Firewall keeps disabling itself (Win XP Home Edition SP2)

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HF_Bow - 19 Nov 2004 04:27 GMT

Hi my windows firewall keeps disabling itself for some reason. I have to keep
on my toes and check it occasionally to make sure it is on. I use the free
zonealarm and McAfee antivirus. Any ideas as to why this is happening?

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MAP - 19 Nov 2004 05:23 GMT

> Hi my windows firewall keeps disabling itself for some reason. I have to keep
> on my toes and check it occasionally to make sure it is on. I use the free
> zonealarm and McAfee antivirus. Any ideas as to why this is happening?

Just a geuss but maybe zone alarm is shutting it down(not a good idea to run
two software firewalls), My Sygate firewall will do this.

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HF_Bow - 20 Nov 2004 05:33 GMT

Ok I'll try that and let zone alarm handle it. Thank you for your reply!

> > Hi my windows firewall keeps disabling itself for some reason. I have to keep
> > on my toes and check it occasionally to make sure it is on. I use the free
> > zonealarm and McAfee antivirus. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
> >
> Just a geuss but maybe zone alarm is shutting it down(not a good idea to run
> two software firewalls), My Sygate firewall will do this.

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Peter - 20 Nov 2004 14:21 GMT

It's def. your ZoneAlarm that is doing that. My McAfee Firewall does the
same thing.

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Toronto, Canada.
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> Ok I'll try that and let zone alarm handle it. Thank you for your reply!
>
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>> two software firewalls), My Sygate firewall will do this.

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Neal - 30 Nov 2004 13:29 GMT

> It's def. your ZoneAlarm that is doing that. My McAfee Firewall does the
> same thing.
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> >> run
> >> two software firewalls), My Sygate firewall will do this.

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