Re: Help....security, cannot access secure sites

From: Br0wnbear (brownbearat_at_canadadotcom)
Date: 10/14/03 

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:52:06 -0400

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:29:14 -0400, Angel7426
<member40987@dbforums.com> wrote:

>
>I have had the computer for about 3 years. I had dial-up, then switched
>to Cable Internet. I had Norton Antivirus, when it expired, I downloaded
>a free trial of McAfee firewall, that was offered to me through my ISP
>Since around then I cannot access secure sites. I do not know if it was
>McAfee, or something else. I have tried to uninstall , and reinstalled
>McAfee. I have made sure i have 128 bit encrytion. I have checked and
>unchecked the SSL 1.0, 2.0..ect stuff. I have put my firewall settings
>to low, or disabled it completely. I have tried to system restore back
>to an earlier date....and NOTHING works. I get a DNS error with EVERY
>site that is secure, including email, banking, and games. I have tried
>everything....and I mean everything to get this working. I have been
>searching on sites, and posting messages, and try everything they tell
>me to try, and nothing works. McAfee has an online tech, but I cannot
>use it because it is secure, then they charge 2.95 a minute to call
>support. I called my internet provider, they could not help me, and told
>me to contact McAfee, but I dont even know if that is the problem.
>PPPlease help. I will answer any and all questions to the best of my
>ability, this has been going on for 4 months now! :(
>
>Angel

Symantec has a page that explains how to remove Norton if the windows
unistall is unsuccessful.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nsw.nsf/docid/2001100212100807

mcafee removal windows 98
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/default.asp?siteID=1&cnrcheck=done&resolution=1024x768

mcafee removal windows 2000
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/default.asp?siteID=1&cnrcheck=done&resolution=1024x768

mcafee removal windows xp
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/default.asp?siteID=1&cnrcheck=done&resolution=1024x768

Follow the instructions explicitly

hth
jbrown
brownbearat@canadadotcom
remove the at and the dot and the mail will come ;)
o did i say put in a .