If you'd just install Zone Alarm it would never have made it off your PC in the first place. There's even a program called "incognito" on the mac that was built for this express purpose, to mask a program, so it can't register itself on-line. I've not looked, but I'm sure there's a PC tool that'll do the same thing. As for P5, code changes are one thing, price changes are entirely another. They've signed (possibly exclusive) distribution deals in Europe with big software distributors. Part of that agreement is that they will not compete with the distibutors on price, I imagine they're allowed a little leeway on upgrades, since most distrutors don't bother with them unless it's something large like windows. But while the software may belong to CL, the market to sell belongs to the distibutors, and you mess with them at your peril, esspecially if you're small fry like Egi.Sys and CL are. If you want it now, you pay the going price, or you wait, these are your choices. Sucks to be a consumer don't it! ;) later jb