Okay, when I disable the Avast Web Shield, I can connect.  I don't see why it is blocking, thoughts?

Can anyone help?  I am really at a loss here as i did nothing to change the configuration.

Anyone with thoughts on this?

Hello Ringfinger, I don't know anything about Avast or Firefox, since I don't use either of them.

However, on many if the Internet Security programs, you can allow certain web sites to be accessed even when the Internet Security program is working.

I would search the Avast settings and see if I could locate a setting to allow access to your home page,

Hope this helps.

Figured it out.  I also run Zone Alarm.  Seems someone denied access for the web scanner to access the internet.  Thus, the issue.

Anyway, runs now, but slow.  Maybe I will just keep AVG as it runs quicker, thoughts?

I am just glad that I figured it out with some searching.