Grisoft also provides AVG Anti-Virus + Firewall 7.5
and AVG Security Suite 7.5 which includes a firewall.
Tom
| Hello CLB,
|
| I can't help you with your original question, but Grisoft AVG 7.5 is your
| anti-virus program, not your firewall.
|
| Alan
|
| | > Thank you again for your reply, I'm now right out of my depth - my
| > firewall
| > is Grisfot AVG 7.5. Does your advice to block port 80 mean that I will
| > still
| > be able to access the internet via this PC? You go on to say if I want
to
| > totally disable it . . . I'm not clear about what you mean - I still
need
| > internet access from this PC, but hopefully without the nuicance. Sorry
to
| > be
| > such a nerd!
| >
| > "Newbie Coder" wrote:
| >
| >> CLB,
| >>
| >> If you still have Internet access then create a rule to block port 80
| >> which will
| >> then stop Internet access on the standard port
| >>
| >> Without knowing the name of your firewall software its difficult to
help,
| >> but in
| >> Norton you have the BLOCK TRAFFIC feature
| >>
| >> But I think that because you had Norton discovering your network card
it
| >> was
| >> allowing it through.
| >>
| >> To totally disable it you could right-click MY COMPUTER | PROPERTIES |
| >> HARDWARE
| >> tab | DEVICE MANAGER, find your NIC & set it to disabled. If its
on-board
| >> (together with motherboard) you can go into the BIOS (DEL or F2 at
| >> computer
| >> startup) & disable it there. F10 to save & exit.
| >>
| >> --
| >> Newbie Coder
| >> (It's just a name)
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >> | >> > Hi,
| >> > Thanks for the info, however I got rid of NIS and now have an
| >> > alternative
| >> > firewall - much better. I had a look on the NIS help and didn't see
the
| >> > same
| >> > problem as mine anyway (I never got on with their help very well!).
| >> > What I
| >> > don't understand is that if the firewall is not configured to let the
| >> > network
| >> > card through, wouldn't that mean that I would have no internet access
| >> > as it
| >> > would be barred? I do have access on that PC.
| >> >
| >> > "Newbie Coder" wrote:
| >> >
| >> > > CLB,
| >> > >
| >> > > Sounds like the firewall part of NIS is trying to discover the
| >> > > network type;
| >> > > home, away, work...to allow your network card through. Go into the
| >> > > firewall
| >> &
| >> > > see if your network card is in the network adapter list. If not,
add
| >> > > it
| >> > >
| >> > > Also, you could speak to Symantec support:
| >> > >
| >> > >
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/support/index.jsp
| >> > >
| >> > > --
| >> > > Newbie Coder
| >> > > (It's just a name)
| >> > >
| >> > >
| >> > >
| >> > > | >> > > > Please can anyone help? One of my PCs (Win XP SP2) has a startup
| >> > > > problem
| >> that
| >> > > > seemed to occur after being infected by a virus - subsequently
| >> > > > cleared by
| >> > > > Norton Internet Security after many attempts. On startup there is
a
| >> > > > long
| >> > > > delay and I see a line which reads "CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 01 2E 02
42
| >> > > > 71
| >> GUID:
| >> > > > FFFFFFF (followed by more series of Fs) DCHP ....". Is there any
| >> > > > way I can
| >> > > > rid the PC of this action on Startup? Thanks CB
| >> > >
| >> > >
| >> > >
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|
