Avast reports that it might be out of date Error; Please Help.

Viruses and worms
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In my tray (lower right corner of computer) today a red icon popped up. It is a Windows security alert. You click on it and it opens windows security center. Under Virus protection it says “Out of date” and then has a paragraph below that, that says " avast! anti-virus 4.7.1029 [vps 000770-1] reports that it might be out of date" ???

I tried to manually update avast and it states its up to date. What could be wrong? I dont want my security to @ risk.

I do have the automatic update feature enabled, and see it update quite often.

Please help, anyone.

Thank You :smiley:

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http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=23457.msg193534#msg193534
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/repairwmi.htm
Other answers for XP Security Center not detecting antivirus or firewall program could be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883792.

Is it your system time and date correct? Please, check.

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[center]That fixed it for now.

I hope it dont do it again, any idea what caused it to begin with?

Have a great day & Thank You.[/center]

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Well… I don’t think you’ll find an answer… I had this in the past and couldn’t detect the reason.
At least, it’s not a reason that you yourself have control over it, just Windows glitches…