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AOL Free Version of Kaspersky AV updating errors!!

Servers have an issue at AOL, or where ever the updates come from. Never used AOL, so Im not sure where the updates originate. Maybe worth letting AOL know of the problem, so they can rectify it. Or post at the Kaspersky forum to get some attention to the issue.

See - »forum.kaspersky.com/lofiversion/···161.html
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reply to SkyBlue9
This could be the problem.
»No more AOL ACTIVE VIRUS SHIELD..... Now what?

That it could be, but seeing as the updates were said to be valid for the next year still after change, who knows?

AOL were never one to communicate intentions. We still are uncertain of why the change of A/V. Now that's said, there should be a shower of "I know why".

Maybe look at AntiVir, Avast, or AVG, as it was Kaspersky's first and maybe only free active version.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing - Edmund Burke

About ten days ago there was a file called AOL Patch or something similar in one of the updates that fixed the update errors i was having. Since this was after the downloads were shut down it leads me to believe the're going to keep updating for a while longer. The only time its failed to update simce then was one time yesterday evening. It's updated every time since then.

reply to SkyBlue9
Yeah, I had the same problem. Tried rolling it back, didn't work. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, no good. Checked around on the forums, nothing. The hell with it. It was free. Uninstalled it and installed Symantic Corp. version I get from work. All is well now. Would like to know what happened though. I realy liked Kaspersky. I even have a copy of Kaspersky 7.0 I'll be putting on a new box I'm building. jd

reply to SkyBlue9
i'm still using my copy of Active Virus Shield (KAV version) no problem. it's version 6.0.2.621, with virus signatures dated 9/2/07 at 10:45PM

The AOL Kaspersky anti-virus has been discontinued and has been replaced by McAfee

so anyone have problem to uninstall this active virus shield?

some said it will mess up the system? is that true?

reply to SkyBlue9
do not uninstall the other version
install AVS_v25.exe
»download.nullsoft.com/avs/

and update

reply to SkyBlue9
I just got a Please Restart Your Computer for the AOL AV that may have been a patch for the problems some were having with updating. I know this is the first one of these i've gotten for it in a long time.

I just got that as well right now. Hopefully its for the updating problem.

reply to Giuse
Giuse,

Is that even a newer version of AVS you posted or something? I have version 6.0.2.621 I thought that was the last newest version?

KoRnGtL15,

Not to worry, Version 6.02.621 is the latest version. Kaspersky (or whoever is licensing the product from them) has the pretty stupid habit or labeling files in this incomprehensible fashion.

AVS-V25.exe that Giuse referred to is this same version when installed (6.02.621) and has a creation date of 16-Apr-2007, and a size of 19,270,264 bytes.

Excellent. Thanks for clearing that up!

reply to SkyBlue9
Hey Giuse, thankyou very much. Back up and running, smooth as always. Appreciate the help. jd

reply to SkyBlue9
thanx for the file.

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