Ok, done, thank you.
I did a repair, shut down the system and restarted and things look better now. The virus definition version was showing different on different menus. In summary it showed one version and in update, it showed a different version number, but now it's all the same.
I'm waiting for my next scheduled update attempt to see what happens.
I also changed the .ini file so avast will NOT wait to update when I turn the computer on.
As I stated earlier, I'm on broadband, but I do not leave the computer on 24/7.