[peaseonearth]

Well it's not the wireless because it won't work when I plug in my Internet directly to the computer either. I think it must either be my firewall, or my anti virus. I've tried both GAIM and Trillian using AIM and YIM. both don't work so I think there must be something blocking all instant messagers that is installed somewhere on my machine. It's my first PC so I'm not sure where to look for such a thing or if it can even exist.

Thanks for all your help!