I just installed ZoneAlarm, but it is blocking something, which I think is MSN Messenger... ZoneAlarm from connectiong... Here is a screenshot of the alert...


Anyone know how to make it accept this instead of blocking it?

[glb]Flame[/glb]Looks like an isp >dsl? is it yours!what did the more info button tell you!Yes. I have Verizon DSL. The Internet works fine, but MSN Messenger won't sign on... Everything else looks fine... Can you tell me how to just open that port? Or anything for that matter that can fix this?

[glb]Flame[/glb]The more info. button just SAYS this... see the URL... http://fwalerts.zonelabs.com/fwanalyze.jsp?record=ZLN35927826756905-1012/17d51a601059f18ec61044dc&tab=overview

[glb]Flame[/glb]Allow ms messenger..........never used it..........allows system to! be EXPOSED...use trillian.........I added both Windows AND MSN messenger to the allow list... I gave them full access, but it won't take...

[glb]Flame[/glb]445 is a dangerous port to leave open, I have mine permanently disabled with wwdc.
My 445 port GETS constant scanning along with various others.

"Somebody is scanning your computer.
Your computer's TCP ports:
1025, 6129, 135,  and 445 have been scanned from 202.172.109.222.."

Your messenger problem is something else.You're right lol  This morning, I turned the computer on, and MSN Messenger started-up fine!    I thought it was the firewall becuase it worked right before I changed the firewall, and when it couldn't connect, it thought that there was no internet connection, leading me to think that ZoneAlarm was blocking it... But it WORK fine now... lol  Maybe the microsoft servers were not working?

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