It seems that the Blue screen freezing issue is very common , bur there iis no visible answer,

[Clivey]

this issue or problem of sky go opening and then freezing on looking for updates seems to be very common but i don't see any response that an amateur user of computer can understand.

i am on holiday in australia seeing my daughter and want to watch the football .

I use express vpn .

please advise me and iam sure many others of simple solution

clive murren 

[Lisa-P1987]

You cannot use Sky Go outside the UK. So it's unlikely that anyone is going to post anything on a Sky Forum about how to illegally stream the content abroad. 

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/viewing-sky-content-in-the-eu-faqs