I didn't think that would have done it but it seems to have done the trick. I don't know if its a complete success but I'll check back in awhile, i'm just downloading Reservoir dogs at the moment.

got rid of adware and spyware but no success on my connection

i changed the ports but no luck. How do I get rid of adware or spyware?

"Unable to connect, Connection was not accepted by the remote system, Check your firewall/router settings! It is also possible that your ISP may be blocking this port" I'll try the pinholes again to see if their right tried again but still not right. heres what i did for the tcp external p...

i have norton anti-virus but its never caused problems with winmx before

no results, the pinholes don't seem to be working. What could be the problem now?

well everything is completed in the pinholes but i'm not getting any results here. should i restart my computer or something?

Thank you so much, you've been extremely helpful!

Easily done, Netopia 3300 combi . B.T.W. I've heard port forwarding could help the problem, your views?

windows 98
dsl broadband connection
B.T.Y. I'm in ireland so i don't know if you have heard of Eircom

most likely in the broadband modem itself, but how to get rid of it?

i think my internet provider has installed a firewall when i installed my broadband. how do i get rid of it. ps. they are refusing to give me any info on the firewall(devious ********!)

90% of the time when i go to download off winmx it just stays on "waiting to connect" and just times out. what is going on here! plz help!!!!