AVG update server is so slow

I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM. AVG6
used to have a .INI file.

PS. Don't you mean "193.86.103.19 www.grisoft.com"


"Locke Nash Cole" <junkmauler DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:58-dnTFx0IXosWrcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
> You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use this
> sneaky little fix I came up with.
>
> Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
> extension.
> In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.
>
> 1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
> 2. Add the following line
>
>
>
> What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to
www.grisoft.com
> (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.
>
> -L
>
> "Si" <si DeleteThis @dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message
> news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from of
> > late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be
able
> > to add alternate servers....
> >
> > Or can you?
> >
> > Si.
> >
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

In message <QBIJd.45$Bc7.40@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Joel J
<spam.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> writes
>I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM. AVG6
>used to have a .INI file.

If you have no HOSTS file, then you copy or rename the HOSTS.SAM file to
HOSTS, then edit that. I guess that the .SAM stands for "sample".

>PS. Don't you mean "193.86.103.19 www.grisoft.com"

I cannot say, I have not tried it myself, but no I would say he said
just what he meant.

The effect of the a "193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com" in HOSTS would be
to make any client trying to access guru.grisoft.com, which is
presumably what update the client does, to access 193.86.103.19 rather
than "193.86.3.34" which DNS would otherwise indicate.

>"Locke Nash Cole" <junkmauler.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:58-dnTFx0IXosWrcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
....
>> "Si" <si.TakeThisOut@dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message
>> news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> > The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from of
>> > late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be
>able
>> > to add alternate servers....
>> >
>> > Or can you?
....
--
Dave English Senior Software & Systems Engineer
Internet Platform Development, Thus plc
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

> You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use
> this sneaky little fix I came up with.
>
> Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
> extension.
> In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.
>
> 1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
> 2. Add the following line
>
> 193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
>
> What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to
> www.grisoft.com (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform
> updates.
>

I can't find the file either, been through system32/drivers/etc, there
are 6 files none of which relate to AVG /c;

LJ
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

Right - created hosts from hosts.sam, added the line, rebooted, but no
difference. Still slow to download updates and Update Manager/Settings/URL
hasn't changed (or should it?).

What am I doing wrong?


"Dave English" <dave.english.TakeThisOut@thus.net> wrote in message
news:8VtVv$Jxf69BFAhR@thus.net...
> In message <QBIJd.45$Bc7.40@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Joel J
> <spam.TakeThisOut@nospam.com> writes
> >I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM.
AVG6
> >used to have a .INI file.
>
> If you have no HOSTS file, then you copy or rename the HOSTS.SAM file to
> HOSTS, then edit that. I guess that the .SAM stands for "sample".
>
> >PS. Don't you mean "193.86.103.19 www.grisoft.com"
>
> I cannot say, I have not tried it myself, but no I would say he said
> just what he meant.
>
> The effect of the a "193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com" in HOSTS would be
> to make any client trying to access guru.grisoft.com, which is
> presumably what update the client does, to access 193.86.103.19 rather
> than "193.86.3.34" which DNS would otherwise indicate.
>
> >"Locke Nash Cole" <junkmauler.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:58-dnTFx0IXosWrcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
> ...
> >> "Si" <si.TakeThisOut@dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message
> >> news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >> > The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from of
> >> > late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be
> >able
> >> > to add alternate servers....
> >> >
> >> > Or can you?
> ...
> --
> Dave English Senior Software & Systems Engineer
> Internet Platform Development, Thus plc
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

"in2minds" <dead.DeleteThis@redx.co.uk> wrote in message
news:35pon3F4poc2uU1@individual.net...

> I can't find the file either, been through system32/drivers/etc, there
> are 6 files none of which relate to AVG /c;

The hosts file is not related to AVG, it is related to a networking
'feature' you may or may not be using. It is like a mini-DNS stored
locally that the user can edit.
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

In message <YwPJd.340$TV5.281@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Joel J
<spam DeleteThis @nospam.com> writes
>Right - created hosts from hosts.sam, added the line, rebooted, but no
>difference. Still slow to download updates and Update Manager/Settings/URL
>hasn't changed (or should it?).
>
>What am I doing wrong?

