1. I used the "Find" facility to find the "avast-update.desktop" file, and from the content, found that the program to run is...
/usr/bin/avast-update
2. So I navigated in Xfe to /usr/bin, and ran a terminal window there, and ran inside it the command avast-update.
Here's the seemingly successful result:
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]# avast-update
Checking for virus signature updates...
An update for /root/.avast/400.vps is available. Fetching update...
Update done: /root/.avast/400.vps dated 2011-11-05 10:19 /root/.avast/400.vps.
#
3. Then tried to run the Avast scanner by clicking on the entry in the Menu.
It didn't run!
So I..
Manually entered the command:
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echo 128000000 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
Then...
Ran the avast command in a terminal and got:
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# avast
/usr/bin/avast: line 178: 22822 Killed $AVAST_PREFIX/bin/$programname "$@"
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4. Any idea what went wrong?
5. I'll reboot without saving the session, and see if all is well once back in.
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6. Yes, changes have been discarded, and the Avast scanner is running once more.
7. The following 3 successive commands worked just Fine.
There was no update available this time around because at the previous attempt, the updates were downloaded just fine, and I could see that the virus database info within the program had confirmed the update.
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# echo 128000000 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
# avast-update
Checking for virus signature updates...
No updates available at this time.
# avastgui