AVG 8.0

[Gerry]

Wayne

If you have a recurring problem do not forget you can configure your AVG
8. Advanced Setting. PUP Exceptions.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Wayne]

Gerry, I noticed the pup within the AVG interface, but I did not think that
would pertain to small programs like WMV and power point that came in with my
MSN e-mail messages. I was thinking that was for the programs that was stored
in other areas of the computer away from the e-mail program, but I could be
wrong about that. I will definately check this out. It seems that some of the
power point programs will open and others won't and that is what puzzles me.
Thanks.

 

[Gerry]

Wayne

You should not get programmes in attachments. You should only be seeing
files that may be opened if you have the relevant programme to open the
file.

Software that can play WMV files include Windows Media Player, The
KMPlayer, PowerDVD, RealPlayer, MPlayer, VLC Media Player, Zoom Player
and Media Player Classic.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMV

You need Powerpoint for a Powerpoint file.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Wayne]

Gerry, WMP is where I open my wmv files which comes from folks sending me
forwards in their e-mail. I like to be able to get those as some are quite
cute. I have the power point reader 2003 and my .pps files opens in this
program. The last two .pps files and the last .wmv file seemed to open fine.
Maybe I have been getting corrupted wmv and power point files and I have been
blaming it on AVG 8.0. I guess this could possibly be a conincidence, I hope
so. I will see what happens in the future. Thank again Gerry.

 

[Unknown]

I never have a problem with a .wmv or .pps file. BUT, I do not use AVG at
any level.

 

[Mallane]

Hi, I am not sure whether I am in the right section or not but hope someone
can help me. I have run AVG Free for ages but last night the update failed
saying that there was a missing .bin file. This happened after I had
installed the latest XP updates - could this be the problem? I have
uninstalled and reinstalled the AVG Free programme but the response is the
same. Since I have no idea what a .bin file is and whether the Microsoft
update caused the problem or whether it is an AVG problem I hope someone can
help me with this. Many thanks

 

[Trevor Lawrence]

Hi, I am not sure whether I am in the right section or not but hope
someone
can help me. I have run AVG Free for ages but last night the update
failed
saying that there was a missing .bin file. This happened after I had
installed the latest XP updates - could this be the problem? I have
uninstalled and reinstalled the AVG Free programme but the response is the
same. Since I have no idea what a .bin file is and whether the Microsoft
update caused the problem or whether it is an AVG problem I hope someone
can
help me with this. Many thanks
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Exactly the same happened to my wife's computer. She panicked and stopped
using it. I was not at home, so when I returned she asked me to check it out

I could not see anything obvious, but I did notice a request to restart the
PC. So I did this and AVG came good.

If this had not have worked, I would have removed AVG, downloaded it again
and reinstalled it. I can't figure out why this action by you did not
correct the problem.

Perhaps the .bin file (and the restart message) was from Microsoft Update. I
wonder whether it would help to check out the Microsoft Update site

 

[Mallane]

Thanks Trevor for your reply.
I recall that yesterday I also had a lot of auto updates from Windows and
perhaps this is the cause of the problem. I have emailed AVG and will also
phone microsoft tomorrow to establish whether it was the update which caused
the problem. I did not get a restart message at all - simply that the AVG
update was unsuccessful so I am tipping it might be a Windows update problem
which is the cause of my dilemma. Will wait until I speak to them tomorrow
before I do a System Restore ad I do not want to go down that path unless
absolutely necessary, being the computer idiot that I am I still have no
idea what a .bin file is except I have a feeling that it is a binary file
which is obviously important to the running of the programmes and therefore I
feel that the problem might be a Microsoft one. Anyway thanks again - will
come back here and report solution WHEN I get it - hopefully tomorrow

 

[Trevor Lawrence]

Thanks Trevor for your reply.
I recall that yesterday I also had a lot of auto updates from Windows and
perhaps this is the cause of the problem. I have emailed AVG and will
also
phone microsoft tomorrow to establish whether it was the update which
caused
the problem. I did not get a restart message at all - simply that the AVG
update was unsuccessful so I am tipping it might be a Windows update
problem
which is the cause of my dilemma. Will wait until I speak to them
tomorrow
before I do a System Restore ad I do not want to go down that path unless
absolutely necessary, being the computer idiot that I am I still have
no
idea what a .bin file is except I have a feeling that it is a binary file
which is obviously important to the running of the programmes and
therefore I
feel that the problem might be a Microsoft one. Anyway thanks again -
will
come back here and report solution WHEN I get it - hopefully tomorrow

Yes, a .bin file is a binary file, used by programs.

However, I just had a look at the AVG program files (in C:\Program
Files\AVG\AVG8) and there are NO .bin files present

So it must be some system file, most likely from Microsoft Update.

The message that I saw was probably from Windows Update, and I just happened
to see it and act on it. I wonder whether a restart of your computer would
help.

 

[Mallane]

Thanks again Trevor

Sounds like it then - I will phone Microsoft tomorrow before resorting to
System Restore and keep you posted for future reference lol

 

[Mallane]

Trevor

I forgot to say I did reboot my computer thinking that would solve the
problem but it was to no avail. I tried it twice both before uninstalling
AVG and after reinstalling it so it sounds like it is a Windows update
problem. Thanks for letting me know about their being no bin files in AVG -
I would have no idea where to look for those

 

[Mallane]

Thanks very much Smirnoff - that link was terrific! At least now I know
where the problem lies and will await advice from AVG about a fix. Trouble
is that I uninstalled and reinstalled AVG Free so I don't have much idea
about how well I am covered. Thanks very much - terrific information

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Known issue.. Caused by a corrupt update package (at AVG's servers). They
should fix this shortcly, and no user action is required.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/error-a-bin-file-is-missing-when-updating-avg-anti-virus-80/

 

[Mallane]

Thanks Ramesh - Smirnoff's post gave me the information I needed so hopefully
AVG will take action quickly to resolve the problem
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Mallane

Known issue.. Caused by a corrupt update package (at AVG's servers). They
should fix this shortcly, and no user action is required.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/error-a-bin-file-is-missing-when-updating-avg-anti-virus-80/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

 

[Mallane]

Happy to report that AVG have now corrected the problems. Thank you all for
your input! A happy camper here once again lol
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Mallane

Thanks Ramesh - Smirnoff's post gave me the information I needed so hopefully
AVG will take action quickly to resolve the problem
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Mallane

Known issue.. Caused by a corrupt update package (at AVG's servers). They
should fix this shortcly, and no user action is required.
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/error-a-bin-file-is-missing-when-updating-avg-anti-virus-80/

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Hi, I am not sure whether I am in the right section or not but hope
someone
can help me. I have run AVG Free for ages but last night the update
failed
saying that there was a missing .bin file. This happened after I had
installed the latest XP updates - could this be the problem? I have
uninstalled and reinstalled the AVG Free programme but the response is the
same. Since I have no idea what a .bin file is and whether the Microsoft
update caused the problem or whether it is an AVG problem I hope someone
can
help me with this. Many thanks
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Mallane

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Mallane


:

AVG8.0 has treated the AsusUpdate (7.13.04 ) as a trojan (a back door
trojan). When I download the latest version or update it via the
AsusUpdate
program, it is locked by AVG as an threat alert !!!

Reference:
http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/flash/AsusUpdt_V71304.zip

www.grisoft.com

Regards
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