Allow me to address comments and questions as to why some of us make such a big deal about streaming updates, which obviously, are a major component to Avast's overall security strength. If you are lucky enough that you aren't having problems, that's great.
There is a large geographical area that receives updates through the same server(s) in the U.S. For whatever reason, this server fails frequently. Sometimes it's a worldwide issue, but certainly our area in particular has more than it's fair share of breakdowns. I'm not talking about a few minutes or a couple of hours, sometimes we lose streaming updates for 2, 3, 4 DAYS. In fact, as of right now, I'm experiencing no connection for the fourth day this week. Eventually a definition update will catch it all up, but in the meantime this large group of customers is not receiving the full protection that Avast advertises. If it's important enough to stream an update, it must be important enough for our PC's to receive it.
We also know that Avast either lacks the will or ability to monitor how well its servers are streaming updates to its customers throughout the world. Why can I say this? Because after one three (3) day period this winter of no streaming updates, an Avast employee finally came on here and admitted that they didn't know it wasn't working properly. So if a certain group of us doesn't come on here "making a big deal" about the loss of streaming updates, time after time, how would the word ever get to Avast that their servers are down?
