Version confusion in VirtualBox GUI and on virtualbox.org web sites

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abcuser
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Version confusion in VirtualBox GUI and on virtualbox.org web sites

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Today after a week this computer was powered off one of my computer was turned on.
I started VirtualBox GUI and got annoying info that update is available 5.0.26.

I checked the Help | About and I see 4.3.38. So this looks like a bug VirtualBox GUI is reporting a new update and I expect it to be in 4.38.xxx, but it is showing me an update on 5.0.xxx series that it is not installed on my computer. This is problem 1.

I checked changelog web site: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-4.3 and I see there is no 4.3.38 displayed as change log. This is problem 2.
It is also not displayed at News site: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/News This is problem 3.
But 4.3.38 is displayed at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads as extension download. This is OK.
The same version 4.3.38 can also be downloaded from: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.38/ This is OK.

It looks like multiple version inconsistencies... on web page and on my VirtualBox GUI.
Can this be fixed?
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