I have my bitcoin client downloaded, installed, and up to date as to the block chain (the 41 hour download of the blockchain is finished ... kinda eager to actually get mining now). I also have the guiminer downloaded and installed, have already set the path to the bitcoin client, and I have used the guiminer to launch my bitcoin client as a server. I also have the windows binaries file from slush's pool downloaded and installed so that stratum mining should be supportred per the instructions on slush's pool site. Basically, I have done as much as I could figure out alone

My first problem is that my avg antivirus software showed the guiminer as a virus ... I tried to set it to allow it but my pc froze and I had to do a restart. now I can not get the guiminer to do anything, so I do not know if the antivirus problem is solved or not. I have read the log file that guiminer points to for the errors but I can make no sense of it. I can post that logfile if anyone thinks it will help them to help me. My second problem is how to configure my windows 7 firewall to allow mining.

Over the last hour since these problems occurred, I have not gotten the solo, nor pooled mining approach to work. Before my antivirus started screeching tho it appeared as if it was going to work on the solo tab at least. Thanks for any help that may be provided