Thread: AVG web protection

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Today I am having trouble following favourites and links within AULRO and other sites. I believe it has to do with AVG Internet Security. I am running AVG 8.5 and Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 over a cable internet connection.

When I ask for a known location the I get the page not found screen and the address bar shows a search string starting with AVG with AULRO somewhere near the end. It seems to be an AVG site which validates the address of the chosen sites.

The only way I can get most pages is to type the address into the field which works about 80% of the time.

What is happening?

How do I solve the problem?

Diana

All OK for me still.
Using XP with sp2, Firefox 3.0.10, AVG 8.5.339


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All OK here as well

Vista home basic SP2
Firefox 3.0.10
AVG 8.5.339
and Bigpond cable.


Martyn

Seems O.K today so I guess it will remain one of those mysteries of the ether!

Bit odd me posting here seeing as how I am a PC neanderthal but I am using Vista with AVG 8.5 and I have noticed recently just how slow using this site has become. It is onerous changing threads or pages as it seems to take a very long time to put the new one up.

Doesn't happen on any other sites which I frequent though - just here.

OK the problem is back and on numerous sites here is an example.

"h_t_t_p_://avg.urlseek.vmn.net/search.php'tbn=avg&lg=us&type=dns&q=http%3A%2F%2F9 00club.19.forumer.com%2Findex.php"

when the site I wanted was:

"h_t_t_p_://900club.19.forumer.com/index.php" (The bold & underscore _ spaces added by me)

and this is the message in the box:

Address Not Found

Firefox can't find the server at avg.urlseek.vmn.net.

The browser could not find the host server for the provided address.


Any ideas?

Diana

Are you using a wireless network router/ modem?

If you have 2 firewalls enabled it can cause problems like this.

I posted a similar problem a few months ago and was advised to disable all firewalls except in the network router.
I get messages all the time that my computer may be at risk , but have had no problems with intrusions.
I am running Vista Home Basic +SP2 , Firefox, and Trend Internet Security Pro.

Regards Philip A
However I am having another problem with both my computers that Firefox crashes ONLY on AULRO.
I wonder if AULRO pings to see whether the sender is a DOS, as I have no answer to pings enabled.

Regards Philip A

Phillip

You could be correct, the problem only started after I upgraded to AVG 8.5 and so now I do have the router firewall and the AVG however it is only intermittent so I may persevere for a while.

Diana

You may have a problem with your DNS (Domain Name Server), does this help?

To disable AVG redirection errors

DNS Cache

You may need to flush your DNS cache.