Possible to update VPS offline?

[rasta]

Hi. New here.

I have been using avast home edition on my laptop for over a year now and I am extremely happy with the program.

I just bought a new PC and I am trying to set it up right before I connect. I installed avast on top of XP SP2 but the security center says it is out of date. I guess the avast 4.1.418 comes with an outdated VPS 0424-3. This should be 0438-1.

Is there a way to update the VPS offline before I connect to the net with the PC? Or can I copy the relevant files from my laptop to the PC (I don't like this idea much)?

Thanks for your help

Avast, maties (I'll bet you've heard that one before)

[radicalb21]

First let me say welcome to the forum. The most recent VPS is 438-3 and here is the link to the update page which includes the link to download the update manually :

http://www.avast.com/eng/download/updates/index.html

and click on Update Avast! 4 VPS. I hope this helps you.

[Gene Johnson]

Rasta: Welcome to the forum. You have a couple of options (at least) here. You can go on line and update with your current version. I doubt much can happen since you have a relatively current version.
The way I do it when I want to add avast to another computer, is to download from the web site to disk the current version on the computer I use at home, and then install from the disk onto the new computer. When you go on-line you will be fully protected from the get-go.
Moving the files from your laptop should be a simple matter of moving files to CD, assuming you have a CD-RW. Then install as above on your new one from the disk you created.
I hope one of these ways seems do-able to you. If you need more help, please post again, there are plenty of us here to assist you.

[rasta]

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys

I am downloading VpsUpd.exe, avast! version 4.1 right now. I suppose VpsUpd40.exe, avast! version 4.0 is the previous updater before they changed the versioning.

Thanks again. I will be back if I need any help or just to learn some more.

[Lisandro]

I suppose VpsUpd40.exe, avast! version 4.0 is the previous updater before they changed the versioning.

Fully right