I have a question about my Yahoo! Instant Messanger not working on my computer any more.  Here is what happened.

Yesterday, while I was ONLINE, I got a couple of IM's from someone I didn't know. I didn't reply, I just closed the window.  About an hour later, I needed to take a break so I shut my laptop without turning it off.  When I OPENED it back up, there was a warning window that said something about the firewall and I had to either allow it or deny it.  I clicked deny; I was afraid it had something to do with the unknown person who IM'd me.  Well, as soon as I did that, my Yahoo! Instant Messanger can no longer connect. I've contacted Yahoo! and they gave me a couple of suggestions to change some of my Yahoo! IM settings but none worked. They then told me to contact my ISP.  However, they won't HELP because they said it's a Yahoo! problem.  

I've checked my firewall settings and as far as I can tell, the firewall is Off.  Also, in the exceptions tab, Yahoo! Messanger is selected.

I've tried uninstalling Yahoo! IM and reinstalling it, but no luck still. I've also tried a System Restore, and no luck there either.  

How can I change my firewall settings to let me use this PROGRAM again? Or is there something else I need to do?  I can't seem to find anything in my Firewall setting to change that will allow me to use this program again.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

I am having the same problem with itunes- Its putting it into the exceptions tab, normally I just right click on my wiresess icon at the bottom an alter the settings from thereMonknSharona.....  What operating system are you using ?

Which firewall are you using ?

Have you run a virus scan from safe mode ?

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