Does Avast AV interfere with update?

XP.

I installed Avast last week in place of AVG. Update notifications have been
appearing for quite a while. I ran update via widows update site but
received error 0x80072F76. Being used to switching down, Zone Alarm every
time update needs to run, I suspected Avast may be interfering with update
so, shut down its checking and tried again - no luck. Closed down the
system. On reboot, manually closed every Avast process - voila it updated.
Is this something common? Is there a way to work around it to de-complicate
update?
--
Stevie

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
and he will be warm for the rest of his life."

~ Sun-Tzu on Fire

Hello Stevie,

You may receive an "Error 0x80072EE2," "Error 0x80072EE7," "Error
0x80072EFD," "Error 0x80072F76," or "Error 0x80072F78" error message when you
try to use the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site


http://support.microsoft.com/Default...en-us%3b836941

I hope this post is helpful, but we would highly appreciate it if you could
rate the pºst, so we can keep the community informed and saves somebody else
the hours of trawling through the web trying to find a solution.

Good luck
- --


"Joosy" wrote:

> XP.
>
> I installed Avast last week in place of AVG. Update notifications have been
> appearing for quite a while. I ran update via widows update site but
> received error 0x80072F76. Being used to switching down, Zone Alarm every
> time update needs to run, I suspected Avast may be interfering with update
> so, shut down its checking and tried again - no luck. Closed down the
> system. On reboot, manually closed every Avast process - voila it updated.
> Is this something common? Is there a way to work around it to de-complicate
> update?
> --
> Stevie
>
> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
> and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
>
> ~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
>
>
>

I paid a visit to this before trying 'stop Avast processes'. Nothing helped.
Incidentally, I was unable to d/l the guided help and still can't.

--
Stevie

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
and he will be warm for the rest of his life."

~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
"Engel" <> wrote in message
news:1E8CD307-1641-4A26-8929-...
> Hello Stevie,
>
> You may receive an "Error 0x80072EE2," "Error 0x80072EE7," "Error
> 0x80072EFD," "Error 0x80072F76," or "Error 0x80072F78" error message when
> you
> try to use the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site
>
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/Default...en-us%3b836941
>
> I hope this post is helpful, but we would highly appreciate it if you
> could
> rate the pºst, so we can keep the community informed and saves somebody
> else
> the hours of trawling through the web trying to find a solution.
>
> Good luck
> - --
>
>
> "Joosy" wrote:
>
>> XP.
>>
>> I installed Avast last week in place of AVG. Update notifications have
>> been
>> appearing for quite a while. I ran update via widows update site but
>> received error 0x80072F76. Being used to switching down, Zone Alarm
>> every
>> time update needs to run, I suspected Avast may be interfering with
>> update
>> so, shut down its checking and tried again - no luck. Closed down the
>> system. On reboot, manually closed every Avast process - voila it
>> updated.
>> Is this something common? Is there a way to work around it to
>> de-complicate
>> update?
>> --
>> Stevie
>>
>> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
>> and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
>>
>> ~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
>>
>>
>>

"Joosy" <Spam@free> wrote in message
news:46f1c469$...
>I paid a visit to this before trying 'stop Avast processes'. Nothing helped.
> Incidentally, I was unable to d/l the guided help and still can't.


Was that while Avast was still running? Apparently it has a "feechur"
which causes scans to be done before the downloaded file is actually
copied by the application. In that case would act like a proxy and hence
could cause any of the problem symptoms associated with proxies.


---



>
> --
> Stevie
>
> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
> and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
>
> ~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
> "Engel" <> wrote in message
> news:1E8CD307-1641-4A26-8929-...
>> Hello Stevie,
>>
>> You may receive an "Error 0x80072EE2," "Error 0x80072EE7," "Error
>> 0x80072EFD," "Error 0x80072F76," or "Error 0x80072F78" error message when
>> you
>> try to use the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site
>>
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/Default...en-us%3b836941
>>
>> I hope this post is helpful, but we would highly appreciate it if you
>> could
>> rate the pºst, so we can keep the community informed and saves somebody
>> else
>> the hours of trawling through the web trying to find a solution.
>>
>> Good luck
>> - --
>>
>>
>> "Joosy" wrote:
>>
>>> XP.
>>>
>>> I installed Avast last week in place of AVG. Update notifications have
>>> been
>>> appearing for quite a while. I ran update via widows update site but
>>> received error 0x80072F76. Being used to switching down, Zone Alarm
>>> every
>>> time update needs to run, I suspected Avast may be interfering with
>>> update
>>> so, shut down its checking and tried again - no luck. Closed down the
>>> system. On reboot, manually closed every Avast process - voila it
>>> updated.
>>> Is this something common? Is there a way to work around it to
>>> de-complicate
>>> update?
>>> --
>>> Stevie
>>>
>>> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
>>> and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
>>>
>>> ~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Avast was running when I tried to download the file. Whilst Avast seem to do
the job, I'm beginning to prefer my old AV. To run update, it now seem I
need to shut down both Zone Alarm and Avast. As I sit behind a router, this
is not exactly fraught with danger but, it is a bother. Especially starting
up Zone Alarm - you could eat a five-course meal while vsmon takes over the
system!
--
Stevie

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
and he will be warm for the rest of his life."

