Updating avg 7.5 manually

Concerning the article, I can't repair because that process needs a connexion. I tried to re-install but the problem remains. Please follow the below steps and check if that fix the issue: Go to the Control Panel. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Karthikeyan Avast Select the Networking tab. Click Advanced and select the DNS tab. If there are any DNS server IP addresses listed there, write them down for future reference, and remove them from this window. Click OK. Select Use the following DNS server addresses. Please restart your computer and check if you are able to run AVG update. I never used AVG's anti-spyware and anti-rootkit products, so I can live without them.

Another option which wasn't mentioned in Gizmo's newsletter is the offer from AOL. All you need is an AOL email address to get it, and you can now get one of those for free. Looking over the feature list it includes antivirus, anti-spyware, email scanning, anti-rootkit, firewall, IM attachment scanning, etc.

It's not an option for 9x users, though. After less than a month, I got tired of weird things going wrong, like my taskbar getting stuck or PC freezing up if just the icon from a.

But those could be issues that only affect 11 year old low end machines. I never tried it on something modern, and the woman that I gave my disk to didn't seem to have any problems with it on her P2 with twice the RAM. And then there is this obvious option: How much is peace of mind worth to you?

Consider paying for something. If you can find something you like that has everything you want and need, consider buying it. The security of your PC is important and should be taken seriously. Sure I like free, but I like good stuff and am willing to pay for it if I have to, even if it means making a sacrifice in another area to do it. Their only tech support option for users of their free products is a user to user help forum that they don't monitor.

If another user of their product can't or won't help you, you won't get an answer or a solution. Users of their free product can't report bugs, problems, false positives, and other issues. They don't want to hear from you unless you are a paying customer. I have been down that road with them and their automated email responses telling me that unless I provide a code within the body of my email, it won't go through their system Meanwhile I am being nagged to death by some false positive wanting to delete an old project of mine, or calling some Paintshop Pro plugin I have had for over 6 years a trojan, or calling FontExpert a virus.

It's things like that, that cause users to deactivate their security products and put themselves at risk. But unless you pay, they don't want to hear about the issues. You have to pay for the right to tell them there is a problem with their product that they need to fix.

It's ridiculous. And here is a bonus that some people that pay for their antivirus get, that the rest of us don't: There is something that comes along with the boxed version of many antivirus products that doesn't come with the download versions or any free version: The install disk is also a bootable rescue CD that is capable of scanning and cleaning your machine without booting into windows to do it.

That was one of the main reasons why I always bought the disk version over the downloadable version of McAfee. I never needed that option, but it was nice to know I had it, just in case I did. And if you can get it on a really good sale, and use a rebate too, the final cost could be dirt cheap. We didn't even have to eat spaghetti to pay for it.

I like Avast. It's better then AVG imo. It doesn't do a full scan every day or on any schedule. But when you first install it, it performs a boot scan. How can that be if I never registered before? I guess it's free so you get what you get Joined Jul 16, Messages It's not my firewall that's preventing it from updating.

Joined Jun 30, Messages Joined Mar 27, Messages 5, We had a similar problem here, is your system clock and date set correctly? My clock and date is correct. Last night I tried again and it was able to update. Today, just to see what happens, I hit the update button and guess what, I get the same error again that it cannot connect to the server. It doesn't seems to be my computer but it seems to be the server. Does anyone else having problems updating?

One day it doesn't work, the next day it works and the next day it doesn't work again. Try then uninstalling avg then reinstall the program. Be sure to reboot after uninstalling. I have best success with the automatic update that AVG does almost everyday, it almost always connects.

About the only time I get the error that you do is when I check for updates when ever I feel like it. GL anyway. Joined Jan 28, Messages 6, I have AVG 7. I just tried a manual update and it worked just fine. Both auto and manual updates appear to work as advertised for me. Have never had this issue with two pc's over 3 years. I know you said that it is not a firewall issue,but it just smells like that should be looked at again,just for a brain check.