# AVG Problems

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 17, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287 "2008-08-17T00:27:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287/1 "2008-08-17T00:27:35Z")

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I seem to be having issues with AVG on all my computers, and I am having time out issues on their website. Is anyone else experiencing problems with AVG updates? I get an error stating a bin file is missing

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287/2 "2008-08-17T00:46:51Z")

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Yes, it’s a [known problem](http://freeforum.avg.com/read.php?12,142806,backpage=,sv=). They say they’ll fix it, and nobody is at risk because of it.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287/3 "2008-08-17T16:36:29Z")

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Me too. But then my AVG often fails to get updates.

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287/4 "2008-08-17T16:51:57Z")

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Mine has started rebooting the instant it does update.

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287/5 "2008-08-17T17:05:23Z")

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I had the missing bin file issue this morning, but when we came back after a day out, it managed to update itself…

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287/6 "2008-08-17T19:34:47Z")

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[QUOTE=grimpixie]  
I had the missing bin file issue this morning, but when we came back after a day out, it managed to update itself…  
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According to the same link that **GuanoLad** provided, it’s fixed.

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**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avg-problems/460287/7 "2008-08-17T22:45:52Z")

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I appreciate the link. I was pretty sure the error was on their end, I just wanted to make sure I didn’t have a virus that was hosing my software and my network