~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
"Robert Aldwinckle" <> wrote in message
news:OF2MdvE$...
> "Joosy" <Spam@free> wrote in message
> news:46f1c469$...
>>I paid a visit to this before trying 'stop Avast processes'. Nothing
>>helped.
>> Incidentally, I was unable to d/l the guided help and still can't.
>
>
> Was that while Avast was still running? Apparently it has a "feechur"
> which causes scans to be done before the downloaded file is actually
> copied by the application. In that case would act like a proxy and hence
> could cause any of the problem symptoms associated with proxies.
>
>
> ---
>
>
>
>>
>> --
>> Stevie
>>
>> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
>> and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
>>
>> ~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
>> "Engel" <> wrote in message
>> news:1E8CD307-1641-4A26-8929-...
>>> Hello Stevie,
>>>
>>> You may receive an "Error 0x80072EE2," "Error 0x80072EE7," "Error
>>> 0x80072EFD," "Error 0x80072F76," or "Error 0x80072F78" error message
>>> when
>>> you
>>> try to use the Windows Update Web site or the Microsoft Update Web site
>>>
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/Default...en-us%3b836941
>>>
>>> I hope this post is helpful, but we would highly appreciate it if you
>>> could
>>> rate the pºst, so we can keep the community informed and saves somebody
>>> else
>>> the hours of trawling through the web trying to find a solution.
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>> - --
>>>
>>>
>>> "Joosy" wrote:
>>>
>>>> XP.
>>>>
>>>> I installed Avast last week in place of AVG. Update notifications have
>>>> been
>>>> appearing for quite a while. I ran update via widows update site but
>>>> received error 0x80072F76. Being used to switching down, Zone Alarm
>>>> every
>>>> time update needs to run, I suspected Avast may be interfering with
>>>> update
>>>> so, shut down its checking and tried again - no luck. Closed down the
>>>> system. On reboot, manually closed every Avast process - voila it
>>>> updated.
>>>> Is this something common? Is there a way to work around it to
>>>> de-complicate
>>>> update?
>>>> --
>>>> Stevie
>>>>
>>>> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on
>>>> fire,
>>>> and he will be warm for the rest of his life."
>>>>
>>>> ~ Sun-Tzu on Fire
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Joosy wrote:

> Avast was running when I tried to download the file. Whilst Avast seem to do
> the job, I'm beginning to prefer my old AV. To run update, it now seem I
> need to shut down both Zone Alarm and Avast. As I sit behind a router, this
> is not exactly fraught with danger but, it is a bother. Especially starting
> up Zone Alarm - you could eat a five-course meal while vsmon takes over the
> system!

If the router has a hardware firewall then advise you to dump Zone Alarm
and enable the native XP firewall. That should provide more than
adequate protection.

I have Avast installed on a laptop and have no issues with updates. The
Web Scanner Provider is not Enabled. That *may* be the issue, Joosy.
If you want Web Scanner Enabled then try adding the MS update sites to
the Exceptions list:

http://update.microsoft.com
http://download.windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Zone Alarm has been known to cause issues with Automatic updates and/or
when visiting the MS update sites.


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

"MowGreen [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:OM8eW0U$...
> Joosy wrote:
>
>> Avast was running when I tried to download the file. Whilst Avast seem to
>> do the job, I'm beginning to prefer my old AV. To run update, it now seem
>> I need to shut down both Zone Alarm and Avast. As I sit behind a router,
>> this is not exactly fraught with danger but, it is a bother. Especially
>> starting up Zone Alarm - you could eat a five-course meal while vsmon
>> takes over the system!
>
> If the router has a hardware firewall then advise you to dump Zone Alarm
> and enable the native XP firewall. That should provide more than adequate
> protection.
>
> I have Avast installed on a laptop and have no issues with updates. The
> Web Scanner Provider is not Enabled. That *may* be the issue, Joosy.
> If you want Web Scanner Enabled then try adding the MS update sites to the
> Exceptions list:
>
> http://update.microsoft.com
> http://download.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Zone Alarm has been known to cause issues with Automatic updates and/or
> when visiting the MS update sites.
>
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============

Thank you for the advice on the exceptions.

XP firewall does not control outbound traffic. I plan to get some other form
of protection in 465 days (ZA Pro contract expires). Mind you, the chief
cause of me thinking I need outbound control just clicks allow everything.
Hmm, come to think of it, ZA picked up something trying to run from a
newsgroup photo recently. Saved me spamming everyone in my Outlook and OE
contact lists.

--
Stevie

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for one night. Set a man on fire,
and he will be warm for the rest of his life."

~ Sun-Tzu on Fire