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Rufus - 23 Sep 2006 13:16 GMT

On a new computer with Windows XP, Microsoft Office, and all updates
installed, my Windows Firewall gives off a false, I hope, warning every day
5-6 times. It says the Windows Firewall is off and I may be unprotected, but
by the time I open the Security Center, Windows Firewall clicks back from off
to on.

I can't tell if it really is ever off or just a false signal? How do I test
this or correct the on again, off again flaw?

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serge calderara - 28 Sep 2006 08:34 GMT

There has been a virus which was turning off the firewall even if setting it
on by your self. It happens to me too.
Check for virus scann

> On a new computer with Windows XP, Microsoft Office, and all updates
> installed, my Windows Firewall gives off a false, I hope, warning every day
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> I can't tell if it really is ever off or just a false signal? How do I test
> this or correct the on again, off again flaw?

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Dominick Baier - 28 Sep 2006 08:37 GMT

not working as admin would have helped too ;)

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Dominick Baier, DevelopMentor
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> There has been a virus which was turning off the firewall even if
> setting it
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>> I can't tell if it really is ever off or just a false signal? How do
>> I test this or correct the on again, off again flaw?

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