AVG Free AnitVirus

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Hi Folks,

I've heard that AVG is supposed to be pretty good so I installed it on a
PC here that I'm setting up for a family member.

The install went fine, updated the program using its update function and
scanned the system - all OK

This morning and as of now, AVG reports updates available but it will
NOT update - keeps timing out says to try later!

I went to their site and the server seems almost dead - takes forever to
simply render any page - can anyone advise on this?

Is a case of you get what you pay for? Or is it some kind of glitch? Can
any AVG users comment?

Thanks, Fred
 
Hi

Possibly a glitch with Grisoft's server. Try again a bit later.

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I am having the same trouble, my guess would be that some of their
servers have gone down, or perhaps the load on the server is a bit
high. I am going to try again tomorrow, hopefully it will be fine then.
This is bad because my company uses AVG for about 90% of its computers
and not having the latest updates is can result in bad things

"ditch AVG and get avast home FREE edition..." -Kenny

Why would I do that? AVG works great, aside from the current update
problem, which I have no doubt that will be fixed soon enough. AVG has
never failed to remove a virus, and I recommend it to all my clients.
Even the paid version is very inexpensive.
 
Fred said:
Hi Folks,

I've heard that AVG is supposed to be pretty good so I installed it on a
PC here that I'm setting up for a family member.

The install went fine, updated the program using its update function and
scanned the system - all OK

This morning and as of now, AVG reports updates available but it will
NOT update - keeps timing out says to try later!

I went to their site and the server seems almost dead - takes forever to
simply render any page - can anyone advise on this?

Is a case of you get what you pay for? Or is it some kind of glitch? Can
any AVG users comment?

Thanks, Fred
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Overall, AVG is pretty good. Right now, it would seem that
its servers, both on the free and retail sides, are running
extremely slow. For North America, the best time to download
and do updates is in the late evenings.
 
Avast is far superior than AVG for the time being
its my opinion based of years of testing both on multiple computers
 
Do any of these AV programs actually REMOVE viruses if you have them? I've
used norton forever, and while it seems to be good at scanning and deleting
viruses from emails or even finding a file that is infected on your
computer, it does not actually clense your comptuer of the virus. You still
have to go to the symantec and download their special tool that scans for
the virus/worm and then manually follow steps to remove it.
 
Home/Home Office editions of NAV cannot remove instances what Symantec calls
"extended security threats" (read: hijackware), Robert.
 
Fred said:
I've heard that AVG is supposed to be pretty good so I installed it on a
PC here that I'm setting up for a family member.

The install went fine, updated the program using its update function and
scanned the system - all OK

This morning and as of now, AVG reports updates available but it will
NOT update - keeps timing out says to try later!
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It happens. Remember, you are not paying for a 24/7 update site.
 
Thu said:
This morning and as of now, AVG reports updates available but it will
NOT update - keeps timing out says to try later!

I went to their site and the server seems almost dead - takes forever to
simply render any page - can anyone advise on this?
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It happens occasionally, I'd say once a month or so.

Usually the problem resolves later in the day, but once it was a
couple of days till I could connect and download the updates.

IMHO it's a small annoyance to put up with, considering the overall
quality of the program and its price.
 
Robert said:
Do any of these AV programs actually REMOVE viruses if you have them?
I've used norton forever, and while it seems to be good at scanning
and deleting viruses from emails or even finding a file that is
infected on your computer, it does not actually clense your comptuer
of the virus. You still have to go to the symantec and download their
special tool that scans for the virus/worm and then manually follow
steps to remove it.
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Symantec sucks. I haven't let a Symantec product near my computer for a
couple of years now, and am much the happier for it.

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Symantec sucks. I haven't let a Symantec product near my computer for a
couple of years now, and am much the happier for it.
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And I use nothing except Symantec AV products on our email servers and
workstations, and our clients systems and have not tested anything
better or better at keeping our systems clean - no infections ever on
our managed systems.
 
Leythos said:
And I use nothing except Symantec AV products on our email servers and
workstations, and our clients systems and have not tested anything
better or better at keeping our systems clean - no infections ever on
our managed systems.
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I've seen you describe yourtesting methodolgy in comparing web broswer
speed and it was more illogical than my 11 year old neice's science fair
methodology.

And you don't use the NORTON version which was mentioned by the person I
replied to. You use a corporate and/or a small business version, which
is a very expensive solution for one PC.

So keep comparing them apples to the stinkweed of NAV, LameGirl.

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I manually downloaded the pertinent file and saved it to a folder. But I
cannot run it or open it. Don't I have to run it for it to take effect?
 
I've seen you describe yourtesting methodolgy in comparing web broswer
speed and it was more illogical than my 11 year old neice's science fair
methodology.

And you don't use the NORTON version which was mentioned by the person I
replied to. You use a corporate and/or a small business version, which
is a very expensive solution for one PC.

So keep comparing them apples to the stinkweed of NAV, LameGirl.
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I don't use norton myself, but I know lots of people that do. You said
"Symantec" not Norton, I replied to what you posted specifically.
 
Fred said:
Hi Folks,
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This morning and as of now, AVG reports updates available but it will
NOT update - keeps timing out says to try later!

I went to their site and the server seems almost dead - takes forever to
simply render any page - can anyone advise on this?
Click to expand...


The Grisoft server seems to be up and running fine although
updating from the Internet might still be troublesome. But
it is possible to download the October 20, 2005, update and
it should take care of both the Internal Virus Database and
the Update Manager.
 
Leythos said:
I don't use norton myself, but I know lots of people that do. You said
"Symantec" not Norton, I replied to what you posted specifically.
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Symantec is the company, not the product, moron. Symantec sucks.

And I know lots of people that fell for the WMDs in Iraq, but that
didn't mean anything.

If you know a lot of people jumping off bridges, does that mean you
should jump too? In your case, you should jump, without a bungee cord,
and save your family from the shame of being related to you.

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