http://www.gnutellaforums.com/window...1-corrupt.html <- (A post by you from 6 months ago) Do you see any resemblance of your issue? Sounds to me like you have security software, most likely a spyware program that is attacking all your p2p programs because it considers they have spyware when they don't. I'd suggest you put Phex on the safe list of your security softwares.