Avira stopped updating?

Anyone else experienced Avira AntiVirus problems with update? It just loops and then finally says unable to connect to server. Been happing for 4 days now.

 

nope, havent had that problem yet.

 

I am not using Avira but you should allow the update process in your firewall sometimes after an update of your firewall some rules get messed up.
Be sure that the update proces is allowed to connect to the internet but you also need to be sure that the update process (I mean the part that is needed for avira to update) can listen on any ports and to any ip-address that should normally solve your problem. I only know how to do that in my firewall. I think that you need to edit that firewall rule. If that fails try this press the windows button together with r now type: cmd press enter. Now type this ipconfig /flushdns press enter. After that type exit and press enter. Reboot your pc.

I don't know if you can select alternative update servers. Maybe you can try that.

Kind regards,
Niels

 

hi

if u have avire free, servers are often busy and slow

I advice you to update in late evening

Alternatively, you can update manual:

donwload from here the vdf file

then,from the control panel of avira, selecting "update-> manual update" and select the vdf file you downloaded the first

finish

Regards

 

Just updated the Free Avira and no problems so far. Check your firewall

 

That's the main reason I switched to Avira Premium, too often having trouble with updating!

 

That's the reason why I switched to AVG 8.0

 

No probs at all on my machine (personal edition).

Gerard

 

It depends on where he lives. The key is to update between 1AM to 430AM, German time, when much of Europe is sleeping. Germany is Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) +1.

 

I do not trust much avg (see the numerous and dangerous FP Recently)

Regards

 

I agree

excellent clarification

ps: I'm living in italy

byez

 

Yes, the same like Avast or Avira

 

sorry, but I do not agree

Avg in this year had at least a couple of very dangerous FP for the system (do you remember of "aaaamon.dll", "user32.dll"?)

Avira not....

I use Avira for a year, and did not give fp so dangerous

In the last report of av-comparatives of this year (Retrospective/ProActive Test of november): Avira 17 fp, Avg 21 fp......

Regards

 

It's a fact that Avira and Avast also had some dangerous FP, so let's stop the discussion here ...

 

But, I ask again, at what percentage of a total base tested, is considered excessive. I asked IBK the size that was used, but he remains silent. If you detect 20 FPs out of 40 WOW. But if you detect 20FPs out of 10,000, is that really worse then the vendor who detected 7.

 

ROFL

I've had Avira on my systems from windows 98 to Windows Xp now from version 6 to now version 8,I've hardly EVER gotten false postives. All settings are on HIGH as well.

Sorry I'm missing out on all the fun I guess

 

I agree, I've been running Avira for a year now and have only had one false positive. I also have scheduled updates 6 times a day and rarely have any problems. That said, of the 6 updates, usually only 3 or 4 actually update, with the rest reporting up-to-date.

 

why?

we are only exchanging their impressions and opinions

I've Avira from september of 2007, e in this year I have not had FP so dangerous like Avg....

tell me one example of FP Dangerous of Avira.....thanks

ps: I want to stress that it is true that Avira have FP, but in this year Avg deteriorated about FP

Regards

 

Avira FP for example: winlogon.exe, svchost.exe

 

ok, when?

I tried to track this resounding dangerous FP on the web...but I have not found anything

Can you bring back some news from a site?

Certainly I do not ever given me these FP......Since I installed Avira (from september 2007) ...

Perhaps I was lucky or I have a short memory....

But I would say that behind these names, there are very often rootkit....o trojan...

Regards

 

Never had these as false postives either so,I'ma thinking unless you provide us with some proof,your claims are null and void.

 

I don't feed trolls ...

@Murack

http://www.netzwelt.de/news/75378-antivir-angeblicher-trojaner-trwlhacka-ist.html

 

well, I think that old story of one year and a half is very little relevant

you can not evaluate an antivirus product based on old data of nearly two years

You remember that in those two years, came out two new versions of avira (from 6 to 8 )

and soon released the 9 (already in beta)

I want to point out that:

1. avira undoubtedly suffers from FP

2. in the past year, Avg deteriorated much about FP

Regards

 

So every AV can give you a dangerous FP, in 2009 it could be Avira, Avast or AVG! There is no perfect AV

 

I agree

and what this means?

This means that you must choose the virus with fewer defects

Avira, in this years, has steadily improved about FP

instead, Avg is getting worse

Furthermore, Avira is the top recognition

Avg not.....

maybe in a few years, the situation is the opposite, but today is not so

then this your claim is wrong:

Regards

PS: IMHO