Help - The System Tray Icon is Flashing

If the system tray icon is flashing, the Personal Firewall is in Alert Mode because:

OR

To assess the status of the attack:

If the reason for the flashing is an attack, the Security Log is automatically displayed. Otherwise, the icon stops flashing.

The system tray icon can tell you many other things, as described here: "Shortcut to the Software: the System Tray Icon"