markwp2001
Spreadhead
Premium
join:2002-05-25
Long Beach, MS
| Can't update AVG free ...
AVG free, XP Home, no problem updating until a couple of days ago. I try to manually update, nothing happens for about 20 seconds, then I get a message that an internet connection could not be made. This has happened a couple of times previously, but would resolve after further attempts to update. I tried turning off firewall (ZA), made no difference. Any suggestions?
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FriscoTX
join:2002-10-11
Frisco, TX | I get this message a lot. All I do is wait and try again later and it works, I still have a long delay before the actual download starts. |
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IrishCrazy
Go Irish
Premium
join:2003-06-08
Williamsburg, OH
clubs:
| reply to markwp2001
I was having the same problems earlier today. After several attempts and a longer than usual delay after the "update" selection, it finally updated. I did not have to disable ZA free.
Try updating again later on.
Irish
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PavTheMan
join:2002-05-10
UK
clubs: | reply to markwp2001
Been getting the same - for about a week now. As people say, I've always eventually got through.
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markwp2001
Spreadhead
Premium
join:2002-05-25
Long Beach, MS | reply to markwp2001
Yes, I've always been able to wait it out like y'all, but this time it seems different. Will keep trying, however.
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dp
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-08
Greensburg, PA
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to markwp2001
What server are you trying to d/l from? If you only have the one option from free.grisoft.cz try this.
Navigate to your AVG install directory and rename your existing url.ini file to url.iniold.
Copy the following and paste into notepad and save it as url.ini. Put this new file into your AVG install directory. You'll now have 3 options to select from with www.grisoft.com being the default.
[SERVER_NAME]
1=free.grisoft.cz
2=ftp.grisoft.com
3=www.grisoft.com
[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/
Actual URL=3
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MarkAW
Call me lil bratt
Premium
join:2001-08-27
Canada
·Bell Sympatico
| said by dp  :
What server are you trying to d/l from? If you only have the one option from free.grisoft.cz try this.
Navigate to your AVG install directory and rename your existing url.ini file to url.iniold.
Copy the following and paste into notepad and save it as url.ini. Put this new file into your AVG install directory. You'll now have 3 options to select from with www.grisoft.com being the default.
[SERVER_NAME]
1=free.grisoft.cz
2=ftp.grisoft.com
3=www.grisoft.com
[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/
Actual URL=3
Hey thanks dp it worked. |
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markwp2001
Spreadhead
Premium
join:2002-05-25
Long Beach, MS | reply to markwp2001
Will try that tonight - I only have the one option now.
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bltsob
Evil By Desire
Premium
join:2002-09-03
Richeyville, PA | reply to markwp2001
It worked, thumbs up from me... |
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PavTheMan
join:2002-05-10
UK
clubs: |  reply to dp
Worked for me too. Chose the .com site and got instant download.
Excellent tip dp, thanks a lot  |
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deke40
Premium
join:2003-01-23
Freeport, Tx
 ·Comcast
| reply to dp
said by dp :
What server are you trying to d/l from? If you only have the one option from free.grisoft.cz try this.
Good one dp. Did you come up with that or find it? I posted it in another forum and wanted to be sure a credit the right person.
Thanks Again. |
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dp
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-08
Greensburg, PA
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by deke40 :
Good one dp. Did you come up with that or find it? I posted it in another forum and wanted to be sure a credit the right person.
Thanks Again.
I can't say for sure whether I was the original finder for this since others have been aware of it for quite some time. I've been using AVG6 free for a long time. When I first started using it, there were 2 or 3 download choices, can't remember for sure now. Grisoft.com was one of them and the CZ server was there but with a different name. At some point in time, new users downloading AVG6 free were only offered the one download location. I'm not sure when this occurred. Shortly after the release of AVG7, one of the AVG6 free updates changed my url.ini to only the one location. When I noticed this, I looked at a backup to get the info I used to have in the ini file and edited it to add the old locations back in. I wasn't sure if this was going to work or not or whether the next AVG6 free update would change it back. So, I just kept a backup one with just the one location in it, in case something didn't work right. I then found out that subsequent updates did not make any changes to it and that's what I've been using. There may come a day when it gets changed again but the way it is now has worked for me without any problems.
