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download.grisoft.cz has been working great for me, for at least a week now. Mine is set to update definitions every day as well, and that has been working fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by bazcook
I have not had to manually launch anything.
My scheduled scans have been running OK as far as the logfile shows. I'm asleep while it's scanning so I don't know if it's exactly on time.
Well NooNoo, thanks for that link to a FAQ - but it does seem to suggest that it at least initially has to connect to check and see if a download is required (the AVG6INFO.ctf) before initiating a full download - and as a noted above, I'm not always seeing this connection.
And I can then manually connect and it may find an update.
And Craigmodius, my scanning seems to work fine - the log shows this. And yes, when the connection is made, there is no longer the hangs as was originally found on the AVG default download site.
Its just this occasional connection thing.
Like I said - Odd.
If you have teh bought version of AVG, email them and ask, then post the answer here, because mining their faqs really gives me a headache - is their database run by gerbils instead of hamsters?
(hmmm, your 'quote' function works a bit differently than I expected. That was supposed to say simply "from the AVG Download screen". Nothing about 'originally posted by', or 'quote'. Oh well.)Quote:
Originally Posted by from the AVG Download screen
The Bytes Rec'd never changed. The average speed started out at something like 15 bytes/sec (Is someone manually putting the bytes in the pipline?) and then dropped steadily until it pegged at 1. After 22 minutes I canceled it, manually typed in the URL in my browser and it downloaded in less than a second.
I think the AVG Download screen is just a front for some random number generators. :rolleyes:
I don't have a problem with the quote function, maybe you inadvertently deleted stuff because you didn't notice where the cursor was?Quote:
Originally Posted by MAK
No. Really all I meant was that I thought if I typed 'Quote="from the AVG Download screen"', enclosed in square brackets, that the text following up to '/quote', also enclosed in square brackets, would be displayed with a header that simply said "from the AVG Download screen" rather than 'originally posted by...'Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
Anyway the real point of the message was that the download takes so long. Either that screen isn't updating properly, or somehow it is forcing the download to slow down to 1 byte per second and would take upwards of 20 hours to get a 500 some KB file.
At least the server download.grisoft.cz doesn't time out after 8 - 12 minutes like the other servers.
Anyway, there obviously is still a problem with downloading through the Download Manager.
Mike K
Ok you used the reply button - use the quote icon https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2004/12/1.gif
Oh ya
and grisoft free updates are a law unto themselves.... kinda like windows updates https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
What up with avg ?
Welcome to WinDrivers, Hawker.
What up with AVG in what way?
If it's updates for AVG free not working, I do know the free update server is unresponsive sometimes, it gets going again after a while, or the manual update download is working for me:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/24/lng/us/tpl/v5
Went to 2 clients today that got this icq virus from few days ago, And their AVG wasn't updated for few days.
Tried to uninstall and then install a fresh AVG on one of the computers, But it gave me error 1053 during install, That means that he couldn't install the update module.
Installed Avast Free on both computer.
On the computer i couldn't install the AVG again, The internet surfing is slow, So i guess i'll re-image it or re-format it.
The other one, found some WAREZOV trojan in some of the files after the first graphical boot (It ran a pre-graphical scan too and found some UPX trojans), and it kept giving me that E1.dll file infected with trojan for few times and even that i've choose to delete the file, The message came back few times.I rebooted it and it seems ok.
Any suggestions regarding the returning E1 ? I'm afraid that problem is not solved.
Thanks CCT. Tried to search for the Serv file manually as suggest on a news site, But could not find it.It seems that every other AV company has it's name for this sucker....
Told my client to call me tommorow after a through AV scan using AVAST.....Cross my fingers....
I am trying to uninstall avg free but keep getting this message (Installer initialization failed due to the following error:
Undefined error: Initialization of the setup data file failed.
The program needs to be updated to support the version of the file. File version is 7.0.52 but program version is 7.0.50.) now what do I do to get this avg out of my system..thanks any help is good help
edit:Welcome to WinDrivers:
If that is a standard install type and eventually ends up in Windows Add/Remove programs, here's what I have found works when things get outa hand.
Download the latest version of AVG freeware and install it - it may remove the older one or simply overwrite it.
THEN reboot and go to Add/Remove and delete it it from there.
If it won't overwrite the earlier version until you remove it, either, did you keep the install executable or zip/rar (I always do)?
Hey thanks for the info..it worked... avg is history..thanks again
I Have The Same Problem How Do We Fix It
Welcome to Windrivers casperfaron. All the fixes are in the thread, you just have to read them.
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Originally Posted by heffo
i need new trial anti virus
Welcome to Windrivers lorena
ALL the antivirus companies do a trial
There are several companies that do free versions - AVG being one of them and AVAST is another. I have been using AVAST over AVG recently because it has a number of other features rather than just plain anitivirus.
. Therefore, the update is not doneQuote:
Originally Posted by heffo
Jerome... did you read my post above yours?
update down load not working, said a file is missing?
Welcome to Windrivers 2124n, did you read the rest of the thread and try a different AVG server? Did you update to AVG 7.5 yet?
haven,t able to download from grisoft as they are saying that one of the file is missing .can you help me out in this
What version AVG are yo using annurad?
I also had this problem with AVG and it was one of many for me so I ended up scrapping it. It would work after a few attempts but I got fed up of having to manually update it.
Guys please help me, my pc was infacted by win32:sality-AM. i have scanned with AVAST but it is always deleted my application file ( .exe) any suggest for manual removing? i will appritiate for your help. thanks a lot
gobel, have you got this sorted now?
Not sure if this should be a new thread if so let me know. My AVG, latest version 7.5.... loads the update but remains grey. The system says it has the latest update but remains grey. I relaoded AVG..same symptom. Any thoughts?
Also how do you install manual update once you download the bin file?
Thanks
how to manually update avg
What remains grey?
The tray icon remains grey and in the control pannel the indication is that the definition file is outdated although the new file has been loaded and the update function says that there are no ne files available.Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
That would imply that AVG cannot see your internet connection. Do you have a firewall?
I have not changed the configuration and the system was working fine up until yesterday. That is one reason I wanted to do a manual update to verify. The automatic update does seem to work and gives all indications of having successfully completed updating.
Try an online scan at http://housecall.trendmicro.com
You might have picked something up...
I will do that sooon as I get home. I found out how to do a manual update as well so can check that aspect. I doubt it is something I picked up because a complete reinstall did not show any change. Also a antivir PE scan did not show anything. Will let you know tomorrow. It is also possible that AVG put out a bad update that caused the prob so will do a fresh download before manual update.
The tray icon will go grey if there is a program update available... so yes, get the latest download.
Well it is interestiing. I ran housecall. The machine is clean it is running xp.
I also ran antivir scans and spybot and ad-aware all clean. I have reinstalled the AVG twice. The program runs auto update it downloads files and indicates it has loaded them It recognizes that it has loaded the program but still also indicates by being greyed out and in the control center that the definitions are out of date. The computer date is accurate.
Thoughts?
I rechecked and althopugh the time was right the date4 had been misset. When I reset the date to the correct value the problem was resolved.
Thanks for all the advice.
Your welcome. Glad it was something simple.