windows says my avast anti virus is out of date

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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i booted up my PC today and windows xp says my avast anti virus is out of date yet i have put my new licence in and its still saying

avast! antivirus 4.8.1201(vps 080516-2) reports that it might be out of date

i have done the updates and it says I’m up to date yet i still have windows warning me
i put Sp3 on my PC 2 days ago and it was all OK till today

please help me sort this problem

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Welcome wildtart,

This is not the first time this problem has appeared on the forum: a quick search found this:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=30222.0

I hope it works for you too!

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yes that link sorted it and it turns out an update is knocking out my date not shore which update but thank you for ur help with sorting this problem ;D

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You’re welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences 8)

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The updates don’t touch the system date only avast files. The most common issue is someone checking a date in the future using the system clock and not resetting the date back on completion or a problem with the CMOS battery.

Welcome to the forums.