Hi and thanks for replying...I'm still getting that failure

Eddy...no proxy here, we both use SBC_Yahoo DSL
Tech...ZA is mine, while friend's is just the one integrated in x64 OS
DavidR..Thanks, I didn't even think of that...thought it was too new still...
I easily d/l'd it thru DavidR weblink...Thanks a Bunch!

Still...I have to wonder why I have no problem d/l'ing anything anywhere anytime...but just can't get AVAST from their own site
