> Yeah *anti*-virus program, that's the one! :)

I had a similar issue with Panda Antivirus in the past. Even with their
integrated local Firebird deinstalled, something prevented me to connect
to the local Classic installation. Deinstalled Panda, everything was
fine after that.


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