|
|
#1 (permalink) Top |
|
Geek Trainee
![]() Join Date: Dec 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 5
Times Helpful: 5
Status: Offline
|
I have a DSL connection and I recently made the switch to the Avg anti-virus which I have been very happy with on my other computer. When I prompt Avg to update my computer is not allowing access to the internet. I followed the prompts and changed the settings in my firewall to allow avg online and still no luck. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.
|
|
|
|
|
#2 (permalink) Top |
|
HWF Member For Life
![]() ![]() Join Date: Jul 2005
Age: 22 Male
Posts: 2,336
Times Helpful: 265
My Mood: Happy
Status: Offline
|
Have you tried disabling your firewall temporarily so there is no firewall running?
__________________
![]() Adopt an unanswered thread. | Who's Online | vB Code Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them! Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have! |
|
|
|
|
#3 (permalink) Top | |
|
Geek Trainee
![]() Join Date: Dec 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 5
Times Helpful: 5
Status: Offline
|
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
#4 (permalink) Top |
|
HWF Member For Life
![]() ![]() Join Date: Jul 2005
Age: 22 Male
Posts: 2,336
Times Helpful: 265
My Mood: Happy
Status: Offline
|
You should be safe to disable it for a few minutes!
If you do disable it and get AVG to access the net, it's a setting problem with your firewall. What firewall do you run?
__________________
![]() Adopt an unanswered thread. | Who's Online | vB Code Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them! Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have! |
|
|
|
|
#5 (permalink) Top | |
|
Geek Trainee
![]() ![]() Join Date: Dec 2004
Age: 32 Male
Posts: 30
Times Helpful: 4
My Mood: Stressed
Status: Offline
|
Quote:
__________________
![]() Pentium 3 intel (R) 82815 card 930 MHZ , 256 mb of Ram |
|
|
|
|
|
#6 (permalink) Top |
|
lol, Internet!
![]() |
Can you get online with your browser without AVG?
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
#7 (permalink) Top |
|
HWF Member For Life
![]() ![]() Join Date: Jul 2005
Age: 22 Male
Posts: 2,336
Times Helpful: 265
My Mood: Happy
Status: Offline
|
Are you using the Free Edition or the Professional Ed.?
__________________
![]() Adopt an unanswered thread. | Who's Online | vB Code Some people are alive only because it’s illegal to kill them! Support bacteria, it's the only culture some people have! |
|
|
|
|
#8 (permalink) Top | |
|
Geek Trainee
![]() Join Date: Dec 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 5
Times Helpful: 5
Status: Offline
|
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
#9 (permalink) Top | |
|
Geek Trainee
![]() Join Date: Dec 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 5
Times Helpful: 5
Status: Offline
|
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
#10 (permalink) Top |
|
The King
![]() ![]() Join Date: Jan 2004
Age: 18 Male
Posts: 5,255
Times Helpful: 403
My Mood: Drunk
Status: Offline
|
Try downloading Zonealarm firewall. Theres a free edition which is easy configure and install. Then you should have better control which programs access the internet.
Sorry haven't been active been to London.
__________________
Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. ![]() My website | Powerful Desktop Linux | Linux for human beings | Linux for power users | Linux for ricers |
|
|
|
|
#11 (permalink) Top | |
|
Geek Trainee
![]() Join Date: Dec 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 5
Times Helpful: 5
Status: Offline
|
I have downloaded zonealarm and I still can not get avg online. Do you have any other ideas?
Quote:
|
|
|
|
|
|
#12 (permalink) Top |
|
lol, Internet!
![]() |
Sounds like a firewall is blocking AVG from accessing the net. Check your windows firewall, add the program to the allow list or just disable it completely.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
#13 (permalink) Top |
|
Geek Trainee
![]() Join Date: Jan 2006
Gender:
Posts: 1
Times Helpful: 1
Status: Offline
|
i remeber that i had a problem getting avg to update sometimes from the web
i have now started to use AVAST - which is 100 times better and free and is more thorough in picking up virus and the like |
|
|
|
|
#14 (permalink) Top | |
|
Geek Geek Geek!
![]() Join Date: Nov 2005
Age: 24 Male
Posts: 3,467
Times Helpful: 352
My Mood: Fine
Status: Offline
|
Quote:
In my opinion, Avast is the best free antivirus program around. It can detect far more viruses then AVG can. Not only that, but you have added protection for P2P programs, Instant Messaging, Web Shield, Network Shield and Email protection. I believe you only get standard on-access protection in AVG - not nearly enough. I can't believe Avast is free, it can give most 'paid for' antivirus a ride for their money as well. A good example is with the recent Windows Meta-File image threat. Out of all the antivirus programs tested (almost all available at present), only 4 or 5 gave total protection. Avast was first place out of the free antivirus software, it only missed one threat out of a total of 100, where as AVG missed 59 threats out of 100! To see the scores for yourself, look here: http://news.com.com/Antivirus+makers...3-6018696.html
__________________
"A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds Last edited by megamaced; 06-01-2006 at 11:33 AM. |
|
|
|
|
|
#15 (permalink) Top |
|
Geek Comrade
![]() |
Hey I have a problem like this; it fits in this thread. I can't update my Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2002 anti-virus. I got it as bundle software w/ something somewhere sometime in the past (I'm guessing in the year 2002 lol) ... So at first it worked perfectly fine and I updated it every once in a while. U simply click update and it downloads and installs latest definitions. Er, it did. But then it just randomly stopped working some day. I thought maybe it has a time-limit license attached to it so u can't update anymore unless u pay after a certain time? But if that's the case, wouldn't it tell me that? All it does is say "failed to connect to server." So that sounds like an actual problem with something, not license expiration. I remember having Norton one time for a bit, and it would have all these reminders about how the time period for updating will expire and offering me to buy an extension or w/e. But I don't remember anything like that for this program so I was under the impression that it would let me update free indefinitely. So why would it stop working like that? Or do u guys think there really was a time limit on updates?
what the hell, I just tried it now again just for kicks and it doesn't do anything at all. I click the update button and it just sits there. It doesn't even initiate the connection or do anything whatsoever. like nothing happened ... Could simply reinstalling it make it work perhaps? Last edited by DaRuSsIaMaN; 19-01-2006 at 12:39 AM. |
|
|
![]() |
| Bookmarks |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Best Anti-Virus Program out there? | Intemptesta Nox | General Software | 14 | 08-08-2005 04:42 PM |
| 64-bit Windows anti-virus not yet mainstream | syngod | News and Article Comments | 0 | 01-08-2005 10:55 PM |
| Windows XP 64-bit Lacks Major Anti-Virus Coverage | syngod | News and Article Comments | 0 | 02-05-2005 09:55 PM |
| anti virus protection | amit_ldn | Networking and Computer Security | 9 | 13-02-2005 10:31 AM |
| Microsoft offers free anti-virus program | syngod | News and Article Comments | 8 | 10-01-2005 05:01 PM |