I still have problems too. Updated the Avast with a new version and got a new key but it did no good. I often get an error message saying it is unable to connect to the server and I do not get any speech like I used to either. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: MARY STRATTON To: VIP-Students Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:25 PM Subject: [vip_students] updates Florl, thank you very much for your help. I finally have my computer updated. Avast still has made no anouncements, so that must be a different problem. Anyone any suggestions. thanks once again. Mary Stratton -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1272 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message