AVG update server is so slow

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The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from of
late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be able to
add alternate servers....

Or can you?

Si.
 
The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from of
late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be able to
add alternate servers....

Or can you?

Si.
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Not recently.



Regards,

Boris Mohar

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You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use this
sneaky little fix I came up with.

Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
extension.
In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.

1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
2. Add the following line

193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com

What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to www.grisoft.com
(which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.

-L
 
Joel J said:
I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM. AVG6
used to have a .INI file.
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If you have no HOSTS file, then you copy or rename the HOSTS.SAM file to
HOSTS, then edit that. I guess that the .SAM stands for "sample".
PS. Don't you mean "193.86.103.19 www.grisoft.com"
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I cannot say, I have not tried it myself, but no I would say he said
just what he meant.

The effect of the a "193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com" in HOSTS would be
to make any client trying to access guru.grisoft.com, which is
presumably what update the client does, to access 193.86.103.19 rather
than "193.86.3.34" which DNS would otherwise indicate.
....
 
You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use
this sneaky little fix I came up with.

Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
extension.
In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.

1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
2. Add the following line

193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com

What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to
www.grisoft.com (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform
updates.
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I can't find the file either, been through system32/drivers/etc, there
are 6 files none of which relate to AVG /c;

LJ
 
I can't find the file either, been through system32/drivers/etc,
there are 6 files none of which relate to AVG /c;
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If you don't already have one [HOSTS file], you will have to create a
new one. You probably have a HOSTS.SAM file (SAMple) or maybe
LMHOSTS.SAM. Make a copy of it, named only HOSTS - no extension. You
may have to surround the filename with quotes (while saving) so
Windoze doesn't get confused.

I make copies by highlighting file in Explorer, press Ctrl-C then
Ctrl-V. Then, right-click, Rename, to just HOSTS

Then open it with Notepad or other _text_ editor and add the
recommended line. You could also remove most of the superfluous
comments, leaving only the heading.

See: http://home.rochester.rr.com/bshagnasty/tips.html#hosts
You could make a copy of my file from this page, if you like, then add
the grisoft line.

Another common usage of the hosts file is to rid yourself of banner
advertising on billions of web pages.
 
Right - created hosts from hosts.sam, added the line, rebooted, but no
difference. Still slow to download updates and Update Manager/Settings/URL
hasn't changed (or should it?).

What am I doing wrong?
 
I can't find the file either, been through system32/drivers/etc, there
are 6 files none of which relate to AVG /c;
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The hosts file is not related to AVG, it is related to a networking
'feature' you may or may not be using. It is like a mini-DNS stored
locally that the user can edit.
 
Joel J said:
Right - created hosts from hosts.sam, added the line, rebooted, but no
difference. Still slow to download updates and Update Manager/Settings/URL
hasn't changed (or should it?).

What am I doing wrong?
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Cannor be sure.

Try from a command line doing:

ping guru.grisoft.com

to see what IP address it pings.

Regards
....
 
193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to www.grisoft.com
(which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.
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Fantastic! This was bugging me this morning as guru appears to be
dead... now I'm completely up to date. Nice one!
 
Done the ping. IP address is correct.


Dave English said:
Cannor be sure.

Try from a command line doing:

ping guru.grisoft.com

to see what IP address it pings.

Regards

...
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Joel J said:
Done the ping. IP address is correct.
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If it is pinging 193.86.103.19, then I for one do not know what else to
suggest, sorry.

The HOSTS file is doing what it is supposed to.

Others have been successful.
....
 
Locke said:
You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use this
sneaky little fix I came up with.

Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
extension.
In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.

1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
2. Add the following line

193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com

What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to www.grisoft.com
(which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.

-L
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That's brilliant!!! Now updating takes just seconds. Thanks for the
great tip.

Yours truly,
Ed
 
Superb.

Cheers,

Si.

Locke Nash Cole said:
You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use this
sneaky little fix I came up with.

Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
extension.
In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.

1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
2. Add the following line

193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com

What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to
www.grisoft.com (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.

-L
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Locke said:
You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use
this sneaky little fix I came up with.

Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
extension.
In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.

1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
2. Add the following line

193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com

What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to
www.grisoft.com (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform
updates.

-L
/snip
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Many thanks, excellent tip!
 
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