Thanks for the suggestions. I had tried the port forwarding link instructions before without success. Then I bypassed the router completely and still got the firewall. I uninstalled Norton anti-virus and tried to connect to Limewire with no anti-virus program at all - still got the firewall. I have sent an email to my ISP asking if they block Limewire but have not yet had a response.

I have downloaded the Avast anti virus software and will try that for a while. Thanks for the heads up on that, I am always fond of free stuff.

Any further ideas on how to remove the firewall would be great.