LOTR, I read your next thread after mine and you mentioned Cox.net is not as innocent as they seem. I have Comcast.net, any thoughts on that? I still think there is a firewall on this computer I cannot find. I put in the "search" field "firewall." Any other suggestions. We have Symantic Antivirus but I cannot find a firewall setting on that but I am going to try to look deeper into that, but I am not really super=computer saavy, so am trying my best. Thanks! Debbie