Hello,
Would appreciate if anyone can clarify on my queries in my previous reply (#7).

Also, here’s the latest update on my situation.

  1. I figured SAS website isn’t working on my PC from my ISP n/w only (as, it works when I try to get to it using proxify.com & it also works when I try to get to it from a US n/w using my office VPN) - so, apparently it has nothing to do with my machine - so this is one mystery solved!

  2. Next, looks like the URLs in question in this thread have indeed been unblocked now! as, Avast doesn’t seem to interfere when the PDA application on my machine tries to update itself from there. But, still, I would like to understand if this is safe? (clarity to my queries in reply #7 will actually answer this point I guess).

Thanks in advance.
HG