When you say crash - do you mean the game itself crashes, or does it freeze the image/game until you have to either reboot, or ctl alt del.

It still could be a problem with your firewall, i had to manually permission the change, as slide in alerts wouldn't minimise the game, and I couldn't alt-tab to change window for some reason.

it freezes image and i've unblocked the firewall

I'm having the same problem, I've tried direct connecting and connecting only to the lan. When I get in the MP window, Freelancer starts using about 60% of my processer. I also found the same thing happens to FlServer. Any one have any idea what the problem is?

i have the same problem

is anyone else running McAfee Security Center?

I Have Mcafee Security (from AOL) and FL crashes to desktop in several-several dozen minutes while logged on the MP server. Also, I cannot connect to any games, it claims I lack an appropriate account /password (applies for all servers I attempt) name when I cancel it. I ahven't deactivated my Firewall/Viruscan, however.

this happened to me, i had to turn off automatic protection from my anti-virus. Try to close it all together, then try it again.

I deactivated it, but FL's MP condition is completely unmodified.