havent turned it off and does it matter? I have Norton antivirus and three lots of antispyware is that enough without Firewall for Windows?
2007-07-10 10:06:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I had Norton Antivirus and it has a built-in firewall/worm protector, it turned off my firewall as its own firewall was far superior to the windows firewall, it also had a program built into it to turn off the windows firewall notify message, so don't worry my firewall appeared to be switched off too, as the Nortons firewall/worm protector didn't show up in the security centre, but I was still protected
2007-07-10 11:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the Norton Anti-Virus has a built in Firewall and that is why the Windows Firewall is turning off. When I turn on my software firewall, Comodo Firewall, it turns off the Windows Firewall automatically.
2007-07-10 17:10:04 · answer #2 · answered by Connor 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have macafee and this will turn off my firewall unless I enable it. The macafee has its own built in firewall though so perhaps the norton does too. The antivirus will simply destroy the virus before it damages the computor whereas the firewall prevents is etting in, check if a firewall is included in the norton and if not check how you can keep your windows firewall running
2007-07-10 17:20:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
have u got a norton firewall?another poss is 2 many programs at start up so it takes firewall time 2 load
2007-07-11 07:03:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a firewall of some description, if Norton has its own firewall, then it will probably disable the windows firewall by default, otherwise there maybe conflicts between them,.
2007-07-10 17:32:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You still need your windows firewall to protect your computer,
turning off windows firewall may make your computer more vulnerable to viruses and intruders, it might not be the best firewall but it is better then not having one at all. good luck.
2007-07-10 17:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A firewall performs a different task from anti-virus and anti-spyware and it should be running when you connect to the Internet.
2007-07-10 17:10:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't turn off it stays on automatically until you turn it off whenever you don't need it !
2007-07-10 17:10:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suggest you go to this web site and read what it advises: http://www.pdxtc.com/200110-firewall.htm
2007-07-10 17:10:32 · answer #9 · answered by D M L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