IMHO, the latest update of MBAM 1.40 is a little too aggressive with IP blocking. DB version: 2712 File protection-log-2009-08-29.txt contains the following: 08:13:20 (null) MESSAGE Protection started successfully 08:15:18 pews MESSAGE Protection started successfully 08:15:19 pews MESSAGE IP Protection started successfully 09:07:46 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:07:49 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:07:55 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:09:30 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:09:33 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:09:39 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:15:46 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:15:49 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250 09:15:55 pews IP-BLOCK 199.246.67.250