Cougar Allen
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If you're getting error messages as AVG tries to do its daily update the problem is not on your computer. Sometimes it says "The update control file is missing" and sometimes it says "connection lost." Seems AVG came out with something new and their servers are grossly overloaded with people downloading it.
Probably the best response for most people is to just wait for the congestion to clear; I guess it'll only take a day or two and going without virus updates for a day or two is not a significant risk for most people.
If you want, though, you can still update manually: go to http://free.avg.com/ww.download-update and download the update virus file IAVI: / 1532 (24megs!) to your AVG8 directory. Then doubleclick the AVG icon in your tray, click Tools and Update from Directory, and choose that directory.
That's not going to be very practical for people using dialup (24megs!) and difficult for people who don't know what a directory is or how to find one, but you should be fine if you just wait a day or two until the automatic update starts working again.
Probably the best response for most people is to just wait for the congestion to clear; I guess it'll only take a day or two and going without virus updates for a day or two is not a significant risk for most people.
If you want, though, you can still update manually: go to http://free.avg.com/ww.download-update and download the update virus file IAVI: / 1532 (24megs!) to your AVG8 directory. Then doubleclick the AVG icon in your tray, click Tools and Update from Directory, and choose that directory.
That's not going to be very practical for people using dialup (24megs!) and difficult for people who don't know what a directory is or how to find one, but you should be fine if you just wait a day or two until the automatic update starts working again.