Nothing in this regard has changed from avast5 through to avast7, when a connection is established avast will check for updates.
The connection to downloadXXX.avast will be from avast.setup which is responsible for the avast updates. You only have a limit on dial-up bandwidth so whilst a VPS update is happening that bandwidth will be shared. Nothing has changed in that regard.
The "Not connected with any Avast Account" means A) you either haven't setup an avast account (
https://my.avast.com) and or B) you haven't linked the current installation with your my.avast.com account.
I though you would have by now applied the delay update check, which I generally recommend dial-up users to apply:
- In avast7 you need to edit (using
notepad)
avast5.ini the
[InetWD] section of the, C:\ProgramData\Avast Software\Avast\avast5.ini. Win7 location
- Dial-up connections, add this line:
RASWaitSeconds=600 and
UseRAS=1 if not present (or edit UseRAS=0 to UseRAS=1)
[InetWD]
UseRAS=1
RASWaitSeconds=600
When complete save the changes, avast's self-defence module will ask for confirmation, etc. answer Yes.