Now myself and a friend, who both use NIS 2002 (I actually converted him) have the connection box problem, though he a heck of a lot worse than me). There's some rumors floating about that Norton has been trying to find people with bootlegged discs. I have no idea if it's true, if it's any part of the problem, but.... I'd downloaded ZoneAlarm a couple of years back and saved it somewhere, packrat that I am. Maybe it's time I went searching for that CD.