Steam Acting Up

[whygohome10]

I just purchased hl2 of of steam and now when i try to install it it says the servers are busy. but they have been busy ever since 3:00 so like 7 hours... im starting to get worried that i got screwed over. anyone else have this problem?

 

[^Ben]

Your firewall is blocking steam.

 

[Ames]

http://steampowered.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=367
http://steampowered.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=160