Vista Firewall ?? McAfee

[katrinnka]

I am wondering if Vista Firewall is blocking mcafee updates? Any ideas on
that. I can't find a prior discussion on it. McAfee is not updating daily and
it frequently says enabled and disabled in recent events. I am always
enabling and wonder if firewall is issue. THANK YOU
katrinnka

 

[Marcin Domaslawski]

Hi,

Control Panel\System and Maintenance -> Administrative tools -> Windows
Firewall with Advanced Security
and Windows Firewall Properties - you can set logging for Windows Firewall.

Besides Control Panel\Security -> Allow program through Windows Firewall you
can set programs which should connecting to the Internet

Marcin Domaslawski


"katrinnka" <katrinnka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:166D926B-A685-464E-9EC3-4A264241AA4C@microsoft.com...
>I am wondering if Vista Firewall is blocking mcafee updates? Any ideas on
> that. I can't find a prior discussion on it. McAfee is not updating daily
> and
> it frequently says enabled and disabled in recent events. I am always
> enabling and wonder if firewall is issue. THANK YOU
> katrinnka

 

[Spirit]

You can set Firewall OFF to allow all and then see in McAfee updates......

"katrinnka" <katrinnka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:166D926B-A685-464E-9EC3-4A264241AA4C@microsoft.com...
>I am wondering if Vista Firewall is blocking mcafee updates? Any ideas on
> that. I can't find a prior discussion on it. McAfee is not updating daily
> and
> it frequently says enabled and disabled in recent events. I am always
> enabling and wonder if firewall is issue. THANK YOU
> katrinnka

 

[Peter]

McAfee would normally have turned Windows Firewall off automatically when it
installed its own FW. If you are not getting updates regularly then it
could be that either you need to check for spyware
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=32295

or uninstall/reinstall because your VirusScan has somehow become corrupted.
The updates should come in daily Monday-Friday.

1. Uninstall all McAfee programs through "Add or Remove Programs" in
Windows "Control Panel".

2. Use the MCPR tool, see this article:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displaydoc.asp?frames=1&docid=408302&CategoryId=107187
How to remove supported McAfee consumer products using the McAfee Consumer
Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe). This will remove all McAfee remnants from
your computer. (you must have Windows Vista, XP SP2 or W2K Pro SP4 to use
this tool)

3. Launch Windows Explorer and delete all McAfee files in "Program Files"
but especially in "C:\Document and Settings\<user>\Application Data" and
"C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data". You have to set
Windows Explorer to show all hidden files and folders (Tools > Folder
Options > View tab). Just delete the McAfee folders even if they are empty
in all the "Application Data" folders. Can be more than one!
In Vista: C:\Program Files, C:\ProgramData and
C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming

4. Reboot and redownload/reinstall your McAfee products directly from your
account at the McAfee web site.


--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Ultimate
"katrinnka" <katrinnka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:166D926B-A685-464E-9EC3-4A264241AA4C@microsoft.com...
>I am wondering if Vista Firewall is blocking mcafee updates? Any ideas on
> that. I can't find a prior discussion on it. McAfee is not updating daily
> and
> it frequently says enabled and disabled in recent events. I am always
> enabling and wonder if firewall is issue. THANK YOU
> katrinnka