Hello again, everyone!  I asked previously about free virus-protection software.  The helpful and friendly folks really responded quickly to my first question.  It's great to know so many wonderful people are out there in the world!  I'm still having problems.  I must have a virus somewhere.  My previous virus protection must either have let something by because I didn't upgrade often enough or something.  Avast was recommended to me.  My internet connection is so slow it's maddening.  I downloaded AVAST and it downloaded okay.  When I try to open the file, I keep having it fail with the error message that follows:  "An error 1006 (000003EE) has occured.  Last performed operation was opening the self-extract archive.".  HELP!  My system seems like it defeats any attempt to update any virus program that I've purchased or downloaded for free.  The programs load fine but when  I try to update on the internet after I've installed it, an error always occurs and I can't use the program.  With AVAST, I can download it but cannot open it.  Any help would be very much appreciated!

Laurie Lusinski

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