Quick fix of ‘Avast antivirus not updating’ by Command Prompt

Posted by stevensmith on March 15th, 2021

Antivirus or Virus detecting software plays a vital role in protecting our PC from all kinds of threats and corrupted files. We are often unaware of cyberthieves and hackers that breach into systems and steal personal data. This in turn can make us compromise our privacy. Here, Antivirus protects us from these trojans and keeps our system safe. Not only this but all-malicious junk files and temporary files get prevented from overlaying our system.

However, we recommend everyone to keep their antivirus up to date. New features are necessary to fight against new threats and viruses. These can be availed only when your virus elimination software is up to date. Often users complain that they are facing error messages when they try to update their software. Although there are tons of virus eliminating software in the market. Among all, there is one antivirus that is well-known for its high-end security and top-notch detecting capability i.e., Avast Antivirus. This post is to give insight into the issue ‘antivirus not updating’ that users usually face.

So, we will try to help avast users on how to update their software either manually or by command prompt. They just need to scroll down and follow these steps minutely and perform as directed.

Quick Steps to fix ‘avast antivirus not updating’ manually:

• Check for any unfinished updates on your system. If any update is in the queue finish it.

• Go to the start menu and select the clean my pc under ‘Program and features’ option.

• There will be a list of options on your desktop screen. Select Avast antivirus from the list and click on change /uninstall.

• Select the change tab under the Change/uninstall a program option. Proceed further by clicking on Repair. We request users to have patience and wait till Avast completes making changes to repair software files.

• After that make sure that your system doesn’t have any other virus detecting software. If any disable or remove it from your system.

• Restart and check Avast is updating or not.

Command prompt method to fix update failure of Avast Software:

If the application is still facing issues to update then go through the below-mentioned method.

• Press Windows and R key together on the keyboard to open the command prompt tab.

• Type ncpa.cpl in the open box under the command prompt and click ok.

• Go to the network adapter and double tap on it.

• Select properties and then general tab respectively.

• Change the server of DNS to 8.8.8.8 and then you are allowed to use the Google DNS address.

• Select ok and close the dialog box. Restart is necessary for the system to save new settings.

• After restart go to your Avast software and check whether it's updating or not.

Furthermore, your Windows Defender Firewall prevents certain programs and applications from getting online. We request users to disable the firewall before performing any of the above steps. You can again turn on the firewall once your software starts updating.

We believe these steps are highly effective in resolving the ‘avast antivirus not updating' problem. If still, this problem persists then feel free to contact us. Our experts make sure that your issues are resolved quickly so that you can carry on with your work smoothly.