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bboy77
@bmc.org
| reply to markwp2001
BE ware!
I couldn't get avg virus scan to update. a couple days ago. I kept refreshing and eventually It took an update. I did a full scan and AVG didn't find any viruses.
Just to be safe I ran Symantec's online virus scan and pandasoft's online scan. Both found 3 viruses. All trojans, relatively low risk but nevertheless AVG didn't find them!
Needless to say I downloaded Panda Softs Titantium for $20 and removed the three viruses. I've gotten rid of AVG free edition on all my pc's since then. |
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deke40
Premium
join:2003-01-23
Freeport, Tx | reply to dp
Re: Can't update AVG free ...
dp-Thanks for the reply.
I am going to follow your example and save the settings in the .ini file.
Thanks again for a good tip. |
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Capt_Crunch
Premium
join:2003-01-22
Saint Louis, MO | reply to bboy77
Re: BE ware!
"Needless to say I downloaded Panda Softs Titantium for $20 and removed the three viruses."
Why buy when you can use it free for a year?;)
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markwp2001
Spreadhead
Premium
join:2002-05-25
Long Beach, MS
| reply to bboy77
said by bboy77:
I couldn't get avg virus scan to update. a couple days ago. I kept refreshing and eventually It took an update. I did a full scan and AVG didn't find any viruses.
Just to be safe I ran Symantec's online virus scan and pandasoft's online scan. Both found 3 viruses. All trojans, relatively low risk but nevertheless AVG didn't find them!
Needless to say I downloaded Panda Softs Titantium for $20 and removed the three viruses. I've gotten rid of AVG free edition on all my pc's since then.
Interesting, but not clear. Were they viruses or trojans? What were they specifically? Thanks.
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cincy_rules
join:2001-03-02
Fort Collins, CO | reply to deke40
Re: Can't update AVG free ...
excellent tip.
thanks. |
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aw3dhg
join:2001-09-05
Middletown, NY | now apparantly none of the sites will allow downloads to update they all disconnect after a minute
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larsfum
Premium
join:2000-09-01
Naples, FL | reply to markwp2001
I can't even get AVG to update by going directly to their website. It is showing a "file not found" on the server error.
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ttttt456
join:2003-12-18
| reply to markwp2001
I can't seem to update as well? Can someone comment on the sites and info below?
»free.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe/avg6info.ctf
AVG CTF File
"d600ppxe.bin" s=2484161 v=6 t=120 r=0 l=2 ;
"d6032pgl.bin" s=1547353 v=6 t=516 r=515 l=7 ;
"d6032lhj.bin" s=3775889 v=6 t=516 r=0 l=7 ;
"u612lztc.bin" s=3266637 v=6 t=648 r=516 l=0 ;
"u612m6rc.bin" s=1214375 v=6 t=648 r=606 l=0 ;
"u612m9ds.bin" s=442651 v=6 t=648 r=640 l=0 ;
"u612m9jc.bin" s=51150 v=6 t=648 r=642 l=0 ;
»free.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe/
Index of /softw/60/fe
Name Last modified Size Description----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Parent Directory -
avg6523fu_free.exe 03-Oct-2003 19:25 433K
avg6572fu_free.exe 28-Jan-2004 18:11 0
avg6642fu_free.exe 24-Mar-2004 15:38 6.6M
avg6info.ctf 31-Mar-2004 13:01 343
d600ppxe.bin 05-Jul-2003 08:30 2.4M
d6032lhj.bin 17-Sep-2003 17:35 3.6M
d6032pgl.bin 17-Sep-2003 17:36 1.5M
u612junk.bin 29-Mar-2004 11:51 3.1M
u612k1lk.bin 29-Mar-2004 11:53 1.1M
u612k480.bin 29-Mar-2004 11:51 411K
u612k4dk.bin 29-Mar-2004 11:53 28K |
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