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November 23, 2008

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AVG Error “Invalid Update Control CTF File”

For the last few days, My AVG free antivirus is failing to update with the wierd reason. Today, I thought of finding the solution for it, and dropped the search text as the error message and clicked “I’m Feeling Lucky”. the first result that pops out.. is from winhelponline blog
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/error-invalid-update-control-ctf-file-when-updating-avg-anti-virus-80/
The above page states the solution to the issues as delete two *.ctf files in some update directory of AVG installation.
Not only that, in that blog, the author Ramesh Srinivasan, has provided a VB script to delete the file by running a vb script. That’s a very good one. I downloaded the vbscript and run it(after going thru the vbscript) to delete the two ctf files.
Immediately after running the vbscript, I tried the AVG update, it updates flawlessly. Thanks to Ramesh Srinivasan. Thats solves the AVG issue.

Disclaimer:-
“Always Check and then Use the vbscript downloaded from Internet, as it can potentially damage your system. If you’re not sure, don’t”

3 Comments
  1. Jan 3 2009

    nice, i almost uninstall this free tools… :D

    Pandian says,
    Thanks, Joels. It’s My Pleasure

  2. Dec 13 2008

    Virus affects all the computer irrespective of whether its online or offline.
    This is an AVG redundant error.
    AVG Free version tries to update its virus everyday, be it online or offline.
    But Even that is getting failed during internet and hence this blog is the solution.

  3. Nov 26 2008

    Thats a good update!

    BTW, Are you online often? Do you really need to update your Anti Virus? huh?

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