AVG - trouble updating anyone?

Lady_K

From what I'm gathering it seems you can't set a scheduled scan on the free version of avast? And does the scan when you start the computer happen everytime you start up the comp or just the first time?

Lady_K

What the advantage of setting avast to do a boot scan is that a scan on start up of the computer before windows?

Lady_K

Wazza can you update AVG yet?

wazza

Good news. Today AVG on both my PCs updated automatically and also am able to view the AVG forum website. :-)

peterbaker

Hi, I have had a few problems on and off with AVG but then again it has grabbed a number of viruses by the throat and thus protected me, I think!

Most recently some kind of update manager problem was reported in a balloon message in my SysTray. I reported it in another thread on this forum. I messed about with it for a day or two but ultimately followed someone's advice to uninstall and then download a fresh installation from free.grisoft.com. While I was there I downloaded their free Ant-Spyware and Anti-Rootkit products too.

I have had no further problems with AVG in the past couple of weeks (that I am yet aware of)!

One thing I found slightly unusual was the OP's description of updating from a folder. I have never done that nor understood the real pupose or benefit of it. Whenever I wanted to force an update I have clicked the Update / (from) Internet button.

Lady_K

All the update from folder is if you want to go to the grisoft site and download the new updates from there and save them to a folder to use instead of internet updates. I only did that because the internet one wasnt working.

I suppose an advantage of that way is if you got a virus and it wiped out your avg and you couldnt get on the net youd still have them saved in the folder if you wanted to reinstal avg providing you have saved an installation of it. Thats happened to me before, I got a virus which trashed my antivirus and internet access. I had saved an installation but couldnt update as I couldnt get on the net

tobykim

I'm having a problem with the paid for version of AVG Internet Security, it takes several attempts to update, when I switch PC on the auto update starts at receiving answer then closing connection, this will happen 2 or 3 times before it actually gets the update, I reckon I'll have to look for something else

Lady_K

You should have support for that though if its the paid version, it could be something to do with your server though too like this was couldnt it maybe?