Disabling ICMP PING

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Bruce

I'm running Windows XP Home, SP2, with all updates. I want to disable
ICMP, but when I go to the ICMP firewall settings, "Allow incoming echo
request" is checked, but I'm not able to remove the check. It's greyed
out. All other ICMP settings are accessible. I have admin rights.

(My XP Pro machine allows me to access incoming echo request, which is
off.)

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Bruce
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Bruce,

Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
Navigate to the following locations:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile\IcmpSettings
-and-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\IcmpSettings

Delete the "IcmpSettings" key in both of the above locations (if exists)
Close Regedit.exe and restart Windows.

Follow-up with malware cleanup, just in case:

Generic Trojan / Adware Infestation Removal Procedure:
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Trend Micro Sysclean package
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=10820
 

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