Posted on 08/16/2008 11:12:03 PM PDT by brityank
UPDATE .BIN error information... Aug 16th 2008
Posted by: rdsok - Moderator (IP Logged)
Date: August 17, 2008 12:07AM
Currently the update for AVG Free v8 is corrupted... you will have to wait for AVG Technologies to address the issue with the update.
Reporting the issue again by other users here will not do any good until it is resolved.
The updates that your AVG currently have will still provide the protection it is setup to detect. In otherwords, not being able to get this update will not make your AVG Free ineffective and as soon as AVG Tech resolves the issue you will be able to update to the current virus definitions at that time.
So in short... please do not post to report the issue, its already known. Also please be patient until AVG Technologies can address the issue.
Also... for those user that did report the issue... thanks for the info.
I’ve been in the PC business since 1984. I’ve only seen two virus taht weren’t the result of users authorizing installation of software that they shouldn’t be using. Spyware was rampant on the free music sites. the two recent cases involved porn.
If you don’t surf trash sites you don’t need a great virus scanner.
Let me ask a simple question. Has One Care actually detected anything for you? I ask this because most of the people I know would respond that their virus/spyware programs have never seen any malware.
Agreed. But you don't want to have your security system detect a virus after its been installed on your pc and allowed to run wild. Same for spyware and other infections. You want it stopped at point of identification. OneCare has done a great job in that regard. Especially on viruses. I've been to some nasty websites on occasion. Often to test out a new anti-virus or anti-spyware software. There has been a significant level of criticism thrown at OneCare. Since I started using OneCare in beta form back in the fall of 2006, it has been solid, detecting several dozen pieces of infectious crap.
In this day and age, that should have been a no-brainer.
It slows my computer on start-up; it’s not running a scan.
I have seen three systems this month with AntispywareXP-2008 and one with Virtualmonde.
I can't possibly charge enough per hour to make cleaning these viruses off a system worth it for me. Takes several hours, and at some point you just cap the fees.
Please ping back with info on how you have found Avast and Avira to work. I will start carrying both.
Bummer, I really, really liked AVG ...
I just went and checked my AVGv8, and it has the Email Scanner active. I don't have it stripping any attachments, as I get quite a few, but it does check them as I did have one quarantined a couple of weeks ago.
Swordmaker -- where did you hear it went inactive?
The only way to protect ordinary users from malware is to block the sites that provide the downloads. AVG8 does this. Spyware Blaster does this and also blocks ad servers.
These days the focus of malware is to trick you into authorizing the download and installation. The latest one to cause trouble disguises itself as a message from your anti-virus program. The real solution is simply not to go to sites that carry this stuff. If that means having a nanny program, then so be it.
I religiously install Spybot and then immunize. I love it when I get an email wanting to know why a user can't download music anymore from *.ru.
Thanks for the info.
I just ask if they've been browing porn. The Dilbert approach.
The only program I've found it to conflict with is Spybot S&D's realtime scanner. It seems to do OK with AVG8 too, but is duplication. I still use it on W98-AVG7.5-SB protected systems.
Other free tools for detecting spyware I use are Superantispyware, Spybot Search and destroy, and HiJackthis. No one product can find all the crap that seeks to reside on your computer.
That is true of the trial version of AVG8.
The free version email scanner is not limited.
Yes, I said that in my post... However, if you do an update, I think that you might be surprised at the date of the last update.
Mark
Then, I am at a loss for a solution.
Wasn't me. I merely had to remove an installation of AVG 8 to get one of my clients' computer to work properly. What I found was that AVG was stuck on downloading the updates. Nothing about the email scanning.
Sorry, Swordmaker; seems I crossed you and MarkL. The restrictions come in on the Try/Buy version that reverts to a crippled version if you don’t buy the product. The Free version does scan and secure your Email, both SMTP and POP3. It will also quarantine all attachments if you want it to.
I also disabled the Link Scanner, because it really slows down INet access, even to sites like FR or any search engine; frustrating! As others have also noted no one program gets all infections, so it behooves you to have a couple of other apps to run every week or so. I have AVG on auto, and run Spybot and SuperAntiSpyware on a weekly manual basis. So far I’ve stayed clean.
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