avast not showing correct VDB

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hello everyone-
small issue-my updated VDB is 0422-1 but it is showing as 0418-0 in the simple user interface.
what’s up?(tried to look with the search to see any other posts but came up empty)
-max

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Hi madmax,

Can’t really offer help yet, just trying to rule out possible things here.

If you right-click the icon in the toolbar and select About, is the correct one showing there?

Thanks and best,
Mike

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If you boot, what do you get?
If you manually update, what do you get?

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when I update it says already up to date 0422-1 but if I right click “about” it says 0418-0
rebooted no change- OS is XP pro
Just installed avast on this new one I got friday
667mz 512 ram - man this one is so much faster than my other 233 128ram ;D
-max

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Hmm, it’s strange. What version (build) of avast! do you have?

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And what’s the timestamp and size of the file \data\400.vps?

Also, if you open the file in a viewer, there’s a date near the beginning of the file (just below the CAUTION line). Something like 23.05.2004. What’s in your file?

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The numbers are 26.04.2004
build 4.1.396
-max

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Hmm, it means the VPS file is really not updated…
If you had an old version of avast!, I would say you have an expired registration key, but you have a recent version that should clearly announce that…
Anyway, when you go to the about box, what does it say in the “Registration key” section?

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Please, run command-line prompt, switch to avast directory and run:

ashbug /setuplog

Put your details (problem, name, your handle here) in the window and send us the report.

thanks,

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I need a little more info. At command prompt what exactly do I type in?
-max
P.S. I only got this XP 4 days ago…

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I don’t know what’s up but it now says VDB 0423-0 6-1-04. I have no idea but is showing correctly now ::slight_smile:
-max

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Madmax, in your signature is written that you ‘like’ F-Prot and AVG…
Are these antivirus installed besides avast?
I suppose you have F-Prot for Dos and AVG Free. Am I correct?

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Tech-
On my win98se machine that I was using till a week ago,
I had Avast and AVG installed and running together with no errors and virus free ;D
Also had a folder with F-Prot for dos and 3 floppies with F-Prot . I used AVG to make a set of rescue disks and because I was running 98, avast didn’t offer boot-up scan which AVG does.
I have an XP pro now and am still learning it ;D
Using thunderbird and firefox for mail and surfing- both work well with avast :wink: I have yet to try AVG since avast has boot-up scan which is the main reason I put AVG on my 98 in the first place. I changed to avast about a year ago because AVG let a worm in my home network that it couldn’t deal with…The worm kept infecting file after file and AVG couldn’t keep up. Of course I have learned a great deal since I started using this forum and have remained virus free since changing to Avast!. Not that I haven’t got a virus in the mail but avast has caught every one that tried to get in!
-max

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Like I suspect, the behavior (conflit) is worse (or only occur) in Windows XP.
In Windows 98 is everything ok.
But, AVG 7 or AVG 6 (free). With AVG 6 the conflict in XP is well known.
Even the gurus of avast said that avast does not conflict with AVG 7 in a XP, but for me, maybe for other reasons, AVG 7 get me into hot water :cry:

My suggestion: I used AVG in the past. Change to avast! 8)

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I have only avast on the xp’s-don’t think I’ll need anything else ;D
-max

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Good boy! 8)