Ok, my last post.

I solved the probelm -- or rather, after another logout/login after my previous post, the problem solved itself... IT NOW WORKS FINE ! (i'm not sure why it didn't before)

Just to mentione it: The spyware i removed included new.net and webhance -- THEY SHALL BURN IN HELL !

Both Phex and LimeWire work well now... Most downloads fail, but i guess that's just the way it is...

I know it's kind of a BAD THING to alsk for help in a forum and then to discover that I could have solved the problem on my own... however, i think i'm not the only one having this trouble (in fact, i got mail from at least one person having that problem), and so this "monologous" thread meight be helpfull anyway. Just read it as a "report of experience" :-)

ok, tnx anyway folx,
'till the next bug,
dk

P.S.: In the process i discovered another STRANGE THING:

I installed the IBM-JDK a while ago, but i couldn't get it to work (i allways got "Connection Refused" Exceptions when ANY programm tried to connect to ANYWHERE, even localhost.

So i switched back to Sun's JDK (Yes, i did run Phex/LimeWire using Sun's JDK !), that worked fine (just Phex/LimeWire didn't, which was the reason for the original post).

NOW, SURPRISE: The IBM-JDK now works fine ! I guess it was also iterfering with some Spyware. I just wonder why this kind of intrusive virus-ware is legal... is there nothing we can do ?! You know, i HATE script-monkys, but in cases like this, one can get tempted... what was the name of that DDoS-program again ?

chears.