tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post2786719555941570655..comments2023-10-18T05:54:12.748-07:00Comments on IncrediBILL's Random Rants: AVG 8 LinkScanner Fiasco RecapIncrediBILLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-2827689976919037572008-07-06T16:15:00.000-07:002008-07-06T16:15:00.000-07:00looks like they changed their ways. if you don't s...looks like they <A HREF="http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1007329&r=15942208#r15942208" REL="nofollow">changed their ways</A>. if you don't see the huge orange banner at the top of the site, the text of it is:<BR/><I>Community alert! — The LinkScanner component of AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 is causing undue load on popular websites such as Whirlpool, and wastes your bandwidth. If you (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-34510021548185304272008-06-27T14:16:00.000-07:002008-06-27T14:16:00.000-07:00AVG is a horrible application... wish it would die...AVG is a horrible application... wish it would die!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-61926320809663824622008-06-18T10:17:00.000-07:002008-06-18T10:17:00.000-07:00A AV company that doesn't understand content deliv...A AV company that doesn't understand content delivery parameters. What the .... is going on here!!!<BR/><BR/> Uninstall now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-36972244905124868242008-06-18T02:22:00.000-07:002008-06-18T02:22:00.000-07:00I redirect them to, um, uh, their creator ;)I redirect them to, um, uh, their creator ;)IncrediBILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-31354315366977582032008-06-18T01:36:00.000-07:002008-06-18T01:36:00.000-07:00Bill, do you block these user agents or do you let...Bill, do you block these user agents or do you let them through?<BR/><BR/>I blocked them at first but I was under the impression that people would not visit the page if the scanner got nothing but a 403.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-80301759868050190962008-06-17T19:40:00.000-07:002008-06-17T19:40:00.000-07:00Just tested this on my site and bad-behavior rejec...Just tested this on my site and bad-behavior rejects the bot with a 403 error.<BR/><BR/>So the bot does not send the proper headers and is blocked by BB.<BR/><BR/>AVG sees this block as the site being safe. So the check is not worth the bandwidth it uses. It doesnt even work because it can not access websites or blogs protected by BB and it doesnt even understand that it is getting a error and tmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16370669314050985245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-42363876259989516092008-06-17T17:01:00.000-07:002008-06-17T17:01:00.000-07:00I think what this really shows is a breakdown in p...I think what this really shows is a breakdown in professional programming standards over at AVG. The developers of this 'feature' that AVG bought in clearly need to go back to school. <BR/><BR/>You just can't code any apps - especially web apps - without understanding the complex IT environment apps have to work in. <BR/><BR/>A big part of this is having a technical understanding of the upstream Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com