Zone Alarm to allow programs to access an IP address

The site Your Zone Alarm wants to access happens to be a global internet registry service database called RIPE.NET. If you've recently switched from a dial-up connection to broadband, etc., Zone Alarm might have difficulty with a possibly defunct FTP program such as MFC. It needs to verify the registration status of your ISP as part of it's own peculiar way of protecting your computer. It's not the system programs that want to access this site, but rather Zone Alarm. Completely uninstall Zone Alarm, and then reinstall it from scratch. It will self-configure.