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As Technical said - when the vpdups.exe file reports that it’s “older than the currently installed version”, it actually means that it’s “older or the same” - simply, that update is not needed.
So, in my opinion, it seems that your “subsequent attempt to force a fresh download” have succeeded and your system was up to date.
If really a broken file has been installed, avast! (when started) would show some error messagebox and wouldn’t start (something like “VPS file is corrupted/destroyed”). If it just said that a broken package was detected, it means it wasn’t installed.
how does one rip out the currently installed file to replace it with a download copy
I don’t know how to do such a thing - and I am not sure if there is any easy way.