system
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Has anyone else noticed, that since 31st of March there are no new virus updates? My avast says everytime that it is up to date.
When downloading the newest vps4update.exe the date is 31. of March too. But the other files for newer avasts are with April date. Does anyone know the reason for that? Has Avast stopped updatinf virus database for avast 4.8?
Pondus
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https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=185244.0
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=185244.msg1305529#msg1305529
system
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Today I noticed the virus signature works again. 
Naturally I had to download the full vpsupdate4.exe file because too much time has been spent since 31st of March. But that doesnt matter. :-*
Happy again and never change a running system ;D 8)
Lano
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Yes, it is. Thanks Avast!
Since I started this thread, here is the conclusive end:
Avast stopped virus definition updates for Avast4.8 in December 2016. But they put out one last update on 3/3/17. You might be able to find that offline vpsupd4.exe if you do a Google search. The Avast virus definitions update site doesn’t show it.
Win98SE users have only two options for Antivirus software: (1) Use Avast4.8 with the final definitions, or (2) use ClamWin. ClamWin came out with Clam Sentinel which was supposed to be a real-time shield, but it is too slow for most Win98SE machines. If you use ClamWin alone, you have no real-time shield.
I think you can install the 2009 or 2010 Avast4.8 setup file and do an offline virus update. If you try an online update, it will balk because the license key has expired, plus it will take forever anyway.
If the offline update fails, you’ll have to find somebody with a more recent virus update installed. Then copy the \data and \setup folders to your machine, replacing the old contents. The offline update might work if you set your system clock back to before the license key expired, I don’t know?
Asyn
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