Well avast! once they are aware of it, could well remove that IE10 update entry from the software updater database.
The VPS update does more than just update the virus definitions, it updates the malicious sites list used by the network shield and also the software updater database.

This being a workaround to the incorrect version number in the iexplore.exe file properties, which hopefully should resolve itself when the next IE update happens if MS have the correct version number in the iexplore.exe file properties.