23 June 2009

Unable to update Avira Antivir

Since couple of days, I found my Avira Antivir Personal edition (free) not updating properly, or taking for ever to do an update. I thought something might be wrong with my program or worse, my computer might be affected. After searching the web, I found that sometimes when the update files are big and if the update server get over burdened, you will not be able to automatically update.

Solution: Do a manual update. To do that, download the latest virus definition file (VDF) from Avira VDF update. After the file is downloaded, use your Avira Antivir program to do a manual update by clicking "Update" > "Manual Update".

Let me know if this works for you.

16 June 2009

Paul Graham - Great Hack

Here is an article from Paul Graham. This is a gem of an article. Great Hackers by Paul Graham.