diff -up eric4-4.5.25/eric/Preferences/__init__.py.updates eric4-4.5.25/eric/Preferences/__init__.py
--- eric4-4.5.25/eric/Preferences/__init__.py.updates 2014-12-29 09:19:16.568371322 -0600
+++ eric4-4.5.25/eric/Preferences/__init__.py 2014-12-29 09:34:10.555683079 -0600
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Prefs(object):
"UseKDEDialogs" : 0,
"SingleCloseButton" : 0,
- "PerformVersionCheck" : 4, # 0 = off
+ "PerformVersionCheck" : 0, # 0 = off
# 1 = at startup
# 2 = daily
# 3 = weekly