Re: Windows XP Firewall

Before doing anything, run a thorough check for hijackware (includes posting your HijackThis log to an appropriate forum for review) as it may be causing the issue.

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.org/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30, http://castlecops.com/forum67.html, http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate forums for expert analysis, not here.**
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


PB wrote:
I have XP Pro & have an issue on the general tab of the xp firewall is
greyed out & it was turned off for some reason. My services are started
& group policy is set to not configured. I did find some info on the
net that if I goto into the registry to here

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Policies
Microsoft
WindowsFirewall

This is what showed up in DomainProfile & StandardProfile folders.

EnableFirewall REG_DWORD 0x00000000 (0)

I changed the value to 1 in the StandardProfile folder it got the firewall
set to on again but it's still greyed out on the General tab. The restore
defaults button on the firewall did squat for me. I can't use system
restore because there are no restore points before this happened. I
would like to restore the ability to turn on or off the XP firewall
myself. Can I delete those 2 registry entries in the DomainProfile &
StandardProfile folders without causing my computer to crash or worse
reformat? Would it restore the normal operation of XP Firewall? If
anybody has XP Pro or knows anything about XP Pro it would be helpfull.
Thanks in advance!

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