Firewall not working....

[Shannow..]

Excuse my ignorance but does this Beta software disable
my Sp2 firewall....since installing your spyware thingy
it wont allow my firewall to be turned on....Is it
supposed to do this?

 

[Guest]

No it does not, there may be another program on your
computer that is shutting it down

 

[Brant Gurganus]

No it does not, there may be another program on your
computer that is shutting it down

Which is why you should not be using the built-in firewall. The very
fact that it can be modified programmatically without your consent makes
it a security risk. It is, however, better than nothing for people that
don't know what a firewall is.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Please do this to re-enable the firewall:

In Windows XP Service Pack 2, go to a command prompt and type:

netsh winsock reset

and hit enter, and restart the machine.

You may need to reinstall applications that add themselves to the Winsock
LSP.

 

[A McGuire]

I don't agree. I think the firewall works great, and because it gets
disabled from within (not from the outside) is another issue. I wouldn't
leave my "free" doors unlocked to my house just because they can be unlocked
from the inside, would you?

 

[Guest]

start-->run--> netsh winsock reset
you should be able to start the firewall now.