I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?

Larry

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>
at 22:46:21 on Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote
>I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
>the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
>modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
>with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
>restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
>and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
>Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>
>Larry
>
What change to the hosts file?

Also Is it still possible to download the installer, say from
oldsoftware.com - I've not bothered looking since AOL changed the
provider
--
Mike News

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:46:21 -0500, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
> the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
> modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
> with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
> restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
> and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
> Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>
> Larry
>
You do not need to modify the hosts file. Simply go to the config file and
remove the two AOL entries. Hang on to the registration key because I've
heard that Kaspersky asks for it once a year.

The path for mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\AOL\AVP6\Data\aol-updcfg.xml

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Freeware website http://bearbottoms1.com
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On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:35:28 -0500, Mike
<turnpike_user@turnpike_REMOVEuser.THIScomANDTHIS> wrote:

> In message <(E-Mail Removed)>
> at 22:46:21 on Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
>> the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
>> modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
>> with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
>> restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
>> and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
>> Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>>
>> Larry
>>
> What change to the hosts file?
>
> Also Is it still possible to download the installer, say from
> oldsoftware.com - I've not bothered looking since AOL changed the
> provider

You need a registration key which you cannot get any more. No need to
change the hosts file.

Shutdown AOL AVS from the tray. Then simply go to the config file and
remove the two AOL entries. Hang on to the registration key because I've
heard that Kaspersky asks for it once a year.

The path for mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\AOL\AVP6\Data\aol-updcfg.xml

Use a text editor to open and modify the file. The two top lines in mine
had AOL in the url. After removing them, the program updated and added two
new lines with newaol to this file. It is updating fine though it did ask
for a reboot after the first update. I suppose this is when the two new
lines were added.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<UpdaterSettingsSection>

<sites_list>
<site2 url="ftp://download.newaol.com/avs/update/mirror/"
diff_url="diffs" weight="10000001" region="*" />
<site2 url="http://download.newaol.com/avs/update/mirror/"
diff_url="diffs" weight="10000000" region="*" />
<site2 url="http://dnl-us3.kaspersky-labs.com" diff_url="diffs"
weight="100" region="klr" />
<site2 url="http://dnl-us4.kaspersky-labs.com" diff_url="diffs"
weight="100" region="klr" />
<site2 url="http://dnl-eu5.kaspersky-labs.com" diff_url="diffs"
weight="100" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://dnl-us3.kaspersky-labs.com" diff_url="diffs"
weight="100" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://dnl-us4.kaspersky-labs.com" diff_url="diffs"
weight="100" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://dnl-eu5.kaspersky-labs.com" diff_url="diffs"
weight="100" region="klr" />
<site2 url="http://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="http://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="http://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="http://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="http://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://downloads1.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://downloads2.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://downloads3.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://downloads4.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
<site2 url="ftp://downloads5.kaspersky-labs.com/" diff_url="diffs"
weight="1" region="klr" />
</sites_list>

<UpdatePeriod SuccPeriod="120" FailPeriod="10" />

</UpdaterSettingsSection>

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Freeware website http://bearbottoms1.com
Freeware Wikia http://freeware.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Mike <turnpike_user@turnpike_REMOVEuser.THIScomANDTHIS> wrote:

>In message <(E-Mail Removed)>
>at 22:46:21 on Fri, 7 Sep 2007, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote
>>I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
>>the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
>>modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
>>with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
>>restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
>>and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
>>Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>>
>>Larry
>>
>What change to the hosts file?
>
>Also Is it still possible to download the installer, say from
>oldsoftware.com - I've not bothered looking since AOL changed the
>provider

Edit the HOSTS file to include "127.0.0.1 download.newaol.com"
(without the quotes), shut down and restart the computer. When AVS
starts, richt-click the AVS icon in Systray and click Update. One used
to get errors and a message that signatures were invalid, and could
not continue. Now it redirects to the Kaspersky servers. The HOSTS
file change prevents the program from downloading the signatures that
trigger that message, and the downloads work without problem coming
from the KL.

