 Sygate Personal Firewall impact and changes |
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 Oct 19 2004, 10:56 AM
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I recently installed Sygate Personal Firewall on my win2k server machine that I use as a home development lab. It was working fine for a while. I was getting many popups asking me to grant or deny access to certain sites. Now, I'm experiencing a few troublesome things. I no longer get any popups. I can't cancel the running process through Task Manager, it says I do not have access rights to do so (even though I'm logged in as Administrator, the same account as when I installed it.) Also, when I try to open the program interface to change some settings, it doesn't open. I'm thinking I need to re-install it, but I don't know if I'll be able to. Does anyone out there have experience with this program? thanks, Paul Boiano |
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Oct 19 2004, 11:16 AM
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 Cleaner on Duty Group: HJT Team Posts: 5,480 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Bucharest, Romania Member No.: 2,383 |
Hi boiano, please post a HJT log.
Maybe Sygate rules are the cause. Disconnect from the Internet. Close Sygate and tell me if you have the same problems. If your server is fully patched connect to the Internet. Still the same problems ? What is the running process you are trying to cancel ? --------------------  Everyday is virus day. Do you know where your recovery CDs are ? Did you create them yet ? |
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Oct 19 2004, 01:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 29-September 04 Member No.: 3,150 |
Hello Cryo - I was impatient and uninstalled Sygate. I was then able to hit the Spyware Blaster update site. The running process was smc.exe which is the main program for Sygate firewall.
I will re-install Sygate, and see if the problem comes back. thanks for the reply. Paul |
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Oct 19 2004, 01:48 PM
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Cleaner on Duty Group: HJT Team Posts: 5,480 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Bucharest, Romania Member No.: 2,383 |
I'm not a Sygate expert, but these rules will help you.
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=4413 This post has been edited by cryo: Oct 19 2004, 05:25 PM -------------------- Everyday is virus day. Do you know where your recovery CDs are ? Did you create them yet ? |
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Oct 24 2004, 02:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 29-September 04 Member No.: 3,150 |
Thanks for the rules. Everything seems to be working now. OK to close the post.
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