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Title: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: bradmoss on October 29, 2005, 04:27:03 PM: Can I download some file from the Avast web site to update Virus Definitions on a standalone PC (no network connection of any kind)?

I was told some AntiVirus Products have a kind of "Virus Definitions Updates" that can be downloaded and then applied on standalone PCs

TIA
Brad.-
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: Eddy on October 29, 2005, 04:30:17 PM: Yes you can. You would already have known the answer if you only had looked at http://www.avast.com
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: DavidR on October 29, 2005, 05:05:42 PM: Yes you can - avast! VPS Update - Manual Download (http://www.avast.com/eng/update_avast_4_vps.html).

Welcome to the forums.
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: bradmoss on October 30, 2005, 10:56:47 AM: Thank you very much, for the answer and the warm wellcome.
Not sure yet of choosing Avast, is among my favorites but I have not made the decision, this one was one of the points to take into consideration not all the antivirus programs allow updating offline.
Brad.-
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: Lisandro on October 30, 2005, 12:43:50 PM: Quote from: bradmoss on October 30, 2005, 10:56:47 AM
Not sure yet of choosing Avast, is among my favorites but I have not made the decision.
What are you waiting for?
What feature you need and already did not discover that avast! has too? ;D
Welcome to avast! 8)
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: DavidR on October 30, 2005, 12:49:21 PM: Well avast is the most flexible, configurable AV that I have ever used and I've used a few. Not to mention it is relatively light on resources when compared to the behemoths out there.

Should you chose to try it, ensure that you uninstall (not just disable) your existing AV (especially if it is NAV, let us know as this often leaves stuff behind), two resident AV are likely to cause conflict rather than twice the protection.
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: John- on October 30, 2005, 10:41:30 PM: well technically speaking,...you always have to be online to download them,...
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: DavidR on October 30, 2005, 11:52:07 PM: Quote from: Grunger` on October 30, 2005, 10:41:30 PM
well technically speaking,...you always have to be online to download them,...
Not sure if this relates to my comments.

However, if it does, I credit 'bradmoss' with the intelligence not to uninstall his existing AV before going on-line and downloading avast! before going off-line and uninstalling his existing AV and installing avast!
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: AvastForever on November 03, 2005, 12:07:49 AM: Quote from: DavidR on October 30, 2005, 12:49:21 PM
Well avast is the most flexible, configurable AV that I have ever used and I've used a few. Not to mention it is relatively light on resources when compared to the behemoths out there.

Should you chose to try it, ensure that you uninstall (not just disable) your existing AV (especially if it is NAV, let us know as this often leaves stuff behind), two resident AV are likely to cause conflict rather than twice the protection.

I want to know is it bad to have two antivirus program. I have Avast 4.6 and on-acsess always on and i have Antivir on my system but for Scanning my computer only and i disable the GUARD becuase Avast is already doing this. So its it bad to Have two antivirus program on your computer even if one is active and one is not? (Antivir is just there for on-demand scanning).
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: justin1278 on November 03, 2005, 12:09:53 AM: as long as you completely disable the realtime protection and do not scan at the same time i think you should be fine.
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: AvastForever on November 03, 2005, 12:12:15 AM: Thanks
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: MFB on November 03, 2005, 12:44:12 AM: Anti Vir and avast together (with Active Guard disable of course) should be fine. I had Anti Vir along with avast! a while ago and didn't have any problems. :)
Title: Re: Can Virus Definitions be updated offline
Post by: Lisandro on November 03, 2005, 12:58:33 AM: With avast you can have (without activated residents): Antivir, BitDefender (free), ClamWin, NOD32 and McAfee.
Without even installing the residents (not just disabled): AVG.
NEVER: Norton Antivirus (NAV).