Why so small number of definitions?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Why so small number of definitions? See below. All fully updated. ::slight_smile:

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A different stream and consolidation would be my guess

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What is your number? Is it higher than mine? :slight_smile:

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[quote="essexboy post:2, topic:687279"] A different stream and consolidation would be my guess [/quote] What is your number? Is it higher than mine? :)

Yours is correct. V9 is using a different VPS setup than v8. Alot of older MS-DOS malware have been removed ( useless ) IIRC and the VPS has become more intelligent.

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Thanks. :slight_smile:

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So is this Bulk Virus Definitions Update file: http://www.avast.com/download-update
… NOT for use with avast 2014?
I checked and its download size is 103.9 Meg.
The one that I have in my Flash Drive from 10-06-2013 is 103 Meg.

Is a separate, different, smaller Bulk Virus Definitions Update file supposed to be used with avast 2014?
Cuz I’ll need whatever Bulk Virus Definitions Update file goes with avast 2014 when I upgrade to it on Friday.

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It depends if the def file has been updated for 2014… I’m sorry. I don’t know if it has yet. However, looking as the website has been updated, it might have been done.

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While I could be wrong, I would think that logically, if avast 2014 is being touted as working with a smaller VPS … if the Bulk Virus Definitions Update file in that link was already updated and compatible with avast 2014, it would be significantly smaller than the 103.9 Meg that I saw that the current download is.

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v2014 is on a different server than previous versions.
v2014 has better technology than any previous avast versions thus the need for larger vps updates is vastly negated. :slight_smile:

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So do you have any idea what this clandestine link to the avast 2014 Bulk Virus Definitions is?

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That’s definition updates for Avast 5, 6, 7 & 8.
As Avast 2014 (9.0) was recently released, they didn’t update that page with definitions for the actual version.