I don't think it's a hub problem, because I CAN connect to the avast servers. It's the server that responds (and I quote my update.log file):
[14:33:00] [info ] [pkgproduct ] [ 5572: 2176] LoadPartInfo: iex = iex-1 returned 0x00000000
[14:33:00] [info ] [pkgproduct ] [ 5572: 2176] LoadPartInfo: jrog2 = jrog2-a23 returned 0x00000000
[14:33:00] [info ] [pkgproduct ] [ 5572: 2176] LoadPartInfo: vps = vps_win32-14042101 returned 0x00000000
[14:33:00] [info ] [pkgengine ] [ 5572: 2176] LoadLatestProdAndParts: product file 'prod-vps.vpx' was successfully loaded.
[14:33:00] [info ] [pkgengine ] [ 5572: 2176] LoadLatestProdAndParts: part file part-iex-1.vpx was successfully loaded.
[14:33:00] [info ] [pkgengine ] [ 5572: 2176] LoadLatestProdAndParts: part file part-jrog2-a23.vpx was successfully loaded.
[14:33:00] [info ] [pkgengine ] [ 5572: 2176] LoadLatestProdAndParts:
part file part-vps_win32-14042101.vpx was successfully loaded.[14:33:00] [notice ] [instupcore ] [ 5572: 2176]
There isn't newer VPS version.[14:33:00] [info ] [submit ] [ 5572: 2176] Nothing to be sent.
[14:33:00] [info ] [productstate ] [ 5572: 2176] Persistent Guid = 91bf03f6-e957-4599-a878-bd05ed5191bc, Created = unknown
[14:33:00] [info ] [stats ] [ 5572: 2176] Downloaded files: 3 (2,51 KB)
[14:33:00] [info ] [stats ] [ 5572: 2176] Download time: 2 s
[14:33:00] [info ] [servers ] [ 5572: 2176] Server definition(s) loaded for 'C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\setup\servers.def': 29 (maintenance:0)
[14:33:00] [info ] [servers ] [ 5572: 2176] ChooseServer: selected server 'Download p9174003 AVAST9 Server' with current url '
http://v7.stats.avast.com/cgi-bin/iavs4stats.cgi' of type 'URL_TYPE_STATS'.
[14:33:01] [info ] [stats ] [ 5572: 2176] Statistics sent to url '
http://v7.stats.avast.com/cgi-bin/iavs4stats.cgi' with return status 0 (0x00000000) [] and http code 204.