I appreciate the quick response, Asyn, but I’m afraid the two links don’t answer the question.

Quite frankly, as that domain name is listed as a <co.jp> and not as simply <.com> I am thinking there is an element here which I have not been informed of that would answer the question.

I am able to answer one question about my daughter using an English-language page to do the avast product download – she was able to do that. BUT she informs me that the UI automatically switched the language to Japanese. That concerns me. I know that hasn’t happened to me in the 7 something years I’ve been using this product.

The bottom line is what control would an Avast Japanese entity/company have over my software because I have a Japanese IP address? For example, why was my daughter’s UI automatically changed to Japanese even though she started from an English-language page? And when did that become the default for us here in Japan?