How do I lose 'Your comp. might be at risk'?

[sdlomi2]

Running Win XP Pro. Got MS firewall turned off. Every time I boot I
get a yellow balloon on system tray telling me "Your computer might be at
risk". I'm sure it's from MS. Googling has not helped. Please, someone
help me get rid of this nagging screen. Thanks, s

 

[Sadat]

Click on the red/yelloe shield on your system tray at bottom right. Click on
the option "Virus Protection". Click Recommendations.Place a check mark on
"I have an anti-virus program that I'll monitor myself".

You won't get any more alerts after restart.

 

[Gordon]

Running Win XP Pro. Got MS firewall turned off. Every time I boot I
get a yellow balloon on system tray telling me "Your computer might be at
risk". I'm sure it's from MS. Googling has not helped. Please, someone
help me get rid of this nagging screen. Thanks, s

That would indicate you don't have ANY sort of firewall. You NEED a
firewall.

 

[sdlomi2]

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That would indicate you don't have ANY sort of firewall. You NEED a
firewall.

Thx to both of you for helping. Hoped there was another way. I have
already enabled all 3 of their suggestions--well, 2 as I told them I was
gonna monitor my own anti-virus. Since I've been using Norton for the past
several years, I figure I can get by without an anti-virus!!!(facetious!!)
The reason I had disabled MS-firewall et al is this computer is going to
a car shop to serve one purpose: to run like AllData, a car repair program.
This friend knows nothing about internet (or computers) and I'm gonna try to
teach him all I know--sure hope I can find a spare hour today!
Thx again, guys, and hope you have a good one! s

 

[Guest]

you could just disable windows security centre from services.msc.

also, if you open security centre, down the left hand side there should be a
link saying something along the lines of "change the way security centre
alerts me"

 

[Kerry Brown]

Thx to both of you for helping. Hoped there was another way. I
have already enabled all 3 of their suggestions--well, 2 as I told
them I was gonna monitor my own anti-virus. Since I've been using
Norton for the past several years, I figure I can get by without an
anti-virus!!!(facetious!!) The reason I had disabled MS-firewall
et al is this computer is going to a car shop to serve one purpose: to run
like AllData, a car repair
program. This friend knows nothing about internet (or computers) and
I'm gonna try to teach him all I know--sure hope I can find a spare
hour today! Thx again, guys, and hope you have a good one! s

You are not really doing your friend a favour by misconfiguring his
computer. Even if the computer will not be connected to the Internet now it
may be sometime in the future. It is not your computer and you may have no
say in what is done at a future date. I have installed several computers in
auto repair shops for use with AllData and Mitchell software. In several
cases the shop owner initially indicated the computer would not be connected
to the Internet. In at least a couple of cases when I was at the shop
servicing the computer it had been connected to the Internet. Many auto
parts suppliers (UAP/NAPA for one) have online ordering, troubleshooting
tips, and more. Always configure a computer as if it will be connected to
the Internet. The Windows firewall takes very little resources. If disabling
it noticeably speeds a computer up something is wrong with the computer.
Even on a computer with the minimum hardware specifications for XP you would
not be able to tell if the firewall was running or not. How happy will your
friend be when at some later date he decides to get Internet access and
hooks up a broadband modem (or even a dial-up modem) directly to the
computer and is infected within minutes of connecting it.

 

[Jim]

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Thx to both of you for helping. Hoped there was another way. I have
already enabled all 3 of their suggestions--well, 2 as I told them I was
gonna monitor my own anti-virus. Since I've been using Norton for the
past several years, I figure I can get by without an
anti-virus!!!(facetious!!)
The reason I had disabled MS-firewall et al is this computer is going
to a car shop to serve one purpose: to run like AllData, a car repair
program. This friend knows nothing about internet (or computers) and I'm
gonna try to teach him all I know--sure hope I can find a spare hour
today!
Thx again, guys, and hope you have a good one! s

Never say never. Sooner or later somebody will connect the computer to the
outside world.
Jim