my windows firewall has been hijacked

[Guest]

I lost my windows firewall ...I have been running the winsockregfix and that
has been bringing it back. However now nomatter how many times i even run
that I can not restore my windows firewall. I get the error that it can not
be initialized. I have even unistalled and re installed sp2. It will load
with SP2 un installed!

Please help

 

[Malke]

I lost my windows firewall ...I have been running the winsockregfix
and that
has been bringing it back. However now nomatter how many times i even
run that I can not restore my windows firewall. I get the error that
it can not be initialized. I have even unistalled and re installed
sp2. It will load with SP2 un installed!

Please help

Are you running the beta MS AntiSpyware application? If so, try
uninstalling it. Otherwise, you haven't given us enough information to
get a specific diagnosis. Is your computer 100% spyware and virus-free?
If you think so, how did you determine this?

Malke

 

[Guest]

Yes I am running the Microsoft Beta antispyware. I am also running the
avast.com antivirus program. I have done my best to clean my machine. i can
not guarentee that it is virus free.

 

[Malke]

Yes I am running the Microsoft Beta antispyware. I am also running the
avast.com antivirus program. I have done my best to clean my machine.
i can not guarentee that it is virus free.

"Beta" software means software that isn't finished yet. Do not run beta
software on a production machine. To reset the firewall:

MS antispyware tool disables Windows Firewall (or to reset firewall):
Start>Run cmd [enter]
netsh winsock reset catalog [enter]
Follow prompts and reboot.

FIREWALL DEAD, or other network issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

Malke