Avast WEBforum
Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Savannah22 on April 26, 2010, 10:23:16 PM
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It looks like it's going to take 4 hours to download Avast. That's too long. Can I stop the download & then restart another time without having to start from the beginning each time ?
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It looks like it's going to take 4 hours to download Avast. That's too long. Can I stop the download & then restart another time without having to start from the beginning each time ?
Stopping and restarting on a program like his should only be attempted if you're using a download manager.
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It looks like it's going to take 4 hours to download Avast. That's too long. Can I stop the download & then restart another time without having to start from the beginning each time ?
As Bob said, only if using a download manager. Then you would have to have a direct download link and not one that goes through cnet perhaps. For the free AV version: http://files.avast.com/iavs5x/setup_av_free.exe
avast in comparison to some other anti-virus downloads is much smaller.
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Must be something wrong...It took me less than 5 minutes to download Avast..on cable Local connection...it's only like 41 mb. Maybe something's blocking it...What Anti Virus did U have Before?...I would make sure the other 1 is properly uninstalled...just suggesting..
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Must be something wrong...It took me less than 5 minutes
Nothing wrong. He's on dial up not cable.
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Savannah22, if you only have dial-up, what I've done for others with only dial-up who want Avast is to use (or ask a friend) if they can download it for you onto a USB stick/flashdrive or other portable device. The download application for Avast 5.0.507 is 47,283 KB. Once you install it onto your machine and get it set up, then you will need to download all the upgrades (that will take quite some time), but at least you will have the program installed and have some protection.
The other option you can do if you have a modem in the home and only your PC has dial-up, is to temporarily hook your PC up to the modem for the download with an Ethernet cable (or WiFi if available and your PC has the capability).
Once Avast is installed and running, go to Settings, in the upper right hand corner of the GUI, go to the left hand panel and set your updates for automatic or manual. I found with the incremental updates on dial-up, that the automatic ones aren't that long.
Since you started the download but it is incomplete, please uninstall Avast so you have a clean install when you do it next time around and you don't encounter problems. I would also suggest that you download the Avast Uninstaller Tool do to a complete clean up.
There are work-arounds that can be done. Let me know how this works for you.