Sounds like you have inadvertently deleted the aswupd file. Initial solution would be to do a repair. Go to control panel add/remove programmes - select Avast -select remove -in the options select repair (you need to be on line for this) If this doesn’t work the come back… And welcome to the best AV forum around
Hmmm… the repair function didn’t do the job. It tries to update, saying is is downloading a file, but then the message comes again that it cannot find the file…
Are you installing from an user with Administrator rights? Or the Administrator itself?
Do you use a firewall? Which one? Any program that could block access (PrevX, ProcessGuard, etc.)?
Maybe the firewall… Maybe the browser settings…
Are you trying to ‘run’ the file or saving it to your HDD? It’s better safe the setup.exe file to your disk and run it from there.
No, I simply “click” on the download button, and nothing happens. I have downloaded many files and programs, but this is the first time this particular problem has happened. I prefer to save to disk and install later, but this time literally nothing happens.
Silly question is your firewall allowing your download manager to access the net, or even more worrying is there a programme that is attacking Avast by denying you the ability to download from awil. Have you tried to download from another site…eg. MAJOR GEEKS, DOWNLOAD.COM
Edit It might be worth doing an online virus/trojan scan
Right click the link and choose ‘Save destiny as…’ or something like this and save the file to your disk.
Do you have any Download Manager installed (maybe it helps: GetRight, DAP, Fresh, FlashGet… there are many of them). But first just try to do what I’ve said before.