Re: xp home sp2 - can't enable firewall

From: Joe B (JoeB_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:54:04 -0700

Torgeir...

You were correct, when I set those 2 registry settings to '1' I was able to
turn on the firewall.

I'm less certain now that I'm completely clean, as I've had a couple of
additional strange things (rootkit?) happen since the other day. I'm posting
my hijackthis log on a couple of spyware forums to get some feedback.

Thanks again for the firewall help.

Joe B...

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> Joe B wrote:
>
> > Thanks torgeir, I'll try that as soon as I get home...
> >
> > By the way... The registry values your script is setting look familiar.
> > When I tried the instructions I found at
> > http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dopbot.html
> > they included the following:
> >
> > Navigate to the subkeys:
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\
> > DomainProfile
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\
> > StandardProfile
> > In the right pane, reset the value:
> > "EnableFirewall" = "0x00000000"
> >
> > It appears that your script sets these 2 values at "1" while the
> > instructions above set them to "0". Am I reading this correctly?
>
> Yes. Setting those two values to 0 disables the FW, crazy that
> Symantec have that in their instructions. I think they have made
> an error and really meant 1.
>
>
> > Rather than the script, can I simply set these to values to "1"?
>
> Yes.
>
>
> > Or is the script doing something else?
>
> No.
>
>
> > To use your script, I assume that I paste everything including
> > the '-----8<--- lines into a text file and name it something.vbs,
> > then double click the file?
>
> Yes.
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
>

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