Re: home network problem

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:47:02 -0700, Phil <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Chuck. I have been doing alot of reading into the info you sent. I have a
question. How would you go about finding out if a 3rd party firewall were on
the computer? When checking in security it just has windows firewall on (both
computers).

Phil,

If you suspect that you have an unknown personal firewall, you're going to have
to look in several lists, for unrecognised entries.

Look in active processes.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/watching-what-your-computer-is-doing.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/watching-what-your-computer-is-doing.html

Look in startup processes.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/essential-tools-for-desktop-and.html#Autoruns>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/essential-tools-for-desktop-and.html#Autoruns

Look in LSP / Winsock.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html

But use the other diagnostics that I suggested. They should narrow things down
a bit.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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