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YahooMessenger and Nortons Problem

#1 User is offline   rwood1 

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Posted 27 June 2004 - 08:22 AM

Hi

Hoping someone can help me.

I recently downloaded the new version of Yahoo Messenger. When I went to log in, Nortons sent up a warning about allowing YPager to connect to the internet. I accidentally told Nortons to always block YPager from connecting to the net. Now I can't sign in to Yahoo Messenger without disabling Nortons.

Can someone please tell me how to remove the block? I've tried to work it out and can't.

Cheers.

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Posted 27 June 2004 - 12:49 PM

I am not that familiar with Nortons firewall but if you go into the programs properties/options there should be a section for the programs that are allowed or not allowed to access the internet. Change the settings for the Yahoo pager accordingly.
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Posted 28 June 2004 - 06:45 AM

Grinler

You guys are unbelievable. This worked first go! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will now most definitely make a financial contribution to keep you guys online. This is the best service ever, and I can't believe it's free.

Cheers to you all!

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Posted 28 June 2004 - 09:09 PM

Glad it worked out :thumbsup:
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