I thought perhaps I was the only one experiencing this so I posted this in my own thread and was directed here,
I haven’t changed any settings but I haven’t had an auto update since 11/16. I manually updated and it said everything was up to date however,rhe latest being shown was,13116-1. I went to the “update history” link and there were updates released on the 17 and the 18. Any idea whats going on,thanks. BTW I did update the latest avast version that was just released,2014.9.0.2008
Ok,being a computer novice did we get the streaming updates from 11/7 and 11/8,or are we not protected from whatever those updates are for???
Perhaps it is not such a big deal as the fellows said, but I remember about 2 years ago Avast has had the same problem and then the company has edited a cure to fix the problem.
If you open the GUI>Statistics>Component Status you will see how many streaming updates you have had in the last 24 hours - gonna be a lot so you are still protected up to date.
rocket, make sure under Settings>Update>Details that you tick ‘My computer is permanently connected…’ and under Proxy Settings ‘Direct Connection’. The go back to Statistics>Component Status and look under ‘updates’. Should be fine then. (Unless of course you do have a modem and are using a proxy server)
I’ve never had to check, My computer is permanently connected to the internet,and I’ve always recieved updates,right now its unchecked,should I check it??? Its been unchecked forever.
For those with a permanent internet connection, and who have streaming updates enabled, there is probably little risk, HOWEVER, for those who DON’T have a permanent internet connection, and thus don’t get the streaming updates, or for those who prefer to have streaming updates turned OFF, and either manually update via the program, or download the VPS updates, then Avast 2014 would not seem to be a safe choice for an antivirus system.
It is now 19/11/2013, and there has been no VPS update since 131116-1. I personally think that is rather poor.
Right click on the “avast” desktop icon>click “open file location”>double click “defs”>double click on any “stream” and check out your streaming updates.
They are there…nothing to worry about…you are fully protected. 8)
Fellows! My Avast has been up to date just right now! I have a 131118-1 database!
EDIT right not tight
EDIT2 Or shall I write: has been updated just right now?
Maybe they finally heard the concern of their users… I too have now 131118-1.
It is entirely up to Avast whether their product suits both those with permanent interconnections, and those who don’t have a permanent connection, and/or for what ever reason don’t or can’t use streaming updates. If they don’t want to lose users in the latter category then they need to reliably supply at least daily updates.
