also unable to converse with other over the instant messenger. I contact my two sons in Minn., but have been unable to do this the past three days, I get a message that we are not on the same verison
Mcafee is horrible and is a resource HOG. Get rid of it. If you got the internet security version that includes the firewall then its probably blocking your IM ports. Uninstall it and see if your problems go away.