Bearshare was working before, but I got a virus from some website and lost everything on my hardrive... The virus wasn't from bearshare, it was from some foreign website that I opened up like an idiot... Anyway, I completely reloaded my computer and downloaded bearshare again and now it doesn't work...

I am using Westell Versalink Model 327W Router... I am HARD WIRED, not wireless... (just in case that makes a difference of not..) And YES, this is my HOME Internet connection and I am only loading Bearshare to this one Dell computer Inspiron E1505.

I am really Not sure what you mean by "Port Forwarding"... I just want to be able to access Bearshare and I'm not sure what to do to get it working...

I also have no idea what you are talking about when you say "UPnP abilities"...

Thanks for your help!

If BS was working before, then obviously UPnP/Port Forwarding was not an issue before. As AW suggested, your connection cache is probably out of date. See his link above for fresh nodes to connect to.