Well... it initially seemed to be a non-permanent fix as when I turned the laptop off and started it again I still had the 'can't download' problem - so I deleted that .dat file again amd could download... but...

So instead, while I COULD download I went to the mozilla site and downloaded the same version of seamonkey - it was the latest anyway - but this time put it on my laptop's C drive.

Went off line, control panel/ add- remove programs.  Removed seamonkey and all it's bits.

Installed seamonkey from the previously downloaded file on the c drive, turned everything off, (Laptop) turned it on again and attempted to download something... this time it worked without having to delete that .dat file.

So hopefully everything is okay now...

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