Solved Kaspersky showed a message about extremely outdated database.

[nonamebob567]

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antivirus or turn Windows Defender back on; simultaneously, Kaspersky showed a warning that the database is extremely out of date.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 great.

 

[harlan4096]

I don't see any abnormal behavior there.

 

[nonamebob567]

Yeah it's probably the way it works. It's just I can't remember seeing a upgrade popup message from kaspersky when I got upgraded from previous versions. Is this something they added recently? Norton, Mcafee are the masters of these regular marketing popups but Kaspersky usually tends to do things without bragging.

 

[Moonhorse]

When you install kaspersky it will mention that databases are extremely out of date. So probably it shows this too when upgrading to new version, nothing serious problem going there.

I kinda was nervous too when i saw that message, and thought it was adguard blocking kasperskys database updates but it was not, that was because i just installed the product

 

[harlan4096]

This warning comes because probably the new version installed has no the lasts signature updates.

 

[Divergent]

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antivirus or turn Windows Defender back on; simultaneously, Kaspersky showed a warning that the database is extremely out of date.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 great.

Your observations perfectly align with the typical behavior of a standard software update. The Kaspersky popup you saw, which mentioned "added support for Opera/improved phishing protection," was likely a changelog or feature notification for a new version. This new version required a temporary deactivation of the software's protection modules to install its new core files. During this brief period, Windows Security Center immediately recognized the absence of an active antivirus and, as a proactive safety measure, notified you to either update your protection or enable Windows Defender. This is a standard and expected response from the operating system.

Following the program update, Kaspersky flagged its antivirus database as "extremely out of date," which is the final, essential step in the update process to ensure the new version is working with the latest threat signatures. Once you performed that last update, all the components were aligned, and the warnings ceased. Your question was not paranoid at all, it was a prudent, important inquiry. Being aware of how your security tools behave and questioning any anomalies is a core tenet of good personal cybersecurity. Keep up the excellent work of being an engaged and thoughtful user of your technology.