AntiSpyware Disables Windows Firewall

[Rushabh]

After restarting the computer when my scanning is done,
my windows firewall got disabled. I got a messege
that 'ICS service cannot start'. is there any solution to
this problem without restoring the computer?

 

[jason blake]

it appears that this sort of problem can happen
after the removal of certain types of spyware which
modifys the registry

here are some possible fixes

im going to try B first.

A. Fix winsock by running following:
NETSH WINSOCK RESET

B. Fix dependencies of SharedAccess service by running

REG DELETE
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess /v
DependOnService

REG ADD
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess /v
DependOnService /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d "Netman"

C. http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html