, then try doing a search using:
locate avgupdate.pid
in case the file is in a different location on your machine. Then just delete it and try an update again.
Hope this helps |
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seaeagle
Joined: Aug 31, 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:52 am Post subject: Re: Help reinstalling AVG [Login to view extended thread Info.] |
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| FishyMike wrote: |
| Ok I took a gamble and removed avg, did so through software management. So far I haven't found any gaping holes in my computer. I might be leaking something on the internet side, but I dont know how to plug that yet. |
I know it's a fairly old thread, but you can check what is connecting to the Internet by running the netstat command in a terminal. You may need to run it as root or sudo. I actually have added it to my K-Menu as:
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| sudo netstat -tuapc |
I just ticked the "Run in terminal" box so I could see what's happening. Of course, running Linux and using the Shorewall firewall means I'm not really worried about anything anyway. |
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