[clamav-win32] Problems upgrading to .0.92

[Brian Fluet]

On 1 Feb 2008 at 11:47, Paul Whelan wrote, at least in part:
> 
> On 31 Jan 2008 at 14:11, Brian Fluet wrote:
> 
> > The file pthreadVC2.dll was in c:\clamav\bin.  Are you saying I should replace 
> > the file installed by the installer with the one from the FTP site?
> > 
> 
> [and earlier]
> 
> > > > I just attempted to upgrade to 0.92 on a XP Pro box but attempts to run
> > > > both freshclam and clamd result in a dialog box that says something to the
> > > > effect of application can't run because of application configuration
> > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > Steps taken so far:
> > > > -uninstalled 0.91-2
> > > > -deleted residual \clamav folder
> > > > -restarted
> > > > -installed 0.92 using installer
> > > > -received error on attempt to run freshclam
> > > > -restarted
> > > > -error remained
> > > > -checked and modified .conf files to match settings of the .91-2 files
> > > > -error remains
> > > >
> > > > I find it interesting that the clamav-092.exe file is only 620KB in size
> > > > compared to the previous clamav-091-2.exe file which weighed in at 2.74MB.
> > > > I redownloaded clamav-092.exe before starting to be sure I had the whole
> > > > file.  Should I not have uninstalled 0.91?
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> It seems you may be using tBB's binaries which need the MS VC++ runtime libraries, 
> although without the exact error message I can't be certain.
> 

I was wondering about that.  It would explain why the file clamav-092.exe is so 
much smaller than clamav-091-2, assuming that the requirement of the MC VC++ 
runtime libraries is new to .092.  If it isn't then this isn't the answer.  
I'll give it a try next chance I get.  

> If this is so, the extra package is available from the same site, or direct from 
> Microsoft.
> 
> HTH, paul
> 
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