Tom
Thu May 18 11:18:24 CDT 2006
Panda_man wrote:
> My reply is at the bottom of your message :
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> "sparky" wrote:
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>>Can anyone tell me why when i connect to the net my windows firewall switches
>>off? i switch it on but afer a while it will switch itself off again? i have
>>done a anti-virus scan and windows defender scan not bugs found, help please
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> There are only two possibities :
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> 1) You have another software firewall installed /or security product with
> firewall protection/ . Goto Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs
> and see if you have one . The most popular are Symantec/Norton , McAfee ,
> Panda,Kaspersky , Kerio , Outpost , ZoneAlarm ......
> If you have that's the reason and if so , no need to worry
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> 2) You have malicious software (viruses/spyware)
> You need to clean the infection . Well , I would *never* rely on BETA
> product such as Windows Defender because beta softwares are incompleted and
> they have bugs in them . Scan and clean with repitable tools . See my
> web-page and perform the "Check for and eliminate" instructions
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http://pandaman.my.contact.bg
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> Report back what happened .
> Regards! :)
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> Panda_man
Sparky,
I have the same problem. I followed panda man's advice and ran SpyBot
Search and Destroy. It found something very specific to the problem we
are having. The fix seems to be working
Good luck