There are probably a couple of reasons you have had this problem, Mandy. Their server may have been busy at the times you checked in. Your firewall may be preventing the download. I updated my Adaware just a while ago, out of curiosity, and it worked ok. Lance P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=52583ii -----Original Message----- From: Orvilmandy@aol.com [mailto:Orvilmandy@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, 15 May 2005 5:50 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Updating Adaware Hi-- When I try to update my Ad-Aware program, I get this message: "Downloaded definitions file could not be read. Please update again." The program will still scan but I have tried to update several times and I always get the above. All my anti-virus and anti-spy scans show I am trouble free. Can anyone tell me what the problem is? Thanks.