I live in Canada and I am having a similar problem, love the program, getting information is proving to be a huge problem. I have paid the fees, but I am unable to register, even though I have a license key - the AVAST system keeps refusing it and telling me that I am not registered.
If they get back to you, at any point, or you get some advice from other users, please share it. I have two days to sort this out, and then I get cut off. Its lunacy
RE Canada