Well... as I said in my first post... I don't feel the problem can be in mIRC since I cant see what it would have to do with my DCC's.

This is what I have done so far though...
D/Led a fresh copy from this site. - Still no go
Reinstalled my older version - Still no go
Then did a full virus, adware, spyware, and even did a scan for Trojans, using 2 different programs, that are recommended for finding trojans - I had none.

Sooooo...

I am going to go out on a limb (and hope a LOT!!) that perhaps, something went awry in my router (WRT54GS). I am going to get a new one and see if anything changes.

I am trying this b/c... well, I am basically out of ideas, and about a week or so ago, I did try to flash it to a newer firmware version which failed. However, my problems did not start till a good week or two after I had done that, sooo... not too sure it would be it, but am willing to try anything.

After that... is there anything my ISP might have done?? They did come on a service call about 2 weeks ago, b/c my speeds were not up to par. They said they could not really find anything wrong, other than they said, I had too much signal.

Ai ya. Sorry for the long post. But wish to cover everything I have done.

Thanks