firewalls?

[sweetcheekies]

Okay I had, had some recent troubles with my computer ( bad virus' etc ) and had to reformat my computer. Now I have Norton Antivirus. ( before ran AVG free) I don't have the internet firewall connected but it still seems like I have one.. My downloads arent right and so far all things point to Norton. I have never experienced this before when I didn't have norton. A few people told me that Norton can do this. Is there any way around it? I am running winxp pro. Also having trouble with it accessing my mail It just keeps searching for it but not recieving. I have reformated a few times before without any troubles.

Sweetc

 

[Katzy]

Don't have a firewall????

EEK!

 

[zmaster]

What do you mean your "downloads aren't right"? does that mean that you can't download anything? or what? What service pack do you have on your xp pro? what norton version are you running?

by the way thats a cheeky link Katzy

 

[sweetcheekies]

I have service pack 1 and when i am downloading i am getting very slow download rates .. everything I have been able to find out says that I am behind a firewall. I dont know where this firewall is that I supposedly have is.. Its not the windows one because that is turned off . I am running Norton 2004 version 10.0.1.13

 

[Dan O]

Have you checked what is being started during boot up?

Run MSCONFIG and select the Startup tab.

As a test uncheck everything and try a download from a safe site like www.Microsoft.com. Then add one back at a time and test to find which one of them is causing the problem.

Good luck.

 

[~Candy~]

Did you connect back to the router we talked about yesterday?

 

[John Burns]

Have you checked what is being started during boot up?

There is a nice free program out there that gives you this easier - and alerts you to any CHANGES in startup programs for anyone who is interested. It is WinPatrol http://www.winpatrol.com Just a suggestion.

 

[sweetcheekies]

okay on startup via msconfig is CcApp and Noads... also I am on my router.. its a Netgear RP614.. and have no clue if that one has firewall etc.

 

[mtown_onsite]

Is this just the norton antivirus or is it also system works / internet security?

For your mail troubles, check the settings in norton for email scanning. Try (temporarily) disabling the scan email options. This may allow your mail to pass through.

If not....
What mail client are you using? In OE, you sometimes need to delete then readd your account (tools->accounts->mail, delete you account) Then recreate your account. *Before* you delete the account, edit it and write down all the mail server info from the servers tab....

You may also want to try uninstalling norton. (disable it before uninstalling)

okay on startup via msconfig is CcApp and Noads... also I am on my router.. its a Netgear RP614.. and have no clue if that one has firewall etc.

those are norton startup progs... and that router has a firewall. I don't know if you have it enabled or not...

 

[sweetcheekies]

okay its just norton anti virus.. and I had to delete my email account then set it back up and all is fine.. question about norton.. how do i get it to stop popping up that little message every time something is waiting to be scanned? I dont want to uncheck the wrong thing .... and I have no clue how to tell if my router has it enabled or not.. can you please tell me how? thanks for all the help

SweetC

 

[~Candy~]

That is what the norton email scanning does

Call you ISP and see if they can see behind your router. They should be able to tell you that.

 

[sweetcheekies]

okay.. will do that.. wanna see me stump them lol
this outta be interesting .. ... i am laughing cause i am through a very very small company who knows diddly squat about things.. shoot i know more than they do lol ( that aint saying much trust me lol ) but will do .. who knows they might shock me lol what do i ask them to look for?

 

[mtown_onsite]

okay its just norton anti virus.. and I had to delete my email account then set it back up and all is fine..

Yeah... This is because notron sets up something that works like a proxy between your mail client and your mail server. But its often bad about passing these settngs into outlook... Recreating the account makes outlook detect the current settings.

Are your downloads still slow?

and I have no clue how to tell if my router has it enabled or not..

For your routers firewall, open the routers config. There may be a link for the firewall on the main page, if not goto the WAN or the Advanced page. There should be a section on Firewall in one of these. There should be a check box for "use firewall"...

 

[Katzy]

by the way thats a cheeky link Katzy

It's meant to make you want to click on it.

Here, in the UK, our ladies get free mammograms. I'm trying to let American women get the same...

 

[mtown_onsite]

I will gladly help them examine for lumps... ;-)
...for free even...