Fix AVG Anti-Virus Update failed – The update control file is missing

We had a customer’s Windows 7 computer running AVG 2015 Anti-virus, managed by AVG Cloudcare, that was refusing to update its virus definitions database. Update failed. The update control file is missing. Note: This error has been reported on non-Cloudcare versions and earlier versions too. Even getting tough and uninstalling the software with the AVG…