Some programs won't connect to internet. Other's will.?

Question

Hello everyone, here's my problem. I accidently unpluged my laptop while I was surfing the internet and my laptop completely shut off. When I turned it on again, all the programs that were connected to the internet when I accidently unpluged my computer will not connect to the internet anymore. I had Firefox, AOL, Southwest Airline's DING Program, and WeatherBug running at the time and they were all connected to the internet, but they won't connect now. Internet Explorer connects because I wasn't running it when I accidently unpluged my computer. I've tried reinstalling the programs and that doesn't work. I also tried turning off my firewall and that didn't work. I don't know what else it could be. My lapto is a Dell Inspiron 5100 that runs Windows XP. It connects to the internet on my home's wireless network. I have Verizon FiOS. Thanks for your help in Advance.

No, i'm not running norton. I was running AVG Antivirus and that won't connect to the internet either.

I found the problem! When I restarted the computer ZoneAlarm started too (however, it wasn't in the task tray like it should be) and it was blocking all of the programs. Thanks for everyone's help.

Answer 1

Are you running Norton or another Anti-Virus application that might be blocking applications? Disconnecting from the network shouldn't have affected any applications. I wonder if the shutdown triggered an alert in an application like Norton.