AVG update server is so slow
Si
late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be able to
add alternate servers....
Or can you?
Si.
Boris Mohar
wrote:
Not recently.
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Boris Mohar
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Locke Nash Cole
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
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Joel J
used to have a .INI file.
PS. Don't you mean "193.86.103.19 www.grisoft.com"
"Locke Nash Cole" <junkm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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
>
>
>
Dave English
<sp...@nospam.com> writes
>I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM. AVG6
>used to have a .INI file.
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"
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.
>"Locke Nash Cole" <junkm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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...
>> "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?
...
--
Dave English Senior Software & Systems Engineer
Internet Platform Development, Thus plc
in2minds
> 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.
>
I can't find the file either, been through system32/drivers/etc, there
are 6 files none of which relate to AVG /c;
LJ
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
>> 1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
>> 2. Add the following line
>>
>> 193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
> I can't find the file either, been through system32/drivers/etc,
> there are 6 files none of which relate to AVG /c;
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.
--
-bts
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Robin T Cox
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> Another common usage of the hosts file is to rid yourself of banner
> advertising on billions of web pages.
>
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.non...@example.invalid> wrote
>
>> Another common usage of the hosts file is to rid yourself of
>> banner advertising on billions of web pages.
>
> FYI: http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
Yes, I have a link to that site on my page.
Joel J
difference. Still slow to download updates and Update Manager/Settings/URL
hasn't changed (or should it?).
What am I doing wrong?
"Dave English" <dave.e...@thus.net> wrote in message
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TaxMan
<junkm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
>2. Add the following line
>
>193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
Excellent! Many thanks.
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Roger Wilco
"in2minds" <de...@redx.co.uk> wrote in message
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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;
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.
Murray Elliot
>
>What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to www.grisoft.com
>(which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.
Fantastic! This was bugging me this morning as guru appears to be
dead... now I'm completely up to date. Nice one!
Murray Elliot
>> advertising on billions of web pages.
>FYI:
>http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
The hosts file on these pages sent my services.exe into overdrive (99%
CPU usage), plus it's out of date, but good concept...
Dave English
<sp...@nospam.com> writes
>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?
Cannor be sure.
Try from a command line doing:
ping guru.grisoft.com
to see what IP address it pings.
Regards
>"Dave English" <dave.e...@thus.net> wrote in message
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>> In message <QBIJd.45$Bc7...@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Joel J
>> <sp...@nospam.com> writes
>> >I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM.
>AVG6
>> >used to have a .INI file.
>>
>> 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".
...
Joel J
"Dave English" <dave.e...@thus.net> wrote in message
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Dave English
<sp...@nospam.com> writes
>Done the ping. IP address is correct.
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.
Ed
> 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
>
That's brilliant!!! Now updating takes just seconds. Thanks for the
great tip.
Yours truly,
Ed
Si
Cheers,
Si.
"Locke Nash Cole" <junkm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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jools
> 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
Many thanks, excellent tip!
john
> 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
Bingo!
Thanks for tip. It only took a few seconds to update :))
John
Murray Elliot
setup of their servers :o)
gustav...@gmail.com
Locke Nash Cole
Grisoft seems to keep the AV updates on almost all of their servers, so this
fix should be solid for a long time. However I do have to warn people that
applied my fix that if for some reason Grisoft quits using a web server on
193.86.103.19, and changes the DNS for www.grisoft.com the updates will
start to fail.
In such a case all you would need to do is do a nslookup on www.grisoft.com
to get the new IP address and change your hosts file.
-L
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