yes i am , zone alarm pro.it started too happen as i was typing this message replie .nothing seems destructive yet anyways .as for the fire wall its hard too figure out when i have it set too high security. i can receive 200 alerts in a 1/2 hour The firewall has blocked Internet access to your computer (HTTP) from 24.182.67.33 (TCP Port 3530) [TCP Flags: S]. Time: 11/8/2001 11:08:58 AM this alert came up as funny typing was going on. weird . thank you very much for the replieat