firewall

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Diana

On Windows XP if you enable the firewall, how do you let
trusted sites in through the wall. I had it enabled and
was unable to download. Do you have to turn it off and
then back on for each individual case?
 
Hello,Diana,

You never need turn off the XP firewall.It will not block
access to sites.All it does is prevent unsolicited
incoming connection attempts.

If you really want to "trust" a site,you may add it to
the Trusted Sites Zone in Internet Explorer.

Frankly,I am inclined to think the sites are being
blocked by something else.Which sites exactly
are "blocked"?

If they are AV sites,I'd suggest running a virus scan at
any of these locations:

Trend:
http://housecall.antivirus.com
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

McAfee:
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

Panda:
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

If offered an option to clean or delete,opt for
delete.


Stinger( best saved to floppy):
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Sadie
 
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