After reading all of the posts - here’s the latest…

I can go to the site to manually get updates - I mentioned that earlier and of course, I’m on your site now posting, so there isn’t a problem with internet access.

The problem is with the XP firewall - even though Avast is listed in the exceptions, it still isn’t letting the updater do it’s job.

I recently installed another software program and had a similar problem - where the program was listed in the exceptions list, but still couldn’t get updates - even after disabling the XP firewall! So I re-activated my Zone Alarm firewall and tried to get both problems resolved…

It worked! Zone Labs has been my firewall for over a year and is now back on my Approved list! No sense in trying to fix what ain’t broke!

Thanks for all of the suggestions!

Joe