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Jan.

Jan. Report 18 Jul 2014 21:47

I've just discovered that I've got two firewalls working at the same time.
Norton firewall and Windows firewall.
Is it ok to leave them as they are, or will they be conflicting with each other?

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 18 Jul 2014 21:56

no they will conflict.
If Norton is fairly recent ( 2012 or better ) then go with it.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Jan.

Jan. Report 18 Jul 2014 21:57

Thanks Rollo.

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 19 Jul 2014 11:34

I just had to have a man look at my computer as like you I suddenly had both on my laptop, they cancelled each other out and I ended up with NO protection.

This caused untold problems with malware etc.,

It took him 2 and half hours to sort it all out. As what he thought would be a simple case of deleting/removing both and then reinstalling just the Norton, was just not that simple. The windows firewall is an absolute mare to get rid of.

I wanted only the Norton, I update it bi-annually (saves quite a bit of dosh) and I trust it. Once it was reinstated it then went through all the updates!

But am now safe again. This was all done last Wednesday. :-D

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Jan.

Jan. Report 19 Jul 2014 12:45

Hi DazedConfused,
I found out because my computer crashed and restarted again, telling me that I may have two antivirus programmes that would conflict. I followed the instructions, and found that I only had one antivirus programme, but two Firewalls. Following the advice of Rollo, we then uninstalled Windows firewall, and stayed with Norton firewall.
The computer seems to be working okay again now.

Glad your computer is okay again Dazed.