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Message from discussion AVG update server is so slow

Locke Nash Cole

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More options Jan 26 2005, 12:36 am

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From: "Locke Nash Cole" <junkmau...@hotmail.com>

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:36:59 -0500

Local: Wed, Jan 26 2005 12:36 am

Subject: Re: AVG update server is so slow

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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

"Si" <s...@dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message

news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...

> 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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