question on program updates

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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my other computer dont have the internet hooked up to it, so i just download the VPS file and update it that way.

what i want to know is that i noticed that the program has been updated i have right now on my other computer .817 and the current is.827 should i update it or will i be fine just updating the VPS file? i have dial up so it a pain lol.

2

I would recommend that you download the new version

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There have been a few significant changes:
http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_revision_history.html

Version 4.7.826 April 28, 2006 * solved problem with installation on Windows NT 4.0 systems * fixed the Program Settings menu item in the avast tray icon menu * fixed a bug in the data storage that was preventing it from working correctly if the avast folder pathname contained non-Latin characters * solved a rare problem that could eventually cause even a crash of the OS during boot (Windows XP) * further enhanced compatibility with the latest Windows Vista builds
Version 4.7.827 was a bug fix of only a few KBs relating to a problem in 826.

So since your other system isn’t connected to the internet and I assume that you aren’t experiencing any problems. I would check the changes in 826 and decide if they are related to your other computer set-up and decide if you fee it worthwhile.

I too have a dial-up connection and avast is 10.5 MB (about 40 minutes) so it is not a small download but I would probably still download it and save it for use on both computers if there was ever a problem that required a reinstall.