Thanks Don, Downloading another firewall as we speak. Don't think a worm or virus is possible. Norton's running and up to date. Nothing else is screwy. Jo Ann -------Original Message------- From: Don Date: 02/18/05 16:52:36 To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Zone Alarm question Well, I don't know what to tell you now. The behavior sounds like ZA is stopping traffic because of too much repetitive activity, but I don't see 4 or 5 webpage changes or typical consumer email activity sufficient to trigger such a lockout. I would suggest downloading a different firewall and see if you get the same problem. I would also suggest visiting the ZA forums wherever they may be and see if anybody there can help. Is it possible you have a worm or virus doing things in the background and ZA is detecting that traffic and locking down the internet? I don't use ZA anymore so I can't really go beyond these generalities. Don Do YOU want a gmail account invitation? Include your email address in the body of a private message to dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <hillfarm3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:57 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Zone Alarm question > Don, > In the program section, both my browser and e-mail are set to allow > access. > I have adjusted all the settings I can find. I even turned off the e-mail > protection, since Norton's takes care of it anyway. It will let me load > three or four pages, when I first connect, then it simply gives the > message, > www.google.com or whatever could not be found. As soon as I turn off ZA > everything loads all right. Also after a few minutes, it won't let my > e-mail > connect. > > Jo Ann