When I try to exit the game, my firewall detects an outgoing attempt to reach some survey website. I'm not interested in having any games I play go on the net for anything, so I told it to always deny.

Now I can't get the game to shut down. It freezes on the menu and I have to ctrl+alt+dlt to shut the game down. Which wasn't so bad.

Last time I had the game on I made a lot of changes. Put my little guys on different jobs and found a few new collectibles. Turn the game on again, and everything I did on the last run is gone. I can only assume something isn't saving properly since I'm having to exit the game through the Windows Task Manager.

Any help would be appreciated. Is there something I can change or delete to prevent he game from trying to access the internet?

Are you, by any chance, running v.97 of the game? Check your menu screen.

Yep!
I need to download a new version?

That depends. The version that you're running is a beta version. Where and when did you obtain it? Once I know that, I can advise you on how you might be able to get the released version.

A friend from work installed it on my computer. I didn't realize it wasn't the release version. Now I feel naughty. I'm sorry!

I'll get a release version when I get home tonight. Can't download at work. Sheesh. Do you think I will be able to keep my same village?

I am running version 1.00 bought from Big Fish Games and when I close down Mcafee gives me the same warning. My game shuts down fine though.

Jazmine, you really should get v1.00 for two reasons: the beta version is not a legitimate copy for anyone but the testers who were involved, and that version has at least one serious _bug_ that will make the game not so much fun.

The problem here, greybird, is that v.97 is a beta version that is specifically designed to allow testers to access a survey at the end. The warning that McAfee is issuing in your case has nothing to do with that.