Re: Firewall and group policy mess !

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Lady Tex wrote:
Oh ! After I uninstalled McAfee and webroot , I installed ZoneAlarm Free
when the firewall thing started acting up and AVG free - I uninstalled Zone
Alarm because it drove me nuts with all of the pop-ups.

"Lady Tex" wrote:

Hmm... I don't think I loaded any new software but I did uninstall McAfee and
Webroot spyware because I wanted to download Windows One Care and Windows
Defender. My two teen daughters, however, visit my space and other sites.

"C.Joseph Drayton" wrote:

Lady Tex wrote:
Thanks for the info - I am already listed as administrator and have been
since I set up my new Dell three years ago.

I've never had this problem before and I am puzzled why my pc thinks I am
now part of a network .

The only references to group policy that I have found online refers to XP Pro.

Would this problem occur from malware ?

Hi Lady Tex,

I am not a malware pro, but theoretically yes it is possible.

Looking at your original post, my next thought is that you loaded a
program like WinXP Security Console (I use that on my computer), and
it sets policies.

Could you tell us the software you have loaded for say a week before
the problem started.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When hope is lost . . . the spirit dies."
-- Lao Tzu

http://blog.tlerma.com/

Hi Lady Tex,

Since I know that ZoneAlarm Pro (don't know about the free version)
monitors for certain types of malware, it could be that a remnant of
ZoneAlarm is still on your system and 'protecting' you <vbg>.

Don't actually change your registry, but go into regedit and do a
search for ZoneAlarm components if they are still there and the keys
are active you may have to contact ZoneLabs for a tool that will
'completely' uninstall ZoneAlarm.

Just out of curiosity, what conflict were you having between
ZoneAlarm and AVG? I use ZoneAlarm Pro and AVG Free v7.5 with no
problems at all on three different laptops.

Ciao . . . C.Joseph

"When hope is lost . . . the spirit dies."
-- Lao Tzu

http://blog.tlerma.com/
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