*grin*...well, now you will be clicking 'approve or deny' messages for various applications as it learns what you want! The important menu item is rt. click->administration->advanced to edit preferences and be sure it is set the way YOU want...(it can happen that you accidentally deny something the right to contact it's upgrade site..etc...or you may WISH to deny it that)

And remember, one option in the right click on the shield is "stop all traffic"