unable to log in at all

hey folks, I've now downloaded wotlk twice from the torrent listed on this site - the game version is 3.3.5a (12340) and I've set up the correct realmlist and replaced the app file with the one provided in the mac guide on this very site, the firewall is turned off and I've force shutdown the battle.net agent

I still cant log in with my credentials at all, tried both game and forum logins with correct passwords (not the email) and I even went so far that I changed the password just for the sake of trying but I'm still getting a message that my account information I've entered is not valid - I'm not a computer newbie and I'm positive I've done everything possible to ensure that the game should be working according to your guide here

this is a part of the log from the connection one, any ideas?

11/2 10:53:23.489 GRUNT: state: LOGIN_STATE_CONNECTING result: LOGIN_OK
11/2 10:53:23.519 GRUNT: state: RESPONSE_CONNECTED result: LOGIN_OK 188.138.40.87:3724
11/2 10:53:23.566 GRUNT: state: LOGIN_STATE_AUTHENTICATING result: LOGIN_OK
11/2 10:53:23.637 GRUNT: state: LOGIN_STATE_CHECKINGVERSIONS result: LOGIN_OK
11/2 10:53:23.815 GRUNT: state: LOGIN_STATE_HANDSHAKING result: LOGIN_OK
11/2 10:53:23.845 GRUNT: state: LOGIN_STATE_FAILED result: LOGIN_UNKNOWN_ACCOUNT
11/2 10:53:23.852 GRUNT: state: LOGIN_STATE_DISCONNECTED result: LOGIN_OK
11/2 10:53:23.852 GRUNT: state: LOGIN_STATE_FAILED result: DISCONNECTED

thanks in advance