[AVU] - Ad-aware refs update - 2004/11/08

[Antoine]

Hope this helps.

 

[Another Fred]

Hope this helps.

Thank you very much for the info.
Fred

 

[P]

Hope this helps.

Can I ask what is probably a daft question ...
If I don't update Adaware now, but I then do when it's next updated,
will I be missing the definitions added in this download ? Or will the
next download auto-include them ?

It's like AVG .. they have little updates, then much bigger updates
(like today's) - are the updates cumulative and all essential ?

It's not that I'm skimping on updates (though I update AVG more as it's
running all the time), I'm just wondering..

P.

 

[EA]

Can I ask what is probably a daft question ...
If I don't update Adaware now, but I then do when it's next
updated, will I be missing the definitions added in this download
? Or will the next download auto-include them ?

It's like AVG .. they have little updates, then much bigger
updates (like today's) - are the updates cumulative and all
essential ?

With Adaware, each update replaces the definition file with a new
one. So, it's ok if you miss some of the updates. That is the best
method but the problem is that the downloads are larger. Adaware's
definition file, however, is relatively small so it does not matter.
With AVG, you need previous updates. Usually, the files are small
(today is an exception).
One thing that I am not sure about is whether it is necessary to keep
AVG's update files in the update directory after the program
processes them. Are they used only once and then the program copies
the new definitions somewhere else or does the program use the update
directory to store the definition files? Over time, that directory
gets large and it would be nice to know whether it's ok to clean it
up...

E.

 

[Anthony Giorgianni]

If I remember correctly, you can delete the updates from the AVG program
folder. I think they tell you to keep the last one and the control file.
It's on the web site somewhere.

Also with AVG, I can't believe you need to download every little update and
that, if you miss one, you won't be fully protected. I think the program
probably knows what definitions you've missed and downloads them. Otherwise,
if new users were to install the program today, they would never have full
protection because they would have missed lots of previous updates. (I
notice a new install doesn't have the latest definitions, requiring you to
download them ) I suppose I could be wrong, but it just doesn't make sense
otherwise.


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[EA]

If I remember correctly, you can delete the updates from the AVG
program folder. I think they tell you to keep the last one and the
control file. It's on the web site somewhere.

Thanks!


Also with AVG, I can't believe you need to download every little
update and that, if you miss one, you won't be fully protected. I
think the program probably knows what definitions you've missed
and downloads them. Otherwise, if new users were to install the
program today, they would never have full protection because they
would have missed lots of previous updates. (I notice a new
install doesn't have the latest definitions, requiring you to
download them ) I suppose I could be wrong, but it just doesn't
make sense otherwise.

I download the updates from the web site so I don't know what the
auto update does....

E.