My boyfriend and I have similar set ups on our computers at the moment, both running without antivirus (his ran out and mine was not on the internet until recently. The problem is we both play World of Warcraft and when downloading patches his doesnt register a firewall, but mine does. The window's XP firewall isnt set up on either system, so why do I have a firewall and he doesnt?
2007-01-22 11:12:09 · 5 answers · asked by ffkali 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Same modem/router same switch same network. Neither of us have any download programs either.
2007-01-22 11:37:48 · update #1
No firewalls, no anti-virius ... and now some-one saying 'put in on the DMZ'.
Do you know long it is before an unprotected PC is hi-jacked ? Answer about 15 mins.
I bet your PC's have every virus known to man and are allready sending virus loaded emails to all your friends - and I bet every keystroke is being copied to some scum in Nigeria and you don't even know it ...
I hope you don't use your PC for eBay, on-line banking, email or anything else that requires a user name/password because these will already be in the hands of the criminals.
It's like leaving you front door open and putting up a big sign "come in and look around" .. when your Bank Accounts are empty and you Credit Cards are maxed out by some-one in Lagos or Moscow, don't come crying here
2007-01-22 18:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like Passion said, if you are behind a router, WoW may recognize it as being a firewall. To avoid this, put your computer in the DMZ section of the router. This will set it outside the firewall and allow you to get updates.
2007-01-22 11:18:58 · answer #2 · answered by merlinn31 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same computer? Routers have firewalls. Do you share an internet connection?
2007-01-22 11:15:25 · answer #3 · answered by Passion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same as every one else read up about ya router if you are useing one and see if it has a hard coded firewall in it and if it has one what ports is it allowing to work and open more up if you need to this will allow the downloads
2007-01-22 11:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by sexyxxxxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firewalls are used to protect computers and computer networks from unauthorized access by viruses, hackers and Spyware. Detailed information is available at
http://www.secureity.com/firewall.html
2007-01-24 23:58:55 · answer #5 · answered by sela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