[access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
- From: "Jack Goodfellow" <goodfellow1985@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:01:27 +0100
Again from personal experience, I found investing a little in an
external wireless receiver, rather than using an internal desktop card
helps, as you can fiddle about more to get your best signal. After
doing this my wireless is grately improved!
Best:
Jack
On 8/14/07, Catherine Turner <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, my equipment was definitely set up by a competent person. I don't
> know whether it's the latest iteration of the standard though and don't know
> how to find out; nor do I want to because the "live box" from Wanadoo/Orange
> was a nightmare to set up and I have no desire to tinker with it now. But I
> do know that this kind of patchy experience seems pretty commonplace. Good
> that yours is working better.
>
> Catherine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Keen" <gordon.keen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:41 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
>
>
> > Sorry but this is not the experience I have had with my wireless
> > connection,
> > admittably at the back of my garden in the summer house I have to ensure
> > the
> > mac book is pointed at the house but within the house it's fine even when
> > streaming audio.
> > Oh yes and my house is a four bedroom detached construction of modern
> > timber
> > frame with metal foil insulation, I can only guess at what is causing
> > others
> > problems but I suspect they have not gone for the latest iteration of the
> > standard or have not had the equipment set up by a competent person.
> >
> > Regards
> > Gordon
> > From glorious Devon, England
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Wendy Sharpe
> > Sent: 14 August 2007 09:47
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
> >
> > All this sounds rather like DAB radio, and the way you have to find the
> > best
> > place in the house for tuning. Even then, many of the stations grumble
> > when
> > you try to play them. All these new ideas are very well, but some of them
> > don't seem to be working very well. I think for now I'll stick to my
> > old-fashioned wired PC and FM/AM radios.
> >
> > Wendy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of
> > Catherine Turner
> > Sent: 14 August 2007 08:15
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
> >
> > Hi Husna,
> >
> > Well speaking from my own experience, I'd sum it up as being useful to
> > have
> > and sometimes stable, but not to be totally counted on, especially for
> > listening to streams. I've found it ok for getting my e-mail most of the
> > time, and usually ok for browsing, but have given up trying to listen to
> > streams on it.
> >
> > How good it is, apparently, depends on lots of factors, like where you
> > have
> > the router positioned, what other activity's going on in the area, how far
> > away you try to use it etc. I have my router pretty high up and have
> > found
> > the connection much improved since then. But sometimes I still do get
> > problems like the signal dropping all together every few minutes and this
> > is
> >
> > without moving the router or the computer. But at other times it's usable
> > for getting my e-mail and browsing.
> >
> > Catherine
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:40 AM
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
> >
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> i was thinking of upgrading to wireless internet, isn't it stable then?
> >>
> >> Husna
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:48 PM
> >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
> >>
> >>
> >>> Katherine, by an unstable internet connection I mean, say, you're on
> >>> wireless, but it keeps dropping now and again, in fact every few minutes
> >>> I
> >>> have to say, for no apparent reason. As a result web pages would either
> >> load
> >>> slowly or not at all, files would either be downloaded as a corrupted
> >>> copy
> >>> or download very slowly or even not at all, e-mails would take longer to
> >>> send/receive or even have problems connecting to the server in the first
> >>> place, and things like that. This is what my friend has been
> >>> experiencing
> >> at
> >>> college. Hope that helps.
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:44 PM
> >>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Hello Chris,
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks for the info/warning, but what do you mean by an unstable
> >> internet
> >>> > connection?
> >>> >
> >>> > Catherine
> >>> > ----- Original Message -----
> >>> > From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <blind-computing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> >>> > <blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 3:07 PM
> >>> > Subject: [access-uk] Warning about AVG and other Anti-virus packages
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >> Hi all,
> >>> >> I know this may sound blatently obvious, but I thought I'd warn you
> >> all,
> >>> >> thanks to a friend, that if your connection(s) are unstable, this may
> >>> >> cause
> >>> >> whatever antivirus you're using to Fail. My friend had to do a
> >> reinstall
> >>> >> of
> >>> >> AVG Free today after discovering that some of the components were in
> >>> >> an
> >>> >> undetermined state, and it turned out that she had lots of viruses
> >> which
> >>> >> AVG
> >>> >> failed to pick up before the reinstall. I do not want this to happen
> >>> >> to
> >>> >> you,
> >>> >> so this is why I'm sending the warning out. Thanks for reading!
> >>> >> Chris Hallsworth
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