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by: auggief March 20, 2004 3:15 AM PST

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AVG on Windows XP Home

by auggief - 3/20/04 3:15 AM

I downloaded and installed free avg on my son's computer. Even though downloads of AdAware and ZoneAlarm transferred at 90 kbs on his DSL service, AVG transferred at only 10kbs. It appeared to download and install OK but when I tried to update the update screen had question marks where time left etc is. I uninstalled and reinstalled and got the same thing. Is AVG having trouble sending download of free program?


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Re:AVG on Windows XP Home

by chrisw63 - 3/20/04 6:10 AM

In Reply to: AVG on Windows XP Home by auggief

I've had the same problem, but if you just let it run a while, it will finish. I think it is due to heavy load on the server. A lot of people receive virus warnings at the same time, and try to update manually.

Just as an aside, I've been using free AVG for over a year now, with no problems (except slow update downloads sometimes). It is a very good AV application.


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Re:AVG on Windows XP Home

by Marianna Schmudlach - 3/20/04 7:11 AM

In Reply to: AVG on Windows XP Home by auggief

Is it "only" slow with the updates??

Look for the url.ini file in the Grisoft > AVG 6 folder

change it to:

[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

Have a look at this thread :

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6132-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=14034&messageID=159814


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Re:Re:AVG on Windows XP Home(NT)

by KevMo - 3/25/04 12:06 PM

In Reply to: Re:AVG on Windows XP Home by Marianna Schmudlach

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