AVG Free Edition updates- Not Working....

Actually amacd55, it doesn't make a difference. I wondered that too.

I've discovered that "Actual URL=3" is simply the default setting - so it shows the grisoft.com site first on the drop down list within AVG.

You can choose to set it to 4 for download.grisoft.cz, 2 for the ftp site - I'm sure you get the general drift as to how it works...

Anyhoo, all this can be changed outside of the .ini file simply by choosing the preferred default download location from the drop down and then hitting 'Apply'.

This I have learned simply by experiment.

Now let's hold our breath and see how long it lasts....

Luxman, you asked whether this was a regular occurrance in AVG?
NO, I have been using it now for over 2 years, and have been very happy with it.
Only started having these very annoying, update problems this month.
Overall, I am very happy, but yes it is testing all of us. As stated earlier its FREE, so we cant' complain too much.
I will be sticking with it, even if it means doing manual updates for now.

Ok heffo, thanks for the info.

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Originally Posted by freddy

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.

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So how is it a bad day when you get drunk free of charge .. that's a good day !

& I'll say the same to you as others .. pay for it if you want 'guaranteed', as for going to a 'client' with it & then failing to get a download, well go prepared :p, there are of course other free ones each with their own 'issues' ;)

I like it & never have any download problems at all (in however long its been out)..

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Originally Posted by frogster400

Your are dumb if u cant get avg to work. You spazz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:)

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Very nice first post, arse pimple.

Oh, welcome to Windrivers! :rolleyes:

So, all the sites are down now, huh? That didn't last long.

Damn, I knew I shouldn't have posted that work-around! ;)

Though maybe if the Czech download crashes they'll be more aware of the problem? Or not.

Meanwhile....

To: [email protected] ; [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: AVG - The users are restless


You would will be well advised to check out the below - especially if you're hoping to maintain any sort of user satisfaction and repeat business - for either AVG 7 or the Free version - and avoid 'bad press' via the net other more 'legitimate' computer news sources should this info spread...

Good luck!

http://forums.windrivers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=42 - and most especially,

http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=56361
http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=57009
http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=51885

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=12 - and most especially,

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=151599
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.ph...153301&hl=AVG7

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Well I must say that I tested [download.grisoft.cz] at least 12 times or more yesterday to see if the update files were on that server, and in all my attempts, they were obtainable with no problems.

Yesterday, [free.grisoft.cz] did not appear to have any of the update files on that server. At this very moment though, all of the update files are obtainable on that server.

So, at this very moment, all update files are available from both servers.

Yup, seems to work now.

So...

The forced tweaks to give AVG Free's Update Manager a selection of download sites seems to have helped (I have the most success with download.grisoft.com) but I wonder if anyone else has this situation -

I have the Update Manager set to check daily for downloads and update the new definitions as applicable. Now I know that sometimes there will not be new set - or the date of the current set is less than one day old - but a number of times I have found that, at the appointed time, AVG does not go online and do a check - and when I have then done it manually, sure enough there is a new set and the update takes place. This doesn't always happen - sometimes it does activate, finds the update and installs - or it activates, finds nothing and exits.

Odd.

I have noted that AVG will do a scheduled scan within a few minutes of the set time and wondered about that with Update Manager, but I have watched and if it's going to check, its pretty timely - and if its not, it just doesn't.

Anyone else? Or an explanation?

There is a small file it downloads - it uses that to check whether the larger download is necessary or not read about AVG6INFO.CTF here

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Originally Posted by bazcook

So...

The forced tweaks to give AVG Free's Update Manager a selection of download sites seems to have helped (I have the most success with download.grisoft.com) but I wonder if anyone else has this situation -

I have the Update Manager set to check daily for downloads and update the new definitions as applicable. Now I know that sometimes there will not be new set - or the date of the current set is less than one day old - but a number of times I have found that, at the appointed time, AVG does not go online and do a check - and when I have then done it manually, sure enough there is a new set and the update takes place. This doesn't always happen - sometimes it does activate, finds the update and installs - or it activates, finds nothing and exits.

Odd.

I have noted that AVG will do a scheduled scan within a few minutes of the set time and wondered about that with Update Manager, but I have watched and if it's going to check, its pretty timely - and if its not, it just doesn't.

Anyone else? Or an explanation?

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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.

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?

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Originally Posted by from the AVG Download screen

Server http://download.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe/u6137ozk.bin
Bytes Rec'd 1.0 KBytes(0%) File Size 536.4 KBytes
Time Left 23:38:57 Time Elapsed 22:12
Average Speed 1 Bytes /sec

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(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.)

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:

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Originally Posted by MAK

(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.)

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:

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I don't have a problem with the quote function, maybe you inadvertently deleted stuff because you didn't notice where the cursor was?