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get what you pay for....
And that explains Norton and McAfee how?
;)
Ah that's easy, it's the inverse rule.
What's that? The more you pay the worse the software will be?
Well the .ini update worked like a damn for a couple of weeks and now my AVG hasn't been able to connect and update since March 26th - in either auto or manual mode, or using any of the three download sites.
I get the notification that it is 'Downloading the Control File Update' of 343 Bytes, but after 3 minutes of no traffic it times out and the program closes.
Anyone else experiencing problems again?
I guess too many people discovered the repair and that's kacked Grisoft's servers...
Plan C, anyone?
I was just able to do a manual update from free.grisoft.cz which took me from definitions dated 3/26 to 3/29 it sat there staring at me for about 1 minute to 1.5 minutes, then kicked in and worked??!!??
my scheduled updates had not updated since 3/26 from the www.grisoft.com server, and ftp.grisoft.com seems to be the most responsive right now.
I'm going to leave mine sit on ftp.grisoft.com and see how it goes. I know there are alotttttttaaaaa viruses/worms in high distribution right now, so I'm gonna wait out the storm and see how she goes, but I'm not jumping ship yet.
I too had the same problem with only being able to download this 343 byte 'control file update' yesterday. This appears to be a useless file. I just deleted it. And then I went to get my update file here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_updt6.php?lng=fe
This is the foolproof method I would imagine, and it's very simple too.
So in my 'teh Greeter' role .. welcome to windrivers Luxman :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luxman
The link you give 'alludes' to the real reason behind all this 'not updating' buiness..
Simple answer ... take it off & get yourself a shinney new download with the right definition files included ;)Quote:
..In order to perform any AVG 6.0 update to a version higher than 516, it will be necessary to have previously performed update 516. Check the version you currently have by selecting the "Information" tab in AVG Control Center - "Program Version." If the version number displayed is lower than 6.0.516, it will be necessary to run the update 516 first...
..for free, I still think this is pretty damned good ! :)
Well, my AVG is v6.0.644 (02/09/2003) so by my math that's not the problem as far as the program installed here is concerned.
I just tried the .cz, .ftp and com sites several times each (@0730 EST) and each failed - each with their own different dialog box explaining why.
I guess it's time to do the true manual install as suggested by Luxman and hope that - eventually - Grisoft will get their act together again.
Hell of a way to endear yourself to users though...
So pay for it then ! that way you are supposed to be guaranteed a connection to their servers, which with 'free' you are not .. read the fine print !Quote:
Originally Posted by bazcook
btw .. plan C would be to stop griping about a free product, & go get one you pay for then you can 'moan legitimately ' ... what the hell do you expect for Free ? https://forums.windrivers.com/
Ah yes confuse-ed, but if you're offering a free (Lite) version in the hope that satisfaction will encourage a user (or someone they may talk to) to fork over the money for the full version, you have to show the free version to be stable and operates as advertised, *especially* when you offer **no** technical support at all. Not even a Users' Forum.
If you can't offer that, what are the chances people will trust the paid version?
People use free AV products because they recognise that some sort of product is a required part of a computer these days and partly because of the up-front cost of many of the retail products can be prohibitive. Many users of free products have also come to the them having already tried the retail products and found them lacking - their 'bang for the buck' not worth it.
They resent the bloatware, the sluggish behaviour of their computers with it installed, the software conflicts, the lack of any real meaningful Support and the inevitable squeezing of even more money from purchasers to remain 'subscribers'.
Thus spake I.
Now - since the three download sites within the AVG product seem to be down, I went to the updates download page as suggested by Luxman and found that clicking on the appropriate hyperlink garnered no response either. I tried a 'Save Target as...' as well and nothing, but I noted the download site was back to the free.grisoft.cz which isn't responding in AVG.
Hmmm.
As an experiment, I went directly to Grisoft's true Home site (www.grisoft.cz) and worked my way to that site's AVG update page.
http://www.grisoft.cz/cz/cz_updt6.php
And while my Czech is nothing to write home about - okay, non-existent - it appeared that the appropriate update was of the same name, size and date as its English site counterpoint, so I took a chance and tried a download.
It started immmediately and I installed it into Grisoft | AVG | Updates with no problem at all. Starting AVG it recognised it (in English) and updated itself.
So it seems, for whatever reason, the servers (or links) handling the 'English' downloads are buggered while - for the moment at least - the Czech site still works.
Hope this helps.
So, noting the struggles above even with the modified .ini additional addresses and discovering the Grisoft direct download page (english) once again directs to free.grisoft.cz site (which is problematic in AVG), I then wondered what the address to the successful (czech) download was.
Turns out it yet another address to those we already know. Realizing that, I structured the info to follow the original fix and have added it to my .ini file so that it now looks like this -
[SERVER_NAME]
1=free.grisoft.cz
2=ftp.grisoft.com
3=www.grisoft.com
4=download.grisoft.cz
[SERVER_URL]
1=http://free.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe
2=ftp.grisoft.com/pub/softw/60/fe/
3=http://www.grisoft.com/softw/60/fe/
4=http://download.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe/
Actual URL=3
Rebooting, this gives me 4 addresses now in the drop down list in AVG. It still defaults to the www.grisoft.com, but that can be changed. I tried an update via the additional address, but as I am now up-to-date, all I got was the dialog box saying that my AVG is already recent. This in itself I take as a good thing as there has been a response back from the server.
Don't know how long - or even if - this will work (the danger of telling people of a work-around) but its another option!
Nice find bazcook, the files on both the English and Czech sites appear to be exactly the same files, and I would presume that they indeed are. I too updated with no problems at all from the file from the Czech site.
I have only started using AVG about 1 week ago and have not encountered any problems updating until 2 days ago, like the rest of you. Is this normal procedure with AVG? Or is this a rare occurance?
Well at least we now have 2 additional options to access files outside of the URL's in the program.
Should the "Actual URL=3" be changed to 4?Quote:
Originally Posted by bazcook
i,ve just been to a friends property (landlord of a pub) ,,,to sort his machine ,,,he has msblaster on it ,,,,he,s done well ???? only got it yesterday ,,,
little pendrive around my kneck (pint of beer in my hand) ,,,,loaded the shemantic ,,,msblaster killer ,,,,loaded adware ,,,not a lot ,,,,,,spybot ,,,tried updating ,,,*ing server was down. ,,,,avg (about a mth old ) ,,,,,NO WAY COULD I GET A DOWNLOAD. !!!!! ,,,,so i look a right pillock.
if they are gonna offer a product ,,,,,THEN DO THE RESEARCH ,,,,MAKE SURE YOUR SERVERS ARE WORKING.
the next time i get a failure (d/load) ,,,,,,i will not recommend avg ,,FULL STOP
bad day ,,,,,,i got drunk F.O.C.