Re: Firewall disable itself and system slower than normal

From: NeoSadist (neosad1st_at_charter.net)
Date: 12/26/03


Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 20:20:34 -0700

Ian wrote:

> Once or twice a day my firewall disables itself. I noticed puter
> moving a bit slower than normal. I have checked for viruses, ran
> ad-aware, spybot and trojan hunter. Found a few things in ad-aware
> including malware called Syswebtelecom, but no viruses using Norton.
>
> I did quarantine the malware and now I am at a loss of what to do. I
> am not sure system restore will help or not?
>
> Just looking for advice what my next steps may be. I am using Black
> Ice, Norton Antivirus and XP Pro.Thanks.

My opinion: get a different firewall if you're not happy. BTW, winxp is
going to be beefing up their ICF, so that may turn out to be a good
solution...

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