Found a workaround:
Run the 2.8 version, let it download as far as it will get (I had to temporarily turn off Windows Firewall). Once the program aborts at the Kijiji stuff, let it close. Go to your installation directory, and create the following empty files: “KJcitilist.csv”, “KJsectlist.csv”, and “KJstatelist.csv”.
After that the program starts up for me and searches craigs list just fine.
