Jan I have sat here for like the past nearly hour or so and read your reply and tried to sort this out before replying here, it's been getting on my nerves.

 

I looked at your protect your PC in the left side menu and I uploaded NETSCAPE, because the virus pop always mentioned this name along with MSN in the intrusion attempt that was blocked.

Isn't NETSCAPE different from explorer?? It looks really sleek ,I did in a search in it and it always seemed to let me know if the site I was going to visit wasn't encrypted, which I thought was interesting. I am still trying to work out the best way of using it. Though I have heard of this browser before ,having explorer, I suppose you just get used to it, so never think of using another one.

 

I did a search in GOOGLE, with what you mentioned about "msn photo upload" and mentioned also about "unistall". I would'nt know where to look in my laptop for that.

 

I came to a website that was an MSN group for managers of what I gather is MSN groups.

I looked in there and hoped..that there would be an answer ,and there was mentioned in there on the boards about uploading pictures ,but it was not anything related to my problem but the very helpful member told them where to look on their PC for the solution. I did the same to find my msn photo upload control...I found it too.  This person suggested to their member to delete the msn photo file and upload a new one, but I felt abit "iffy" about doing that, so left it..I will add that in this community group a message was left saying like you did that work in MSN was going on.

 

so I came back here and found in your PROTECT YOUR PC,the msn site "community feedback" and found in generals a question about MSN and NORTON, that was my very problem! and it was recent.

 

So I decided in the end before deleting the photo upload to update instead,just to see... when I right clicked...it updated in a like 2 seconds...I came back here....it was fine!

I could'nt believe it ,that has really bothered me.

 

thanks ever so much Jan and I will add that for anyone actually gets to the end of this long winded message that isn't interesting at all ,it is so worth having a look at that community feedback which is in protect your PC on the left menu. It's a great site.

 

whats interesting though, that alot of people in this community group never mentioned about just updating their photo upload, is it depending on what version of windows you have?? for me, I was concerned because it mentioned MSN as being from what I gather the basis of the intrustion that was blocked, it always mentioned it in the pop up I kept getting.

 

I think I may join that very group to let them know that maybe updating may be a solution, the assumption is ,its a firewall, settings problem there and for some, it is, it is along the lines you mentioned about it being a firewall thing etc...someone even mentioned they thought it was a "worm"..

 

thanks alot Jan.

 

MsK.

 

p.s     i can't believe I'm up writing this, very sad,  but i thought i had a bad virus here

i will now watch kylie ,bye