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From: Shadow on 1 Aug 2010 17:34
On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:56:52 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
<harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>FredW brought next idea :
>> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:06:34 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
>> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> None of those helped, but thanks all.
>>>
>>> I managed a manual update, then tested the auto update - it still
>>> errors.
>>
>> And how did you "test" the autoupdate?
>> What is the error message?
>
>Since the 14th July, each time it has tried its daily update, the
>update window simply says, after a pause of a few seconds 'Status - An
>error occurred during the file download'.
As the man said, add these lines to your hosts file:
#C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts <----- HOSTS file, winXP

62.146.66.187 personal.avira-update.com
62.146.66.187 personal.avira-cdn.com
80.190.143.232 personal.avira-update.net
80.190.143.229 perspeak.avira-update.com
62.146.66.181 dl1.avgate.net
62.146.66.182 dl2.avgate.net
62.146.66.183 dl3.avgate.net
62.146.66.184 dl4.avgate.net
80.190.143.235 dl5.avgate.net
80.190.143.236 dl6.avgate.net
62.146.66.178 dl7.avgate.net
62.146.66.179 dl8.avgate.net
80.190.143.239 dl9.avgate.net
80.190.143.230 dl10.avgate.net

Probably having some DNS trouble.
[]'s
From: Bill Bradshaw on 3 Aug 2010 23:36
Also worked for me. This fix is posted in the Avira forums.

<Bill>

Duddits wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:33:25 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> This has not managed to update itself since the 14th July, does
>> anyone know if there might be a problem?
>>
>> I have tried removal and reinstall, which made no difference.
>
> If you are using a router this may help(from Avira's forums)
>
> "Many routers don't support TCP fallback for DNS lookups. You have the
> following options:
> 1. Configure the external DNS service (e.g. OpenDNS) on the computer
> instead of the router (which has different disadvantages).
> 2. Create a fake entry for Avira domains in the hosts file, as I did:
> 62.146.66.187 personal.avira-update.com personal.avira-cdn.com
> 80.190.143.232 personal.avira-update.net
> 80.190.143.229 perspeak.avira-update.com"
>
> worked for me


From: Harry Bloomfield on 5 Aug 2010 18:14
Duddits formulated on Sunday :
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:33:25 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> This has not managed to update itself since the 14th July, does anyone
>> know if there might be a problem?
>>
>> I have tried removal and reinstall, which made no difference.
>
> If you are using a router this may help(from Avira's forums)
>
> "Many routers don't support TCP fallback for DNS lookups. You have the
> following options:
> 1. Configure the external DNS service (e.g. OpenDNS) on the computer
> instead of the router (which has different disadvantages).
> 2. Create a fake entry for Avira domains in the hosts file, as I did:
> 62.146.66.187 personal.avira-update.com personal.avira-cdn.com
> 80.190.143.232 personal.avira-update.net
> 80.190.143.229 perspeak.avira-update.com"
>
> worked for me
>
> regards
>
> Dud

I didn't believe that would help, because as I later found out - avira
was updating itself fine on another two PC's on the same router. Out of
desperation I tried it and update is working again on this system.
Peculiar?

Thanks very much for the suggestions and the solution.

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From: Duddits on 6 Aug 2010 09:51
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:14:09 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
<harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Duddits formulated on Sunday :
>> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:33:25 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
>> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> This has not managed to update itself since the 14th July, does anyone
>>> know if there might be a problem?
>>>
>>> I have tried removal and reinstall, which made no difference.
>>
>> If you are using a router this may help(from Avira's forums)
>>
>> "Many routers don't support TCP fallback for DNS lookups. You have the
>> following options:
>> 1. Configure the external DNS service (e.g. OpenDNS) on the computer
>> instead of the router (which has different disadvantages).
>> 2. Create a fake entry for Avira domains in the hosts file, as I did:
>> 62.146.66.187 personal.avira-update.com personal.avira-cdn.com
>> 80.190.143.232 personal.avira-update.net
>> 80.190.143.229 perspeak.avira-update.com"
>>
>> worked for me
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Dud
>
>I didn't believe that would help, because as I later found out - avira
>was updating itself fine on another two PC's on the same router. Out of
>desperation I tried it and update is working again on this system.
>Peculiar?
>
>Thanks very much for the suggestions and the solution.

Glad to help.

Dud
--
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
Eric Hoffer
From: za kAT on 8 Aug 2010 18:18
On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 22:09:06 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote:

> Therese Shellabarger <tlshell(a)concentric.net> wrote in
> news:5g7u565ckc59crm3ddcc0o2vomhea3bnv5(a)4ax.com:
>
>> On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:42:00 +0200, FredW <fredw(a)blackholespam.net>
>> spouted the following:
>>
>>>On Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:22:12 +0800, Man-wai Chang
>>><toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> Have you ever attempted to disable the pop-up ad of Antivir?
>>>>>
>>>>> I did, a long time ago. Could that be the cause?
>>>>>
>>>>> How would I undo it?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The automatic update program requires that avagent thingie....
>>>
>>>Not true.
>>>
>>>My automatic update works fine with the "thingie" disabled,
>>>and for quite some years now (WinXP, WinVista, Win7).
>>
>> I'd like to disable that d@#$ thingie too, how do you do it? I used to
>> use Zone Alarm to block the download but the company found a way around
>> it. (I assume it's part of the executable now.)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Therese Shellabarger / tlshell(a)concentric.net
>
> Why not just get a pure freeware program that is better?
>
> That would be Microsoft Security Essentials

Does that /pure/ freeware require you to buy a Windows licence to use it?

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