RE: Firewall and DSL

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From: ak chuck (akchuck_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:36:01 -0700

Read the manual cover to cover and did the app scan every time I reinstalled. It worked perfectly with dial up. didnt screw up until I got DSL.
Thanks

"SteveL" wrote:

> I have used several firewalls, Norton in not bad, the
> reason it is asking is because you did not do a app scan,
> this ussually runs once norton checks all apps that can
> gain access to the net and you tell it yes/no at that
> point and it ussusally does not ask again, did you setuo
> the internet zone when you changed over to dsl?
>
> read the manual you can learn alot...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> > I had norton 2003 personal firewall installed on my
> (XP Home) computer with dial up and it worked perfectly. 2
> days ago I upgraded to DSL. Since then the firewall has
> been a big pain in the backside. Thinking perhaps it
> needed to see the new DSL modem I uninstalled it (Norton
> Firewall) and reinstalled it 4 times and still it was a
> joke. Always asking for permission for some function. I
> finally said the hell with it, permit everything and it
> still kept asking for permission. I loved it with dial up
> but it flat sucks with DSL. I even unistalled my Norton
> 2003 pro antivirus each time I did the firewall. So does
> anybody know of an excellent firewall that will work
> perfectly with DSL?
> >.
> >
>

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