A short time ago I read in these N.groups about a link
here at Microsoft on how to enable the firewall that
comes with the computor. I have "Win. XP". I click to
that site and it gave me the option to manually set up
the firewall or have it done for me- (I had already gone
to the 'properties' part in my isp box and clicked
on "advance tab" and checked the first box that
said "Protect my computor .......")before I went to this
web site-
ANYHOW, I chose for 'them' do enable this security for me-
So when I went to check this same box in the prop
section>adv tab> then I noticed that the words UNDER the
part where it says "protect my comp." had disapeared.
So then I went to get a free virus scan at panda and
realized it would not down load- I went back into the box
and un-checked the "protect my comp" and it downloaded
the activeX needed to do these scans-HOWEVER, it does NOT
do anything when I click on SCAN my comp, or anything for
that matter-I tried getting support via email from them
but they have not responded-If I made my question clear,
please advice me where to go.If not, I'll check back and
see if I can give you more info. thanks

Re: cant disable the firewall to do virus scan by Bill

Bill
Tue Oct 21 12:34:45 CDT 2003

I don't think your issue relates to the firewall. The firewall has never
interfered with downloads or online scans that I've done.

I'm doing a Panda Online scan now as I write, with the firewall active.

"M" <M_anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:082e01c397f7$02332b50$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> A short time ago I read in these N.groups about a link
> here at Microsoft on how to enable the firewall that
> comes with the computor. I have "Win. XP". I click to
> that site and it gave me the option to manually set up
> the firewall or have it done for me- (I had already gone
> to the 'properties' part in my isp box and clicked
> on "advance tab" and checked the first box that
> said "Protect my computor .......")before I went to this
> web site-
> ANYHOW, I chose for 'them' do enable this security for me-
> So when I went to check this same box in the prop
> section>adv tab> then I noticed that the words UNDER the
> part where it says "protect my comp." had disapeared.
> So then I went to get a free virus scan at panda and
> realized it would not down load- I went back into the box
> and un-checked the "protect my comp" and it downloaded
> the activeX needed to do these scans-HOWEVER, it does NOT
> do anything when I click on SCAN my comp, or anything for
> that matter-I tried getting support via email from them
> but they have not responded-If I made my question clear,
> please advice me where to go.If not, I'll check back and
> see if I can give you more info. thanks