Peter, I see no clear pattern when ZoneAlarm creates this message with BiaB. It usually occurs out of the blue, not on bootup of BB, and without me making anything specific with BB, at least that I can currently think of. Odd enough, when I click on a button like 'PG Music Website' of the 'About Band-in-a-Box' info box, the Internet Explorer pops up and connects to the PG Music website without having Zonealarm create any warning.

Which makes this occurrence even stranger. A virus might be a viable explanation. I have Avast running here and checking on the system yields no warnings - which, of course, does not guarantee that no malware might be at work.

A binary file compare of the BBW.exe on my system with some pristine BBW.exe could provide further hints, whether BBW.exe on my system was tinkered with by some malware. Such a pristine BBW.exe might be downloadable from the PG Music web site, with a link potentially communicated via PM?

Hopefully there may be a different explanation.

John, thanks for the link - I am currently perusing its content.


Martin