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21-Mar-2008, 05:05 PM #1
firewall keeps disconecting
hello first time to ask a question here so hope i do it right
i recently changed service providers and now have wireless broadband,since having it installed i keep getting a security alert that says computer may be at at risk firewall disconected.the system runs fine for about 2 hours or if the computer is left idle same thing when i return. also i am running xp home and f-secure anti virus.no help from f-secure about this problem,did not have this problem b4 i went wireless.i feel like goose
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22-Mar-2008, 09:55 AM #2
Does it tell you that you have to go-online and buy something to fix the problem?
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22-Mar-2008, 08:31 PM #3
no it dosnt ask me to go online to purchase anything,just says security alert firewall disconnected each time i try to turn it back it does nothing.i reboot the computer and it is ok but then after awhile it disconnects again
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25-Mar-2008, 09:02 PM #4
Dont know how to fix the XP built in firewall, so a workaround is to install a different firewall like Zonealarm free.

http://www.zonealarm.com/store/conte...eeDownload.jsp
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