Error: Cannot connect to server.

[system]

cool 8) bye

[system]

nice :

@Tech post:4

@avast9002 post:3

After I did those steps, the manual update works now. I don’t konw if the auto will work…? Thanks.

Differences between auto-detect proxy and direct connection are the use of two different download engines - wininet.dll (used by IE, it’s the auto-detect setting) or winsock (direct connection).
Usually direct connection (winsock) helps for users with ADSL connection where the wininet engine fails.
Also, some malware can install as wininet proxy and when it detects connection to their servers, the downloaded stream returns just a file filled with zeros instead of real data. Setting direct connection bypasses this too. So, it’s good to check if your computer is virus clean right now.

(bold is me…)
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=45434.msg380690#msg380690

I have seen the no-proxy thing recommended here a few times, and Tech’s reasoning may have something to do with it…what would cause the wininet engine to fail, (as described in the quote) I don’t know…

-Scott-

[system]

meaning that Avast reads proxy settings from the two available API’s, like other programs do, interesting ;D >>> not directed at you Scott but at the OP who thought Avast could read the proxy settings from an alien API ;D

[system]

@Logos post:23

meaning that Avast reads proxy settings from the two available API’s, like other programs do, interesting ;D >>> not directed at you Scott but at the OP who thought Avast could read the proxy settings from an alien API ;D

I’m sorry, I believe I asked where it reads it’s settings 4 or 5 times, an answer you couldn’t provide. Never did I claim to know, nor did I claim to be a programmer. I could have sworn you said you were done with my thread, and told me to off. So stop wasting my time.

Someone else has come along with knowledge you didn’t have, to answer a question you clearly didn’t understand. But rather staying out of the thread or providing an answer you came back to try to belittle me because you were ignorant of the answer. Good job at proving your uselessness.

[system]

excuse me you’re the one wasting the forum bandwidth 'cause you don’t have much to say do you, especially since you randomly found that changing your proxy settings in Avast could solve your issue, and stupidly deduced that Avast was broken (yeah, they all say that : ) …looking for a mysterious API Avast would be reading from ;D And I should have answered that ??? you’re kidding or what? I’m afraid you’re not
Btw didn’t you say that you were done too…? I’m just having fun, but what are you doing ? (insert 140 characters here )

edit: what did the other poster tell you exactly? did it help ??? he just told you about available network APIs in Windows? did you get it? does it change anything ? NO!…you’re still stuck speculating about Avast being broken :

ps: belittling someone like you is really fun, because you just deserve it + it’s easy ;D

[system]

@Logos post:25

edit: what did the other poster tell you exactly? did it help ???

Answered the question you were too arrogant or ignorant to answer. Yes, it gave me something useful to try.

You still don’t understand a word that has been.

Avast is the only thing having issues with proxy settings, so yes avast is broken. So I asked where it looks for those settings, you had no answer. You babbled on uselessly as you continue to do. I don’t have much to say, which is why i came here to ask a question not to say things. I wasn’t looking for a “mysterious api” i was thinking more like registry settings, like IE uses. I’m not a programmer, i don’t look for APIs. Should you have answered what? Are you worth the air you breathe? I’ll answer that, No you aren’t. Should you have answered the question I asked, Yes or you shouldn’t have said anything at all, all you did was waste time. I came back because someone with useful info posted, and someone else told me, quote:

In http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=59406.msg500951#msg500951 you have met Logos and his arrogance.

Listen to what spg SCOTT and Tech say and ignore Logos as he will wear you down just like Chinese water torture.

Seems it’s common knowledge you are a useless, arrogant pile of shit.

As I said, you are merely trying, and failing at that as well, to belittle me. Useless people can’t belittle because they are in no way better at anything. Grats. Go troll elsewhere moron.

[system]

how are you doing with that new dyslexia software (V1.5 right?) , not too good it seems…can you spell your own name? wow wow wow…looking for registry settings? isn’t it too early? >>> wait for version 1.6

edit: I know exactly where this quoted post comes from, that’s a pm and it came from Mr Yokenny himself

[system]

@Dyslexic post:26

I’m not a programmer, i don’t look for APIs.

Well, then there’s no point in asking and just move on because the answer won’t be relevant to you in any way.

[system]

Fountains of useful information around here. There is a point in asking, the answer has been provided. It is relevant, because it may be a corrupt file or bad registry settings. Things that are not only relevant to programmers. Thanks for trolling by, now take your misery elsewhere.

[system]

Hmm… :

[system]

Hmm…

[system]

Hi guys. Does anybody found a solution? I updated my avast yesterday and I have the same problem. Version 4.8 always worked fine but version 5.0 doesn’t get any update.
I have a glorious Windows 2000 Professional with Ashampoo firewall installed. All internet tools works fine (firefox, email, skype, emuIe, etc. etc.) except avast update. I tryed to turn off Ashampoo but the avast update still doesn’t work. I tryed all 3 options of the avast proxy configuration (direct connection, auto detect and specify a (free) proxy) but it still doesn’t works. Is there some hero who fixed this issue? Thanks!

[system]

P.S.
My avast was originally installed in italian so I tryed to add the english language. The download of the new components worked fine and now the product is in english language. But the virus definition update still doesn’t work.

http://i1040.photobucket.com/albums/b401/marcofumetti/sceenshot/avast5updateerror01.gif

[Lisandro]

Was this solved or it is still pending of solution?

[system]

Still pending…
See http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=59190

[system]

@Dyslexic post:10

Hmm, just solved it.

Settings → Updates → Proxy Settings → Direct Connection (no proxy) instead of Auto detect (use Internet Explorer Settings)

Where does it read these settings because IE works fine, Avast wasn’t… ?

EDIT: Confirmed, changing it back and it breaks again but IE keeps working. Where is Avast looking for IE Proxy Settings?

I have the same can’t connect to server issue like lots of other avast! 5 users after update to the latest 5.0.545. It works after I read your post when I change direct connection to auto detect.Very strange, becouse I would never try to change the proxy setting. Why avast! begin to use IE proxy setting?It’s been 5 days that I can’t upate the lastest def and it makes me confused and upset.I was thinking to uninstall it.

[system]

@Dyslexic post:10

Hmm, just solved it.
Settings → Updates → Proxy Settings → Direct Connection (no proxy) instead of Auto detect (use Internet Explorer Settings)
Where does it read these settings because IE works fine, Avast wasn’t… ?
EDIT: Confirmed, changing it back and it breaks again but IE keeps working. Where is Avast looking for IE Proxy Settings?

I just registered to this forum so that I could bump this…

I was having the same issues listed above after upgrading from 4.8 to Avast 5.0.545 on Win XP Pro SP3 using only windows firewall.

I uninstalled via the add/remove applet, rebooted to safe mode, ran the removal tool, rebooted, reinstalled, rebooted and it still wouldn’t update.
I went to control panel/ windows firewall applet/ advanced and restored default settings.
Then I opened the avast ui and clicked settings and then selected the updates settings page.
I checked the box for “My computer is permanently connected to the internet”. Then below I selected proxy settings and selected “Direct connection (no proxy)”.
I then went back and started the update and it worked.

Thank you Dyslexic.

Kev

[Lisandro]

@Kevahl post:37

“Direct connection (no proxy)”

Indeed it solves a lot of troubles…
Welcome to forums!