Kaspersky extremly outdated database issue

[kK574outrider]

Kaspersky version 21.22.7.466(a)

windows 11 pro

Probably a paranoid question, but last Friday Kaspersky suddenly showed an upgrade popup saying 'added support for Opera/improved phishing protection' and a few other things, and after I closed the popup, Microsoft immediately notified me that you need to update your antivirus or turn Windows Defender back on; simultaneously, Kaspersky showed a warning that the database is extremely out of date. So I update the antivirus, and now everything seems to be working fine. My question is, is this how Kaspersky software upgrades work? I'm assuming it was a software upgrade because I installed Kaspersky version 21.21, and now it's 21.22. So it's either a Kaspersky upgrade or a zero-day malware hitting me for no reason lol😅.

Here are a few screenshots from my Kaspersky version so the experts here can take a look.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by kK574outrider

[Schulte]

Hello @kK574outrider, welcome.

I actually see a connection with the MR21->MR22 upgrade.
The databases in the installer can be a bit older, otherwise you would have to pack a new installer every hour, for example, check it and sign it digitally.

With the default settings, an automatic database update takes place after approx. 15 minutes, which you have brought forward with the manual update. Everything is fine.

 

[Flood and Flood's wife]

56 minutes ago, kK574outrider said:

Kaspersky version 21.22.7.466(a), windows 11 pro

Probably a paranoid question, but last Friday Kaspersky suddenly showed an upgrade popup saying 'added support for Opera/improved phishing protection' and a few other things, and after I closed the popup, Microsoft immediately notified me that you need to update your antivirus or turn Windows Defender back on; simultaneously, Kaspersky showed a warning that the database is extremely out of date. So I update the antivirus, and now everything seems to be working fine. My question is, is this how Kaspersky software upgrades work? I'm assuming it was a software upgrade because I installed Kaspersky version 21.21, and now it's 21.22. So it's either a Kaspersky upgrade or a zero-day malware hitting me for no reason lol😅.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Hello @kK574outrider, 

Also, don't worry about being paranoid - you're not - when computers do weird crap it always feels as IF aliens have taken over!

Kaspersky uses a TFU (Total Force *Silent* Update) {version/patch} policy - what does that *translate* to the average user? Patches & versions are distributed by Kaspersky in a staggered distribution, they arrive on our computers & sit in the background for 7 days / 168hours - at the end of that period if the computer has not been rebooted - normally notifications are sent advising the user an update is available & they should reboot the device *however* the process you've experienced sound *normal* but possibly *new*; we've reached out to Kaspersky to see if there's been changes; please wait for feedback. 

One note please - when posting screen-prints, please *maximise* the image, select the tiny square box🔲 so the image fills the screen - the background is beautiful but is of no interest/use

Thank you🙏
Flood🐳+🐋

Edited 3 hours ago by Flood and Flood's wife
spelling || Hi Schulte 👋🏻

[kK574outrider]

25 minutes ago, Flood and Flood's wife said:

One note please - when posting screen-prints, please *maximise* the image, select the tiny square box🔲 so the image fills the screen - the background is beautiful but is of no interest/use

I no longer can edit the post to replace the screenshots with full screen ones. Hope it's not a big issue for this.

[AlexeyK]

25 минут назад, Flood and Flood's wife сказал:

versions are distributed by Kaspersky in a staggered distribution, they arrive on our computers & sit in the background for 7 days / 168hours - at the end of that period if the computer has not been rebooted - normally notifications are sent advising the user an update is available & they should reboot the device *however* the process you've experienced sound *normal* but possibly *new*

Starting from version MR13 (already 10 releases, for 2.5 years), TFU is performed in a way without requiring an OS reboot. You still haven't heard anything about it? 🙂

[Flood and Flood's wife]

4 minutes ago, kK574outrider said:

I no longer can edit the post to replace the screenshots with full screen ones. Hope it's not a big issue for this.

Hello @kK574outrider,

Thank you for posting back & do not worry about the current images, the note was for any future images😄

Thank you🙏
Flood🐳+🐋