9to5Mac is reporting that the latest virus signature updates to the popular AVG Anti-Virus (Windows-only) is misconstruing a couple of core iTunes files for malware. There’s a whole forum thread on Apple’s support website dedicated to this issue and while no fix or update from AVG has been released, the recommended workaround is to exclude the iTunes directory from being scanned within AVG at least until updated virus signatures are released. As you might have guessed, this is a Windows-only problem and does not affect Mac users.
Yup. AVG helped me to remove those “offending” files and rendered iTunes inoperable. Re-installing directly didnt help so i had to un-install first then re-install it again. Hope this is useful for some.
i havent had THAT problem it just wont let me update to the NEW version of iTunes im running the latest and greatest version which i beleieve is 8.2? and the new one is something like 8.2.1 and it wont let me update to that every time i try iTunes freezes and crashes
I had it happen to me. I just went to Apple’s website and downloaded iTunes again. Then I clicked on “repair” when prompted and it fixed everything.
I’m a big fan of AVG but even Grisoft can make mistakes ( just like the rest of us ).
This was a brief issue ( one day ) as Grisoft has definition updates daily and the next definition version fixed this issue…
http://www.avg.com.au/index.cfm?section=support&action=tech_bulletins&feature=179