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Try this

Code

Option Strict On
Imports System.Net

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
  Dim Data As String

  Data = GetPage("http://www.google.rs/")
  If Data <> vbNullString Then
    If InStr(Data, Application.ProductVersion) <> 0 Then
    MessageBox.Show("You are up to date!")
    Else
    MessageBox.Show("New update is available!")
    End If
  End If
    End Sub

    Private Function GetPage(ByVal Url As String, Optional ByVal Proxy As String = Nothing, Optional ByVal TimeOut As Integer = 4000) As String
  Dim Request As HttpWebRequest

  Dim Response As HttpWebResponse

  Dim ProxySrv As New WebProxy(Proxy)

  Dim Reader As IO.StreamReader

  Try
    Request = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(Url), HttpWebRequest)
    Request.Proxy = ProxySrv
    Request.Timeout = TimeOut

    Response = DirectCast(Request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

    Reader = New IO.StreamReader(Response.GetResponseStream())

    GetPage = Reader.ReadToEnd()

    Response.Close()
    Reader.Dispose()
  Catch ex As Exception
    GetPage = vbNullString

    MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
  End Try
    End Function

End Class

[ident]

I suggest you Ignore. that post from ignore.