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General discussion

Antivir update

Nov 3, 2009 2:47AM PST

When trying to update Avira antivir I was invited to obtain the premium version free.It required signing up for other free products none of which I wanted. Now I cannot update the basic free version which I have used for sometime because I am unable to close the avira online shop programme. I would appreciate your help please.

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Unintall and re-install?
Nov 3, 2009 8:20PM PST

Not sure what this has to do with Downloads.com, but have you tried uninstalling Avira then re-installing it?

I would check on the Avira web site that the free version is still available, and download the installation file first.

Then I would reboot the computer after the uninstall and before the re-install.

Mark

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I had it to, updated manually
Nov 5, 2009 11:48AM PST

Within the Avira site you can find this:

http://www.avira.com/en/support/vdf_update.html

Download it and save it somewhere, then open Avira and there should be an "update" tab in the toolbar at the top. Click there, then "manual" and find where you saved the IVDF file and it should install.