C#

private bool DownloadFile()
        {
            private const string URL = "https://www2.swift.com/bicdownload/bicdownloader?
action=getfile&productline=bicdir&product=bicdb&content=full&format=txt&platform=win";
            try
            {
                string bicFileTemp = string.Format("{0}\\BIC-{1}.txt", 
ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["BICDLPath"], DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy"));
                string line;


                // build credentials for SWIFT authentication
                System.Net.NetworkCredential cred = new System.Net.NetworkCredential();
                cred.UserName = "myUserName";
                cred.Password = "myPassword";
                WebRequest myReq = WebRequest.Create(URL);
                myReq.Credentials = cred;


                // build credentials for WTC Proxy authentication
                myReq.Proxy = WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy();
                myReq.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;


                // send request and get response
* ERROR HERE *  WebResponse wr = myReq.GetResponse();
                Stream receiveStream = wr.GetResponseStream();
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8);
                StringBuilder bicFile = new StringBuilder();


                // parse response into file, write file out to \\server\BICDownloads
                do
                {
                    line = sr.ReadLine();
                    bicFile.Append(line);

                } while (line != null);

                File.WriteAllText(bicFileTemp, bicFile.ToString());

                return true;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Utilities.ReportError("Error in BIC-DownloadFile: " + ex.Message, this, ex.StackTrace);
                return false;
            }
        }