Re: problem with allerts in NIS 2004

From: Maro (marowilanow_at_poczta.onet.pl)
Date: 12/15/03 

Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:25:50 +0100

Thanks for help!
Unfortunately it seems that I missed sth :/ I turned the security level to
custom (thats the way it is in NIS 2004). Then in settings unchecked the
following: "Enable Access Control Alerts" & "Alert when unused ports are
accesed". Didn't find "Reporting Level" (or equivalent) - maybe there's no
such thing in this release. Those alerts are not Trojan alerts - in Trojan
ones it is said that a Trojan xxx has been blocked and so on... Here it just
says that a remote computer trys to acces my computer. The label of the
alert is "Program Control", underneath "High risk". Then details like time,
protocol, remote address (IP) etc.

If somebody knows how to turn those f... alerts off please help! It's really
annoying - shows up every 10 sec!

Thanks!
Maro

> Maro,
>
> Not sure exactly how it is phrased in NIS 2004. But in earlier versions
up
> through NIS 2002, you'd need to check three settings.
>
> First, change Security Level to HIGH
> Second, change Reporting Level to MINIMAL
> Third, uncheck something that read like "Alert when unused ports are
> accessed".
>
> I have no idea where these settings are located in NIS 2004, however. The
> interface tends to change with every new release.
>
> If it's the "Trojan Alerts" that you are seeing, that's a bit more arduous
> to clamp down. (If it IS trojan alerts, it will show the name of the
> trojan.)
>
> "Maro" <marowilanow@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message
> news:brijco$bp7$1@ultra60.mat.uni.torun.pl...
> > Hello,
> > I don't know how to turn off Program Control alert in Norton Internet
> > Security 2004. It appears every few minutes saying sth like: "A remote
> > system is attempting to access your computer. What do you want to do?
> > Block(Recommended) / Permit / Manually configure Internet access ". Is
it
> > posiible to let NIS always perform recommended action?
> >
> > Brgds,
> >
> > Maro
> >
> >
>
>

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