Hi'a Vijtech. I did what you said, and it did work, till the next time I turned my pc on! I just seemed to be having problems that weren't there before I installed Avast. I have uninstalled it now, which solved all the problems. But the problem is I really need an anti virus, and I really like the way Avast has been put together. It is simple to run, easily understandable (when working as it should...lol) and it's free (which is why I feel bad complaining!) and know that basically it's a good programme. If I could just iron out (or even understand...lol) the problems. I couldn't log onto MSN (it said something about my internet explorer settings being incorrect, which they weren't) and I couldn't get my mail at all! Even though I'd changed the config as you suggested. But it all went back to normal (well, as normal as any pesky PC can be) when I uninstalled it. Please help!... Thanks Vijtech.