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So here we are April 2012... What is the imposed "valid" range for the Auto-update interval ?
Personally, i want it OFF (set to zero) Or, I want to set it to once every 1 day or longer. but NOOOOO i do not want to tun it to "manual update" because then that stupid alert triangle appears over the avast icon in the system tray and will scare the user and make them think they are not protected, when in fact another and better method is in use.
And since there are so many that cant grasp why a feature is needed and need some type of justification.
1) Auto updates are great, if you want them or need them. we don’t
2) We set up computers that are "locked down" using Windows Steady State or Faronics Deep Freeze. It is impossible to get a virus to infect the OS beyond a reboot. and at each reboot, any changes the computer experienced (including updates) is completely discarded.
3) All computers are rebooted once a day in a non user interactive mode and a script runs to unlock the computers and perform updates of the OS, antivirus and other software, then relocks the computers and reboots again to normal operations.
4) each update takes bandwidth. some providers are now charging for bandwidth and setting usage limits before they throttle you or charge you additional. If you are FORCING me to do updates at your preference, not my need, then you are forcibly sucking down my usage and costing me more money.
5) As stated above, each day the computers reboot and do updates. when they reboot, they completely discard all activity that took place on them that previous day. so even if you forced updates on me, they are thrown out and the updates are downloaded all over again in a fully controlled mode.
6) Am fully expecting the arrogant comment of "switch providers" wow, think we have not thought about that ? nothing else is available for some of the connections we have set up. we live on an island and in certain spots there are only certain providers that have a working signal here.
7) One of the providers charges 5 cents per meg on over charges. How much data does avast exchange on a single update check, even if there are no updates ?
As i think i understand, each time the computer boots Avast checks for updates as well ? If the computer is rebooted 6 times in the day (which happens), you are doing updates 6 times more than are needed or wanted and costing us 6 times more money.