As for their comment on version checking....
"4. Found that pesky version-checking in admin panel."

It has been an issue since 2005 with aeDating / BoonEx products.
http://www.modmysite.com/free-mod-exchange/325-quickmod-3-disable-version-checking-admin-faster-login.html#post612
and other posts on ModMySite.Com

Andrew, while you are at it, can we also beg for the Prune(Clean Database) settings not defaulting to 180 days! Maybe NEVER (or 9999) is a better default setting. Do see more you have any idea how many emails we have had to respond to over the years from people wondering why profiles are disappearing from their sites!

Post from 2007 (but it has been a problem since... what... 2003?)
http://www.modmysite.com/general-issues-comments-questions/5126-boonex-do-one-thing.html#post39875

Smoge