i downloaded a file off irc, was running norton firewall and norton av 2004, when i opened the file in irc download folder which i thought was just the anti hacker and trojan removal kit had another file attatched called xdccaccelerator. they both opened and then my firewall and av both went off the screen, dissabled themselves. now i cant uninstall them as whatever it is keeps saying that a previous norton is installing so reboot and try again, even though it definately isnt. so1) i cant remove my av and firewall and 2) i tried symantecs online virus checker 2 and it says nothing found. and 3) i cant reinstall my norton. the only thing i managed to do id dl zone alarm pro so that at least i got some protection. so that if some script kiddie runs port scans he cant see that ive got whatever it is. any help would be most appreciated :angry: