Weird...saw comments on the forums, and a friend told me the same thing...get ahold of someone at Titan to reset my account (sigh). Hubby (the IT guy) was no help with the settings in Norton (and I had no clue myself - tried to make Tequila "allowed", albeit unsuccessfully), but after playing around with it repeatedly tonight I'm happy to say I was able to get in.
How, you may ask? I went into Norton and clicked Settings. Then I selected Program Control and scrolled down to Paragot Chat. And what do I find? BLOCK. And Tequila? BLOCK. So I typed in ALWAYS (allow) and hit apply to save the settings. Tried again and got a really weird message after entering my password (sorry...didn't capture a screenie) that wanted me to confirm I was willing to open a "risky" program. Clicked Allow Always and I'm finally ready for the next costume contest and to try out the new flight/speed/whatever "travel" powers you guys have in there now that I've been drooling over on FB. Hopefully my little narrative will help someone else stuck in the same place.
What I want to know is since I was in PC multiple times over a two week period of time when it first released, why Norton all of a sudden decided the program was dastardly and that I really don't want to go there (yes, I did!!). But now it's fixed. YAY!
Thanks for your words of wisdom, Codewalker. While you didn't take me step by step to the solution, you pushed me (again!) in the right direction.