Zaraabath, I am most grateful indeed for that very swift response. I am going to prove to you that I really am a newbie. How do I execute what you suggest. The only info. I can give is, when I go to Zone Alarm program control, Limewire has four ticks next to it, I suppose that means it's protected, is that correct? If it is, then I don't understand the message "Limewire does not detect a Firewall. luya56