DavidR
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Do you have a firewall, if so what ?
The firewall should be what blocks unauthorised outbound internet connections, avast is obviously catching what it is trying to download when it is coming back in. You would appear to have a trojan downloader on your system.
If you haven’t already got this software (freeware), download, install, update and run it, preferably in safe mode.
- Ewido, a.k.a. avg anti-spyware If using winXP. or a-Squared free if using win98/ME.
Spybot is getting a little long in the tooth and I believe it is less effective than it used to be and I have recently uninstalled it to try other options, see my signature for my anti-spyware programs.