Re: Windows Firewall disabled after reboot

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It seem to me that we have a slightly different problem, DSG. I would indeed
try to reinstall (in Safe Mode if possible) the McAfee package if I was you.
Not an easy task though, since large programs (AV's for sure) use to leave a
lot of 'stuff' behind in the registry, things that are not getting removed
during the uninstall process, and that may create problems later on. I spent
several hours myself, manually cleaning the registry after changing from EZ
Armor AV to Avast AV, but I'm still not sure to what extent I may have
succeeded. Although there is a lot of information available on the Internet
about these issues, 'cleansing' the registry this way is a risky
preoccupation, which I don't recommend it to anyone with less than
reasonably good insight.

Eric


"DSG" <jgillig1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
news:gMfbe.7968$XF3.1214@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have to manually turn on McAfee Virus Scan after every reboot.
> Did not start until I updated Windows Media Player to Ver 10 and installed
> Easy CD Creator.
> The only security I have running on my Win XP 2002 SP2 is a McAfee
> Security Center. When I installed Mc's firewall, I turned off XP's ICF
> firewall.
>
> So it isn't an interference with other security programs. McAfee says it
> is either a faulty installation or a problem with the browser (IE in my
> case). And that I should uninstall and reinstall Virus Scan.
>
> Seems it is more the WMP and Roxio's CD Creator that changed things.
> I tried to change Virus settings in Windows Services, but it doesn't
> "stick."
> DSG
> ...........................................................................
> "Erix" <notvalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O%23oPPqdSFHA.3188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Windows Firewall must be turned on 'manually' after each reboot, changing
>> the settings to 'ON' won't stick. EZ Armor Firewall is also running on
>> this
>> machine (XP Pro SP2), and so is a newly installed AVAST antivirus.
>> Obviously, something is 'shutting down' the Windows Firewall, but is that
>> a
>> permitted/acceptable behavior or should I start worrying...?
>>
>> Eric
>>
>
>




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