Ok zone alarm is a good idea, forgot that i could disable its outgoing seek. will try the patch 4.0.3<<< You're running a cable modem with no firewall!? Please. please install that firewall. You are just asking for a disaster. Think of it as playing Russian roulette 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The odds are very much against you. ZoneAlarm is free and available at quite a few online libraries. And before you install ZoneAlarm, run a solid trojan detection program. You are probably getting probed and targeted a half dozen or more times a day. Most are the harmless wanderings of "script kiddies." Some might not be. Just a piece of advice from a fellow member of the community. Take care.