Re: anyone having trouble down loading updates from AVG Anti-virus site.?!

From: Beoweolf (Beoweolf_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 04/01/04

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    Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 02:39:11 GMT

    Thanks for the Heads up.

    "leslie" <LESLIE@JRLVAX.HOUSTON.RR.COM> wrote in message
    news:H8Kac.3193$Tx6.1607@fe2.texas.rr.com...
    > Beoweolf (Beoweolf@pacbell.net) wrote:
    > : Several times today ...have been unable to connect to AVG site for
    > : updates, actually since the 18,th, going by the last sucessful update.
    > :
    >
    > The following article from the alt.comp.virus news group explains how
    > to work around the problem:
    >
    > ============================begin quoted article=======================
    >
    > From: Clarence Crow <crow@perch.com>
    > Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus
    > Subject: Re: AVG
    > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 04:54:27 +0800
    > Organization: Kaarrkk Inc
    > Reply-To: crow@perch.com
    > Message-ID: <j6qb60ht17h0s3t3nhd0p3gbg2h8i6gj2s@4ax.com>
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    >
    > On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:26:00 -0000, "Peter Seddon"
    > <peter.seddon@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
    >
    > >Hi All
    > >
    > >Has anyone had trouble downloading the updates from AVG, mine times out
    > >before a reply is received and when I do manage to get an update it's a
    > >5Kb/s not 50
    > >
    > >Peter
    > >
    > >
    > >---
    > >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
    > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
    > >Version: 6.0.644 / Virus Database: 412 - Release Date: 26/03/2004
    > >
    >
    > Their default "free updates" server has been dicky for a couple of
    > weeks:
    >
    > Find the file url.ini in the C:/Program Files/Grisoft/AVG6 folder and
    > Edit it thus:
    >
    > [SERVER_NAME]
    > 1=free.grisoft.cz
    > 2=www.grisoft.com
    > 3=www.grisoft.com
    >
    >
    > [SERVER_URL]
    > 1=http://free.grisoft.cz/softw/60/fe
    > 2=http://www.grisoft.com/akm/softw/60/fe/
    > 3=http://www.grisoft.com/softw/60/fe/
    > Actual URL=2
    >
    > SAVE it and D/load
    >
    > This will give you a drop-down list of 3 servers to choose from, with
    > the Default on the 2nd one.
    >
    > Clarence
    >
    > ============================end quoted article=========================
    >
    > HTH,
    >
    > --Jerry Leslie
    > Note: leslie@jrlvax.houston.rr.com is invalid for email 

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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.634 / Virus Database: 406 - Release Date: 3/18/2004
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