AVG Update Manager Error

[Tasasm]

Hi, I have a question. This week my AVG has started acting strange. Upon bootup the taskbar icon is grayed out with the red exclamation mark. It says the Database update in Update Manager is disabled. However, any changes I make to Update Manager settings will NOT save.

Even worse, I cannot access tools > advanced settings at all. Upon trying i get two error messages:

Error during plugin loading. (0xE0018E09)
Error during plugin loading.Schedules (0xE0018E09)

I tried reinstalling AVG but the error persisted upon reinstall. I'm worried I have a virus or something somewhere and would appreciate any help anyone could provide. Below is my HJT log. Thanks for any help!

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 11:42:33 PM, on 7/30/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\devldr32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\Program Files\PlayOnline\SquareEnix\PlayOnlineViewer\pol.e xe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgrsx.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe
C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.yahoo.com/
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgssie.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG8_TRAY] C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Office10\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O18 - Protocol: linkscanner - {F274614C-63F8-47D5-A4D1-FBDDE494F8D1} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgpp.dll
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: avgrsstx.dll
O23 - Service: Ad-Aware 2007 Service (aawservice) - Lavasoft - C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe
O23 - Service: AVG8 E-mail Scanner (avg8emc) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG8 WatchDog (avg8wd) - AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (NVSvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe

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End of file - 2173 bytes

[Azalee]

I have been have the same sort of problem... Sort of.

Mine always has the little red ! and it says there is a problem with the updating... So I click the update button, and it updates just fine...

Then the next day there is another red !...

[Norellicus]

I have been have the same sort of problem... Sort of.

Mine always has the little red ! and it says there is a problem with the updating... So I click the update button, and it updates just fine...

Then the next day there is another red !...

My sister's laptop does this. Near as I can figure, it's because AVG loads a few minutes before her wireless card initializes, so it fails to contact the update server (and only tries on startup/once a day).

@OP: Nothing looks out of place, did you uninstall AVG before reinstalling it or just install over top?

[killerx]

Seams like a common problem mine does it all the time all i have to do is just make it do it manually.

[Souj]

happened to me, I ended up deleting AVG then reinstalling it agian. It worked fine for a few months, then happened again, so I did it again. been fine for the past few months now.

[Tasasm]

I just reinstalled over top, I can try uninstalling/reinstalling when I have more time though. Is it just something with AVG 8 that causes it to corrupt the update settings?

Also on a similar line of thought, what is creating these in AVG? I've tried googling both and found some things saying they're fine and others saying to delete them. Already tried to delete the Wormradar one (which confuses me since I've never even heard of the site) but it recreated itself.
O2 - BHO: WormRadar.com IESiteBlocker.NavFilter - {3CA2F312-6F6E-4B53-A66E-4E65E497C8C0} - C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG8\avgssie.dll
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: avgrsstx.dll

Basically I'm just trying to double check these aren't viruses. I got a virus off FFXIAH a few months ago and it's made me paranoid about getting my account stolen ever since.

Thanks again for the quick replies!

[Azalee]

happened to me, I ended up deleting AVG then reinstalling it agian. It worked fine for a few months, then happened again, so I did it again. been fine for the past few months now.

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[Raiine]

I had 2/7 machines here do this to me as well. The problem occurred when AVG tried updating from 8.0.136 to 8.0.138. Everyday I would get the ! telling me that the update did not complete. What I ended up doing was downloading the latest version from

http://www.grisoft.cz/filedir/inst/a...8_138a1332.exe

And without uninstalling, re-ran setup and selected "Repair"

Problem solved.

In case anyone is concerned about that link, it was taken directly from AVG's download page at http://free.avg.com/ww.download?prd=afe