Cannor be sure.

Try from a command line doing:

ping guru.grisoft.com

to see what IP address it pings.

Regards

>"Dave English" <dave.english DeleteThis @thus.net> wrote in message
>news:8VtVv$Jxf69BFAhR@thus.net...
>> In message <QBIJd.45$Bc7.40@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Joel J
>> <spam DeleteThis @nospam.com> writes
>> >I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM.
>AVG6
>> >used to have a .INI file.
>>
>> If you have no HOSTS file, then you copy or rename the HOSTS.SAM file to
>> HOSTS, then edit that. I guess that the .SAM stands for "sample".
....
>> The effect of the a "193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com" in HOSTS would be
>> to make any client trying to access guru.grisoft.com, which is
>> presumably what update the client does, to access 193.86.103.19 rather
>> than "193.86.3.34" which DNS would otherwise indicate.
>>
>> >"Locke Nash Cole" <junkmauler DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:58-dnTFx0IXosWrcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
>> ...
>> >> "Si" <si DeleteThis @dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message
>> >> news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> >> > The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from of
>> >> > late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be
>> >able
>> >> > to add alternate servers....
>> >> >
>> >> > Or can you?
....
--
Dave English Senior Software & Systems Engineer
Internet Platform Development, Thus plc
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

>193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
>
>What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to www.grisoft.com
>(which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.

Fantastic! This was bugging me this morning as guru appears to be
dead... now I'm completely up to date. Nice one!
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

Done the ping. IP address is correct.


"Dave English" <dave.english.DeleteThis@thus.net> wrote in message
news:zSsYv0EO2J+BFAow@thus.net...
> In message <YwPJd.340$TV5.281@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Joel J
> <spam.DeleteThis@nospam.com> writes
> >Right - created hosts from hosts.sam, added the line, rebooted, but no
> >difference. Still slow to download updates and Update
Manager/Settings/URL
> >hasn't changed (or should it?).
> >
> >What am I doing wrong?
>
> Cannor be sure.
>
> Try from a command line doing:
>
> ping guru.grisoft.com
>
> to see what IP address it pings.
>
> Regards
>
> >"Dave English" <dave.english.DeleteThis@thus.net> wrote in message
> >news:8VtVv$Jxf69BFAhR@thus.net...
> >> In message <QBIJd.45$Bc7.40@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Joel J
> >> <spam.DeleteThis@nospam.com> writes
> >> >I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM.
> >AVG6
> >> >used to have a .INI file.
> >>
> >> If you have no HOSTS file, then you copy or rename the HOSTS.SAM file
to
> >> HOSTS, then edit that. I guess that the .SAM stands for "sample".
> ...
> >> The effect of the a "193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com" in HOSTS would be
> >> to make any client trying to access guru.grisoft.com, which is
> >> presumably what update the client does, to access 193.86.103.19 rather
> >> than "193.86.3.34" which DNS would otherwise indicate.
> >>
> >> >"Locke Nash Cole" <junkmauler.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >news:58-dnTFx0IXosWrcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
> >> ...
> >> >> "Si" <si.DeleteThis@dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message
> >> >> news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >> >> > The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from
of
> >> >> > late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to
be
> >> >able
> >> >> > to add alternate servers....
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Or can you?
> ...
> --
> Dave English Senior Software & Systems Engineer
> Internet Platform Development, Thus plc
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

In message <f22Kd.104$f62.79@newsfe5-win.ntli.net>, Joel J
<spam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> writes
>Done the ping. IP address is correct.

If it is pinging 193.86.103.19, then I for one do not know what else to
suggest, sorry.

The HOSTS file is doing what it is supposed to.

Others have been successful.

