Re phishing link.
Thanks for your reply.
As far as I am aware, no there is no link. All the virus / tracking scans etc have not produced any threat, only the usual "low level" tracking cookies.
It worked perfectly yesterday...today, it's back to denying access again.
I actually rarely use my hotmail account, other than for Yahoo! groups confirmation mails and as I say, prior to upgrading my anti-virus programme, it worked every time.