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192058 2003-11-14 23:09:00 New virus definitions posted : Virus Database 335 dated 14.11.03 Smurf (506)
192059 2003-11-14 23:13:00 Hmm... I'd just noticed this about 15 mins ago...

Any idea's why its a 1.8MB Download???
Chilling_Silently (228)
192060 2003-11-14 23:56:00 Does it matter what size it is? Size does not always matter :-)

Surely the important thing is to actually update AVG!

:-)
Tobas (224)
192061 2003-11-15 00:22:00 > Any idea's why its a 1.8MB Download???

Interesting question - I recall when I used to use another great quality free AV programme (damn, can't remember now what it was called bfore it went pro only) the updates were only about 200 - 400 KB's

Maybe AVG is somehow less efficient in it's coding, or perhaps they duplicate a lot of code in their updaters
Greg S (201)
192062 2003-11-15 00:25:00 its only a one-off massive update.. they're normally about 40kb!?!! Chilling_Silently (228)
192063 2003-11-15 00:28:00 it might be that the update is also updating the program version this time. robsonde (120)
192064 2003-11-15 03:38:00 Programme version the same so no update there. Just a one-off large update and as Chill says they are usually about 40kb Smurf (506)
192065 2003-11-15 04:18:00 > Maybe AVG is somehow less efficient in it's coding,
> or perhaps they duplicate a lot of code in their
> updaters

No! That would be more like Norton's AV. :)
Archibald (180)
192066 2003-11-15 04:32:00 Last I saw AntiVir XP (I believe this was the app a friend was using) he was downloading about 4.5MB every 6 or so days in updated definitions :-(

On 28.8k dial-up, that sucks!
Chilling_Silently (228)
192067 2003-11-16 09:07:00 I have the last update installed. Do you know how to find a list of what virii (viruses?) are covered and how many it protects against? Peter M (852)
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