>"Dave English" <dave.english.RemoveThis@thus.net> wrote in message
>news:zSsYv0EO2J+BFAow@thus.net...
>> In message <YwPJd.340$TV5.281@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>, Joel J
>> <spam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> writes
>> >Right - created hosts from hosts.sam, added the line, rebooted, but no
>> >difference. Still slow to download updates and Update
>Manager/Settings/URL
>> >hasn't changed (or should it?).
>> >
>> >What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> Cannor be sure.
>>
>> Try from a command line doing:
>>
>> ping guru.grisoft.com
>>
>> to see what IP address it pings.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> >"Dave English" <dave.english.RemoveThis@thus.net> wrote in message
>> >news:8VtVv$Jxf69BFAhR@thus.net...
>> >> In message <QBIJd.45$Bc7.40@newsfe3-win.ntli.net>, Joel J
>> >> <spam.RemoveThis@nospam.com> writes
>> >> >I use Win98SE but I've got no HOSTS file in Windows - just HOSTS.SAM.
>> >AVG6
>> >> >used to have a .INI file.
>> >>
>> >> If you have no HOSTS file, then you copy or rename the HOSTS.SAM file
>to
>> >> HOSTS, then edit that. I guess that the .SAM stands for "sample".
>> ...
>> >> The effect of the a "193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com" in HOSTS would be
>> >> to make any client trying to access guru.grisoft.com, which is
>> >> presumably what update the client does, to access 193.86.103.19 rather
>> >> than "193.86.3.34" which DNS would otherwise indicate.
>> >>
>> >> >"Locke Nash Cole" <junkmauler.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> >news:58-dnTFx0IXosWrcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
>> >> ...
>> >> >> "Si" <si.RemoveThis@dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> >> >> > The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from
>of
>> >> >> > late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to
>be
>> >> >able
>> >> >> > to add alternate servers....
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Or can you?
....
--
Dave English Senior Software & Systems Engineer
Internet Platform Development, Thus plc
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

Locke Nash Cole wrote:
> You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use this
> sneaky little fix I came up with.
>
> Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
> extension.
> In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.
>
> 1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
> 2. Add the following line
>
> 193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
>
> What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to www.grisoft.com
> (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.
>
> -L
>

That's brilliant!!! Now updating takes just seconds. Thanks for the
great tip.

Yours truly,
Ed
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

Superb.

Cheers,

Si.

"Locke Nash Cole" <junkmauler DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:58-dnTFx0IXosWrcRVn-jw@comcast.com...
> You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use this
> sneaky little fix I came up with.
>
> Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
> extension.
> In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.
>
> 1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
> 2. Add the following line
>
> 193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
>
> What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to
> www.grisoft.com (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.
>
> -L
>
> "Si" <si DeleteThis @dontbotherspamming.thisaddress> wrote in message
> news:ct690r$li9$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> The AVG update server has become almost impossible to update from of
>> late....and unlike the previous free version, you don't appear to be able
>> to add alternate servers....
>>
>> Or can you?
>>
>> Si.
>>
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

Locke Nash Cole wrote:
> You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use
> this sneaky little fix I came up with.
>
> Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
> extension.
> In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.
>
> 1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
> 2. Add the following line
>
> 193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
>
> What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to
> www.grisoft.com (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform
> updates.
>
> -L
> /snip

Many thanks, excellent tip!
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow 

Locke Nash Cole wrote:
> You cannot add new servers in the free edition however you can use this
> sneaky little fix I came up with.
>
> Your hosts file in windows 9x/me is in your windows folder with no
> extension.
> In XP/2k its in windows\system32\drivers\etc with no extension.
>
> 1. Open up your hosts file in notepad.
> 2. Add the following line
>
> 193.86.103.19 guru.grisoft.com
>
> What this does is actually tells your computer to connect to www.grisoft.com
> (which works) and not guru.grisoft.com to perform updates.
>
> -L

Bingo!

Thanks for tip. It only took a few seconds to update )

John
 >> Stay informed about: AVG update server is so slow