RE: Firewall keeps disabling itself (Win XP Home Edition SP2)

From: HF_Bow (hf_bow_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:33:01 -0800

Ok I'll try that and let zone alarm handle it. Thank you for your reply!

"MAP" wrote:

>
>
> "HF_Bow" wrote:
>
> > Hi my windows firewall keeps disabling itself for some reason. I have to keep
> > on my toes and check it occasionally to make sure it is on. I use the free
> > zonealarm and McAfee antivirus. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
> >
> >
> Just a geuss but maybe zone alarm is shutting it down(not a good idea to run
> two software firewalls), My Sygate firewall will do this.

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