Hi. I have the free avast security for my windows 7 machine. I am a bit confused with the last communication time stamp and the updated time stamp. Sometimes they match, sometimes they dont.
Secondly, how often does the last communication time stamp update itself? Is it when the computer is turned on/off? Does it do it once every hour? Because today I notice it would have a last update 18mins over the hour, every hour.
Example:
Last communication: 18:18, 19:18, 20:18 and so on the entire night.
I never saw that before. But maybe that occurs if the computer is left on the whole time??
I’m running the latest version of Avast (2014.9.0.2018 140511-0) and I cannot find anything that exactly matches “last communication”; however, I do know that Avast provides continual streaming updates as necessary and one can control “how often” Avast checks for updates. If you look at my images below, you’ll see my “last update time” and also “how often” I have mine set to check for new updates (eg, every 4 hours) and you’ll also see “how many updates” I have received in the last 24 hours. If that information exists (eg, last communication), I need help in finding it as well.
That explains why I couldn’t find it; however, since I have never established a portal account, I can’t do a compare for you. I’m sure someone else will respond now that it is clear where that information is coming from. Good luck.
Hey! I just noticed this in my Avast options. It’s set to report to the Avast account every 60 minutes so I’m wondering if this is the source because the time interval matches. Try changing the frequency and see if that change is reflected in your portal account:
Ah that makes sense now. So basically if I get a report every hour constantly, this means the machine is on. Im on holiday so I could not check the program direct. Thanks for that help!!!
Yes, the 2016 version is outdated. The default Avast settings will auto update the definitions but it will not update the program unless specifically changed to do so. The latest version is 2018: