Avast 9 not updating virus definitions - dallas3super

[mark5019]

terrible

[mchain]

terrible

No, sorry, it's (really) not.  Streaming updates are the most current, up-to-date definitions one can get, and these are done in real time.  Why wait for a consolidated vps update maybe once or twice a day when one can have this more beneficial feature?  I feel protection is enhanced here, not lessened, even tho a vps was not released for 2014 today.

Imagine the uproar here if there were no streaming updates and no vps for that day.

Sometimes it gets a little slow on the malware fighting front.  Could be a good thing going here.

[EDIT:]  Just fired up the XP system, and vps is 131116-1 but got a total of 380 new streaming updates in five minutes.

[miguelgrado]

still vps 131116-1...

[Gercla]

Hello all,

My VPS is  131116-1 but here it is 11-18-2013,18 November!!!!.
Repair; done.
manually; done.
it must be 131117-1.what to do now ?

Gercla.

[miguelgrado]

Hello all,

My VPS is  131116-1 but here it is 11-18-2013,18 November!!!!.
Repair; done.
manually; done.
it must be 131117-1.what to do now ?

Gercla.

nothing...no repair..vps 131116-1 fo me also...perhaps have some problem with the servants of the version 9

[olddog]

it must be 131117-1.what to do now ?

According to http://www.avast.com/en-au/virus-update-history for 18/11/2013 it is 131118-0
It appears no one with 2014 has got an update since 131116-1 which was 16/11/2013.
I thought VPS updates were issued at least once daily

Nothing to do until Avast update their server.
Maybe someone is asleep at the wheel?

[Rohugh]

Whilst I am not concerned about the lack of a VPS update there are obviously those who are so it would be nice to have some input from the Avast! team.

I have all the up-to-date streams but do we know if the 131118 streams are applied to the 131116 VPS definition?

[DavidR]

<snip quote>
According to http://www.avast.com/en-au/virus-update-history for 18/11/2013 it is 131118-0
It appears no one with 2014 has got an update since 131116-1 which was 16/11/2013.
I thought VPS updates were issued at least once daily
<snip>

I just wonder when this VPS Update History is going to show the two different update streams avast 6-8 and avast 9, as a single page gives rise to confusion.

In the interim period I have received a total of 398 streaming updates.

[mistercee]

No VPS updates here since 11/16. However Streaming updates are current and I am assuming that these are actually more important to virus detection. Is this correct?

[mark5019]

ok im still showinh 11/16/13 last definition update , i did repair and still wont update

[DavidR]

ok im still showinh 11/16/13 last definition update , i did repair and still wont update

As I said in my post, the avast 9 updates are on a different update stream/cycle to the earlier avast versions (6-8). A repair won't change that fact, all you have to do is either a manual update to confirm you have the latest update or wait for it to happen automatically.

[seeker15]

As I said in my post, the avast 9 updates are on a different update stream/cycle to the earlier avast versions (6-8). A repair won't change that fact, all you have to do is either a manual update to confirm you have the latest update or wait for it to happen automatically.

I am not sure what is there to worry when VPS updates are not reaching but streaming updates, continuously, are! I've got 289 streaming updates in the last 24 hours so yeah, I think its enough. Also, VPS updates are not necessarily the only definitions who are solely responsible for the detection of malwares. They contain fixes too. But regardless, its still a curiosity why so many users are not recieving the update yet when their history page states that current is 131118-0.

[mark5019]

ok im still showinh 11/16/13 last definition update , i did repair and still wont update

As I said in my post, the avast 9 updates are on a different update stream/cycle to the earlier avast versions (6-8). A repair won't change that fact, all you have to do is either a manual update to confirm you have the latest update or wait for it to happen automatically.

ok i tried manually im not new to avast still says im up to date  and where do you see streaming ?

[seeker15]

and where do you see streaming ?

Open avast UI > Statistics > Historical data / Component status

[realrod92]

Me pasa algo parecido, podeis mirar mi caso por que aparte de eso analizando se me queda en 0%...

Dejo aqui mi caso: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=140229.0