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Firefox is blocked
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| I upgraded to 1.06 today. Now, my Norton Internet Security isn't allowing
Firefox to access the net. How do I alter the settings to allow access?
Funny, it didn't do this with previous versions. Thanks so much, I've looked
all over.
Dale
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| Jedi Fans 2005-08-17, 7:47 am |
| DR wrote:
> I upgraded to 1.06 today. Now, my Norton Internet Security isn't allowing
> Firefox to access the net. How do I alter the settings to allow access?
> Funny, it didn't do this with previous versions. Thanks so much, I've looked
> all over.
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> Dale
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go into firewall settings click on firewall and remove firefox from the
list, then add it again thru "add..."
i also advise ditching norton as it is a system hog ;) [having just done
that this week - xp runs a lot faster now (i only use xp for gaming now
ya see)] - i use avast! from <http://www.avast.com> for AV and kerio
personal firewall from <http://www.kerio.com/>
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Hope This Helped and MTFBWY...
Kieren aka JediFans - <URL:http://jedifans.com/>
The Force Is With Me, SuSE Linux Professional 9.3, Mozilla Firefox
1.0.6, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Alpha 2 and Revenge Of The Sith!
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| dancertm 2005-08-17, 5:47 pm |
| On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:37:35 +0100, Jedi Fans
<"news[at]jedifans[--=dot=-]com"> wrote:
>DR wrote:
>go into firewall settings click on firewall and remove firefox from the
>list, then add it again thru "add..."
>i also advise ditching norton as it is a system hog ;) [having just done
>that this week - xp runs a lot faster now (i only use xp for gaming now
>ya see)] - i use avast! from <http://www.avast.com> for AV and kerio
>personal firewall from <http://www.kerio.com/>
I got rid of Norton also. I switched recently to Nod32.
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| Jedi Fans 2005-08-17, 5:47 pm |
| dancertm wrote:
> I got rid of Norton also. I switched recently to Nod32.
ya i would have gone for nod32 myself but seeing as i only use windows
as my gaming OS now [i could not use it n play my windows games on linux
- but its easier this way lol] i aint gonna buy nothing for it no more ;)
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Hope This Helped and MTFBWY...
Kieren aka JediFans - <URL:http://jedifans.com/>
The Force Is With Me, SuSE Linux Professional 9.3, Mozilla Firefox
1.0.6, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Alpha 2 and Revenge Of The Sith!
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| Nikos Chantziaras 2005-08-18, 7:46 am |
| Jedi Fans wrote:
> dancertm wrote:
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> ya i would have gone for nod32 myself but seeing as i only use windows
> as my gaming OS now [i could not use it n play my windows games on linux
> - but its easier this way lol] i aint gonna buy nothing for it no more ;)
FWIW, I use the built-in XP firewall and it passed all hacking tests:
http://www.grc.com
All I had to do to pass the tests was to disable "ping" responses to
incomming ping attempts and disable port 445 (or was it 450? it's that
"messenger" port).
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| Ed Mullen 2005-08-18, 5:47 pm |
| Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Jedi Fans wrote:
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> FWIW, I use the built-in XP firewall and it passed all hacking tests:
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> http://www.grc.com
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> All I had to do to pass the tests was to disable "ping" responses to
> incomming ping attempts and disable port 445 (or was it 450? it's that
> "messenger" port).
The built-in XP firewall does NOT handle outgoing traffic, only
incoming. If your system should get infected that firewall will not
stop outgoing traffic. My recommendation is to install the latest Zone
Alarm firewall and disable the Windows firewall.
I have used Zone Alarm Pro for years but the free version will work for
this level of protection. The free version is at:
http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/fr..._60_631_003.exe
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Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://edmullen.net/Mozilla/moz.html
Why is there only one Monopolies commission?
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| Nikos Chantziaras 2005-08-18, 5:47 pm |
| Ed Mullen wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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> The built-in XP firewall does NOT handle outgoing traffic, only
> incoming.
Oops, I didn't know that.
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| Jedi Fans 2005-08-18, 5:47 pm |
| Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Ed Mullen wrote:
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> Oops, I didn't know that.
XPSP2 firewall does do a bit but its nowhere near as secure as it could
be... for instance: iptables on linux is rock solid ;), and its built in
usually ;)
but seriously, check out kerio ;)
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Hope This Helped and MTFBWY...
Kieren aka JediFans - <URL:http://jedifans.com/>
The Force Is With Me, SuSE Linux Professional 9.3, Mozilla Firefox
1.0.6, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 Alpha 2 and Revenge Of The Sith!
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| Nikos Chantziaras 2005-08-18, 8:46 pm |
| Jedi Fans wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
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> XPSP2 firewall does do a bit but its nowhere near as secure as it could
> be... for instance: iptables on linux is rock solid ;), and its built in
> usually ;)
Linux user here too  Just need Windows for some other stuff (VC++
and, uhm, Games).
> but seriously, check out kerio ;)
Their free edition is more limited (it seems) than ZoneAlarm, which is
also the most recommended one on most reviews of security-related
websites. Just downloaded it; works fine. *But*, I would much prefer
an Open Source firewall. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any good
OS firewalls for Windows around...  (Or *I* didn't find any...)
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