Is your server being hammered by AVG8?
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Posted by JeffM on July 3, 2008, 8:29 pm
Please log in for more thread options by default, the new version **pre-fetches EVERY link on every page users surf to** and it reports a bogus User Agent http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24045121 NOTE: All these links are to different points on the same page; if you drag & drop them onto the original tab/page, it will hammer Slashdot less. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24045401 http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24045529 Slashdot says this is causing an extra 6 percent load on them and is screwing up their stats. Methods have been suggested for how site owners can deal with the rogue behavior: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24046847 http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24046825 . . If you run AVG8, you can disable this garbage "feature": http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24044961 For those who require a free AV, ClamWin(GPL) & Avast are available--and are less bloated (and less clueless and/or evil). ...and, of course, if you run a Gecko-based browser with NoScript, AdBlock, FlashBlock, etc. and use a little common sense, you avoid most of the crap anyway. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Martin Griffith on July 4, 2008, 2:40 am
Please log in for more thread options Dumped AVG8 last week, and this seems to work http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php martin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by IanM on July 4, 2008, 5:32 am
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> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:29:47 -0700 (PDT), in sci.electronics.design
> >>After Grisoft forced an upgrade in May (AVG7 is no longer supported),
>>by default, the new version >>**pre-fetches EVERY link on every page users surf to** >>and it reports a bogus User Agent >>http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24045121 >> >
> Dumped AVG8 last week, and this seems to work > http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php > > > martin I like Avira, been using it for a couple of years. I recently signed up for this Get a 6 month free licenses of avira premium for free. https://license.avira.com/en/promotion-t0q1aatr05zwftftgnqr The advantage being you get the faster update servers and no ad popping up every day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Eeyore on July 4, 2008, 5:24 am
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JeffM wrote: > After Grisoft forced an upgrade in May (AVG7 is no longer supported),
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24045121
> by default, the new version > **pre-fetches EVERY link on every page users surf to** > and it reports a bogus User Agent > The updates to AVG7 are still coming through right now (me being the type to upgrade only when I know something's stable). Maybe they realised it was an 'anti-update' so prolonger the updatesa fter the announced date ? Is it adversely impacting everyday performance ? Graham Graham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on July 6, 2008, 11:14 am
Please log in for more thread options Eeyore wrote:
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> JeffM wrote: > >> After Grisoft forced an upgrade in May (AVG7 is no longer supported),
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24045121
>> by default, the new version >> **pre-fetches EVERY link on every page users surf to** >> and it reports a bogus User Agent >> >
upgrade only when I know something's
> The updates to AVG7 are still coming through right now (me being the type to > stable).
announced date ?
> > Maybe they realised it was an 'anti-update' so prolonger the updatesa fter the >
> Is it adversely impacting everyday performance ? Just turn off the feature. -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK Remote Viewing classes in London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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>by default, the new version
>**pre-fetches EVERY link on every page users surf to**
>and it reports a bogus User Agent
>http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?lowbandwidth=1&no_d2=1&mode=nested&threshold=5&sid=08/07/03/1411254#24045121
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