debian 8.1 install ntfs-3g 1:2012 instead of 1:2014 and set it to no autoupdate

It’s happened, that 1:2014 version of ntfs-3g does not work correctly for me (drops input/output error when mounted, ls -alh for that mounted partition will show d????????? instead of correct permissions drwxr-xr-x for example)
The way I solved this problem is following:
check the installed version of ntfs-3g

#dpkg -s ntfs-3g

remove ntfs-3g, if the one is 1:2014

# apt-get -f remove ntfs-3g

then downloaded ntfs-3g_2012.1.15AR.5-2.1+deb7u2_amd64.deb
install older version:

# dpkg -i ./ntfs-3g_2012.1.15AR.5-2.1+deb7u2_amd64.deb

set package to not to be autoupdated:

# apt-mark hold ntfs-3g

to unhold it in future, just specify unhold on previous command.

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