If you already downloaded the installer and have the e-mail with the
registration key, you can re-install the program but that won't extend
the license. It would be interesting to try it after running the
Kaspersky removal program
(http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208279463). I don't believe one
can get a new installer.

Larry

Bear Bottoms a exposé le 08/09/2007 :
> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:46:21 -0500, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
>> the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
>> modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
>> with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
>> restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
>> and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
>> Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>>
>> Larry
>>
> You do not need to modify the hosts file. Simply go to the config file and
> remove the two AOL entries. Hang on to the registration key because I've
> heard that Kaspersky asks for it once a year.
>
> The path for mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
> Data\AOL\AVP6\Data\aol-updcfg.xml

The updates are working without problems since 3 last days (from AOL).
I use AVS 2.5

--
In gold we trust (c)

On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:29:14 -0500, Jo Kerr <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Bear Bottoms a exposé le 08/09/2007 :
>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:46:21 -0500, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
>>> the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
>>> modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
>>> with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
>>> restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
>>> and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
>>> Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>> You do not need to modify the hosts file. Simply go to the config file
>> and remove the two AOL entries. Hang on to the registration key because
>> I've heard that Kaspersky asks for it once a year.
>>
>> The path for mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>> Data\AOL\AVP6\Data\aol-updcfg.xml
>
> The updates are working without problems since 3 last days (from AOL).
> I use AVS 2.5
>
Hmmmm. As of yesterday, mine was not updating until I made the above
change. Now I will never know for my system eh?


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Freeware website http://bearbottoms1.com
Freeware Wikia http://freeware.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Jo Kerr <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Bear Bottoms a exposé le 08/09/2007 :
>> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:46:21 -0500, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
>>> the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
>>> modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
>>> with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
>>> restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
>>> and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
>>> Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>> You do not need to modify the hosts file. Simply go to the config file and
>> remove the two AOL entries. Hang on to the registration key because I've
>> heard that Kaspersky asks for it once a year.
>>
>> The path for mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>> Data\AOL\AVP6\Data\aol-updcfg.xml
>
>The updates are working without problems since 3 last days (from AOL).
>I use AVS 2.5

Jo, thanks for that confirmation!

BTW, I have Bear Bottoms kill-filed, so only saw his post while
reading this one. I had edited the aol-updcfg.xml but a new one gets
downloaded during the update, replacing the edited version, so the
HOSTS file edit was required. Irrelevant, as it now works without
changes to either file.

Larry

On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:35:28 -0500, Mike <turnpike_user@turnpike_REMOVEuser.THIScomANDTHIS> wrote:

> Also Is it still possible to download the installer, say from
> oldsoftware.com - I've not bothered looking since AOL changed the
> provider

As long as you still have your activation key, you can download it from here:
http://file.softsea.com/Antivirus_Software/AVS_621.zip


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"Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
~ Flannery O'Connor

"The moral rot of political correctness runs deep today in both national parties."
~ Patrick J. Buchanan

http://www.theamericancause.org/

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:46:21 -0500, Larry Sabo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
> the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
> modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
> with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
> restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
> and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
> Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
>
> Larry

With all the posts lately about how to get the updates working again, I decided to try AVS again. I had already uninstalled it, using Total Uninstall to make sure I removed it completely. Since I had already deleted the installer, I had to find a download site that still offered it from their server.
I found it here - http://www.softsea.com/review/Active-Virus-Shield.html
This version (6.0.2.621) was slightly newer version than the one I had been using. After entering the activation key, my license now doesn't expire until 9/5/2008. Also, the updates are working fine using the AOL servers.


--
"Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
~ Flannery O'Connor

"The moral rot of political correctness runs deep today in both national parties."
~ Patrick J. Buchanan

http://www.theamericancause.org/