AVG Update Problems

This post was written by admin on October 30, 2008
Posted Under: Antivirus,PC Security,Technology

AVG's antivirus software has disabled some users Internet connection with a recent update. Their support page indicates that users upgrading to AVG version 8.0.196 may find that their internet connection fails.

The first thing to do after installing this update is to reboot your machine......if this does not solve the problem and your internet connection is still blocked, disable the AVG Web Shield and AVG Linkscanner as follows:

Open AVG by double clicking the icon in your taskbar or on your desktop, double click on the Web Shield component and untick Enable Web Shield then click on Save changes, then double click on the Linkscanner component and disable all options then click Save changes, if you have the Firewall included in your version double click on the Firewall component and select disable, click Save changes.

You will then need to go to AVG's support page, click on 1561: Inactive components and/or blocked internet connection after update to 8.0.196 and download the fixfiles.zip to your computer, double click to open it and then double click the fixfiles.exe to install the patch.

If this does not resolve the problem then you will need to carry out a repair installation details of which can be found by clicking here.

Many users are also experiencing problems with the normal update process, so visit the link below to install the updates manually.

AVG Manual Update click here