the program and the the virus can’t be updated in china(mainland). :'(avast shows that :Can not reach the specified host.perhaps the government firewall block connections.the other Antivirus software like Avira is normal except avast.i hope the avast Officials can Solve this problem.because i like avast very much.i have used avast for 6 years.
Any error messages from avast or does it say it is updated?
Do you recive stream updates?
Same for my Premier :'(.
www.avast.com had also been blocked in China mainland.
and I cant update since Feb 27.
I had try some proxys but seems not working on avast.
It’s Chinese GFW. DNS of avast! update servers had been polluted and my avast! def stops at Feb. 24th.
However avast! only supports HTTP and SOCKS4 proxy, this is not enough. Many mainstream proxies are using SOCKS5 now…
can’t reach the server.
and can’t receive stream updates either
Sorry to hear that. It seems that it is the China’s great firewall. Have you subscribed any VPN service? You may try it to jump through the Wall but I heard from some sources that the Wall has just been strengthened to make VPN service outside your country inaccessible. Anyway, I wonder how could you access this website? Some sources do also state that the whole foreign websites would be demolished soon.
Thanks guys. We are actively investigating the issue via our Chinese office and we will be doing our best to lift that ban ASAP.
Thanks
Vlk
I wonder if avast can release some offline update packs because my avast was being out of date.
Your site was blocked by keywords. That means if you type request any data containing .avast.com via http, your connection will lost (for example typing www.microsoft.com/?.avast.com in browser). But using https can solve it. There are many methods Chinese government used to block a site. Some sites may got DNS poision(like wikipedia and google), others ips are blocked(like facebook). Key word is just one method used on v2ex and avast in recent times.
I found information about this.
The block might be related to the new function of VPN security line…
Very upset to hear the news… (Actually most of Chinese, like me, jump through the Wall by GoAgent…)
Hope to see off-line update packs on the website…
Hello,
you can download it from here: https://www.avast.com/en-eu/download-update
Milos
Thanks very much!! Now I can keep it up to date and dont need to find some replacement.
offline packs download speed is very slow
Could be because many people are trying to download it at the same time now.
Some articles:
http://thetechportal.in/2015/03/02/avast-anti-virus-has-reportedly-been-blocked-by-the-great-chinese-firewall/
http://www.biztekmojo.com/00366/avast-blocked-great-firewall-china-us-against-chinas-anti-terrorism-law
https://fnews.com/antivirus-maker-avast-is-latest-overseas-tech-firm-blocked-in-china-e7mq
the virus canbe updated in china(mainland) 2015-03-04
Yes!! Update is normal now!!
Thanks everyone!!
Good to know, thanks for the feedback.
Still can NOT be updated in China (mainland) with the error message of Host Unreachable or HTTP server returned error. I can NOT access avast website, too. The browser tells me the connections is reset.