AVG Anti-virus won't update

I'm running AVG Free Edition Anti-virus v.7.5 on XP Home SP2

AVG Anti-virus refuses to update. Normally when I boot up, it says an
update has been downloaded, and I need to restart the computer to
complete the update process. In the past, this has worked fine, but
recently (for about the last week), it hasn't. However many times I
restart, I still get the same message - 'Urgent' - 'virus database out
of date' - 'please restart'.

The only new software I loaded during the last week was a Flash player
update to v. 9

Any ideas what might be the problem?

TIA
Pensive Hamster

"pensive hamster" <pensive_hamster RemoveThis @hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I'm running AVG Free Edition Anti-virus v.7.5 on XP Home SP2
>
> AVG Anti-virus refuses to update. Normally when I boot up, it says an
> update has been downloaded, and I need to restart the computer to
> complete the update process. In the past, this has worked fine, but
> recently (for about the last week), it hasn't. However many times I
> restart, I still get the same message - 'Urgent' - 'virus database out
> of date' - 'please restart'.
>
> The only new software I loaded during the last week was a Flash player
> update to v. 9
>
> Any ideas what might be the problem?
>
> TIA
> Pensive Hamster

Not really, but uninstalling AVG and reinstalling it is pretty darn quick
and usually works.
PS: Download the newest version first before you uninstall the old one. That
way you do not have to access the Internet without AV protection, if you are
worried about it.