Is there anyone here with eTrust personal firewall that is able to connect? Let me give some background:

I have LimeWire 4.9.30 and Windows XP Professional w/ SP2. Up until about 3 weeks ago, my Limewire worked well. I was not using a firewall or any other kind of security at the time, although I attend university and they may have a firewall which is why the firewall icon would appear in the tray (or whatever it's called). However I could still get the Turbo speed without much trouble.

So, 3 weeks ago, I decided to re-format my hard drive. I had a ton of spyware and crap on my computer from years of not using any kind of security whatsoever (including spyware removers) and decided to just start over. I also went out and bought the CA eTrust Internet Security Suite and installed about 5 spyware removers (AdAware SE, Spybot S&D, Spyware Blaster, Microsoft Anti-spyware,CA Pest Patrol). I know Pest Patrol selects Limewire as Spyware, but I don't let it quarantine it and I haven't really used it because I have so many other spyware programs.

Ever since this re-format and installing these security programs, my LimeWire doesn't work. It oscillates between "starting connection" and "poor connection." I have configured the firewall to the best of my knowledge (there are either green checks or question marks under "access" and "server" for LimeWire AND Java). I went to that firewall/port test website and it said "The test worked!" I even shut down my firewall--nothing. If it worked before without a firewall, I wonder why it doesn't work now. I don't think it's my firewall, but that's the only explanation given on the website for connection problems. I don't think it's my ISP, either, because it worked before I re-formatted and I attend the same university.

I would like to add that my KaZaa lite also would not connect after the re-format. However, I searched around and found that adding some "supernodes" to my registry might fix the problem. I did add the nodes and now it works. Is there a similar solution to LimeWire?

Edit: I tried LimeWire 4.9.37 (latest version), same results.

Edit #2: I did the Shields UP! Port Probe and the test results came back as: Status = Stealth, Protocol and Application = gnutella-svc. So, I thought maybe it is my firewall (because of the "stealth" reading). But, when I shut down my firewall the result is "closed." I'll try changing the port...again. (Because I did that before and it didn't work.)