McAfee Problem

Less than a week ago I got a new laptop with McAfee installed on it. As with any new antivirus software, I have allowed the things that I use the most to pass through the filter. However, I allowed IRC, yet it keeps blocking it again. I go into my VirusScan console to unblock the IRC, and no more than 5 minutes later, IRC is blocked again. I have tried unchecking the IRC boxes, removing them from the list, and even altering the ports it covers. All in vain. Please help me.

Thanks in advance,
Swimbaby

 

Being a user of McAfee please answer:

1. What is your operating system and service pack
2. What version of Virus Scan.
3. What are the Engine and DAT files of McAfee.

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Supply Version of Virus Scan
Supply First and Last name
Supply the email address you ued to register with McAfee when you first installed the sofrware.

 

1. XP Professional, service pack 2
2. Version 8.0
3. I have no idea how to check this

 

what do u have for a firewall? could that be blocking irc?

have u tried turning off the "script stopper" in mcafee to see if thats the prob. (i had a issue with that when i used to have mcafee)

have u checked the irc faq page to see if the prob. is with that not mcafee?

 

1. XP Professional, service pack 2 <-- OK
2. Version 8.0 <-- Would recommend 10.0 but your choice

To check engine and DAT

1. Right click t M icon
2. Select Virus Scan
3. Click About.
4. Tell me what it says.