Avira Update Problems

That worked for me,thanks jhg.

Thank you so much! After wasting too much time looking for a solution to this problem, your simple fix worked!

thank you very much, the setting with the proxy-server worked. I had proxy server activated in IE (internet options) and in the avtivir update settings.
i deactivated both proxy and it works fine.
dont know why it was activated, never used a proxy. and noone else uses this computer.
perhaps a strange M$-problem. fck them!

You rock jhg, this worked first try.

Thank you so much...it's very helpful... =)

your advice has worked,my antivirus is being updated now

Thank you very much John!

Sorry, I made a mistake on the "HOSTS" file. It's in the "Windows\System32\drivers\etc" folder. Just move it on to your desktop temporarily to see if it fixes the problem. You can download a new one that contains the default entries from Bleepingcomputer. Just google "remove my security engine" and it's one of the first pages listed.

"My Security Engine" is one of the new rogue antivirus programs (a.k.a. Scareware) that people are getting infected with. It does it's best to convince you it's the real Windows Security Center, but it's malware. It may even say it's the "Windows Advanced Security Center".

In my case, it changed the proxy settings as listed above, but some Scareware, viruses, malware, etc. will change your hosts file too. If that happens, the normal web addresses you use to update your antivirus could be redirected right back to your system or to some malware server.

It's probably best to download the default HOSTS file from bleepingcomputer, then exit your browser, move the HOSTS file and put the default one you just downloaded in to your "Windows\System32\drivers\etc" folder. If you can't replace your HOSTS file, it means that the malware has protected that file so you can't change it. Follow the instructions on the bleepingcomputer page I mentioned; they tell you how to deal with that.

Regards -
John