No firewall turned on.

[Serge]

OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.

Every time I boot my computer I get the following:

"Your computer might be at risk. No firewall is turned on. Click this
balloon to fix the problem".

If I click on the balloon, I find out that the firewall is running.

If I do not click on the Balloon, it desappears on its own accord after a
few seconds.
If I click on Control Panel/Windows Firewall, I find out the Firewall is
running.

What do I have to do to get rid of this balloon? My firewall must get
activated immediately after the balloon appears. How do I fix it?

Serge

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

This is due to what's known as a "race condition." Basically, Security
Center loads before the firewall is fully enabled.

Do you or did you have a Norton or McAfee application installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Serge wrote:
> OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
>
> Every time I boot my computer I get the following:
>
> "Your computer might be at risk. No firewall is turned on. Click this
> balloon to fix the problem".
>
> If I click on the balloon, I find out that the firewall is running.
>
> If I do not click on the Balloon, it desappears on its own accord after a
> few seconds.
> If I click on Control Panel/Windows Firewall, I find out the Firewall is
> running.
>
> What do I have to do to get rid of this balloon? My firewall must get
> activated immediately after the balloon appears. How do I fix it?
>
> Serge

 

[Serge]

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

>
> Do you or did you have a Norton or McAfee application installed?
> --
No, I never had any Norton or McAfee application installed.

I am presently using Windows Firewall, CA Anti-Virus and CA Anti-Spyware.
For a very short time (1 day) I used CA Personel Firewall but removed it. It
was too intrusive. The problem existed before I ever installed the CA
Personel Firewall.

The CA Anti-Virus came installed when I purchased the computer.

Serge
>
> Serge wrote:
> > OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
> >
> > Every time I boot my computer I get the following:
> >
> > "Your computer might be at risk. No firewall is turned on. Click this
> > balloon to fix the problem".
> >
> > If I click on the balloon, I find out that the firewall is running.
> >
> > If I do not click on the Balloon, it desappears on its own accord after a
> > few seconds.
> > If I click on Control Panel/Windows Firewall, I find out the Firewall is
> > running.
> >
> > What do I have to do to get rid of this balloon? My firewall must get
> > activated immediately after the balloon appears. How do I fix it?
> >
> > Serge
>
>

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

> The CA Anti-Virus came installed when I purchased the computer.

Have you purchased CA Anti-Virus yet? Were all three CA applications
installed as part of a "security suite"?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Serge wrote:
>> Do you or did you have a Norton or McAfee application installed?
>>
> No, I never had any Norton or McAfee application installed.
>
> I am presently using Windows Firewall, CA Anti-Virus and CA Anti-Spyware.
> For a very short time (1 day) I used CA Personel Firewall but removed it.
> It was too intrusive. The problem existed before I ever installed the CA
> Personel Firewall.
>
> The CA Anti-Virus came installed when I purchased the computer.
>
>> Serge wrote:
>>> OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
>>>
>>> Every time I boot my computer I get the following:
>>>
>>> "Your computer might be at risk. No firewall is turned on. Click this
>>> balloon to fix the problem".
>>>
>>> If I click on the balloon, I find out that the firewall is running.
>>>
>>> If I do not click on the Balloon, it desappears on its own accord after
>>> a
>>> few seconds.
>>> If I click on Control Panel/Windows Firewall, I find out the Firewall
>>> is
>>> running.
>>>
>>> What do I have to do to get rid of this balloon? My firewall must get
>>> activated immediately after the balloon appears. How do I fix it?
>>>
>>> Serge

 

[Serge]

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Serge> The CA Anti-Virus came installed when I purchased the computer.

I purchased eTrust EZ Antivirus, now known as CA Anti-Virus
and the retailer installed it. I still have the disk. All I had installed
at that time was the
e-Trust EZ Antivirus.

>> Have you purchased CA Anti-Virus yet? Were all three CA applications installed as part of a "security suite"?

The license for eTrust EZ Antivirus expired after 1 year and I was not able
to renew it as I did not have a credit card. After a lot of phoning, the
local CA representative sent me free of charge the “CA Internet Security
Suite 2007 OEM Versionâ€.

It came with the following:

CA Anti-Virus, CA Anti Spyware, CA Personal Firewall, CA Antis-Spam. A
separate disk was also included for Parental Control.

I turned off the Windows Firewall and uninstalled the eTrust Anti-Virus.
Once that done I proceeded to install CA Internet Security Suite 2007 except
for Parental Control.

Being unhappy with CA Personal Firewall and CA Anti-Spam I uninstalled “CA
Internet Security Suite 2007†using “Add or Remove Programsâ€.

I reinstalled only CA Anti-Virus and CA Anti Spyware. The CA Internet
Security Centre now shows:

CA Anti-Virus (protected), CA Anti-Spyware (protected), CA Personal Firewall
(not installed) and CA Anti-Spam (not installed).

Serge