AOL AVS (KAV) updates working again?

In article <op.tycjgyq74xtgif@your-w92p4bhlzg>, alhigdon.TakeThisOut@mailinator.com
says...
> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:46:21 -0500, Larry Sabo <larry_sabo.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I believe the updates are working again, without the need to modify
> > the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates weren't working,
> > modified the hosts file and updated his system. Went to do likewise
> > with his wife's computer and it was right up-to-date! Just tried
> > restoring the hosts file on my wife's computer and doing the update
> > and it updated, using the aol mirror for a second or two, then usig
> > Kaspersky's servers for the rest. Anyone else notice this?
> >
> > Larry
>
> With all the posts lately about how to get the updates working again, I decided to try AVS again. I had already uninstalled it, using Total Uninstall to make sure I removed it completely. Since I had already deleted the installer, I had to find a download site that still offered it from their
server.
> I found it here - http://www.softsea.com/review/Active-Virus-Shield.html
> This version (6.0.2.621) was slightly newer version than the one I had been using. After entering the activation key, my license now doesn't expire until 9/5/2008. Also, the updates are working fine using the AOL servers.
>
>
>

I unintalled August 31 after several efforts to make the update
function work. On Friday evening I reinstalled AVS. It works perfectly.
I did not change any config files. I just reinstalled from my saved
install program and added the registration number. No change what so
ever was made to the HOSTS file. About 3 mb. of updates and program
update were downloaded after the installation.

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On Sat 08 Sep 2007 18:42:24, Allan Higdon <alhigdon.DeleteThis@mailinator.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:46:21 -0500, Larry Sabo
> <larry_sabo.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I believe the updates are working again, without the need to
>> modify the hosts file. I was at a client today whose updates
>> weren't working, modified the hosts file and updated his system.
>> Went to do likewise with his wife's computer and it was right
>> up-to-date! Just tried restoring the hosts file on my wife's
>> computer and doing the update and it updated, using the aol mirror
>> for a second or two, then usig Kaspersky's servers for the rest.
>> Anyone else notice this?
>>
>> Larry
>
> With all the posts lately about how to get the updates working
> again, I decided to try AVS again. I had already uninstalled it,
> using Total Uninstall to make sure I removed it completely.

K-AVS used to leave it's data in the streams of every singe NTFS file
on the system. Does it still do this?

If it does then Total Uninstall probably didn't track that.


> Since I
> had already deleted the installer, I had to find a download site
> that still offered it from their server. I found it here -
> http://www.softsea.com/review/Active-Virus-Shield.html This version
> (6.0.2.621) was slightly newer version than the one I had been
> using. After entering the activation key, my license now doesn't
> expire until 9/5/2008. Also, the updates are working fine using the
> AOL servers.
>



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