Firewall question

fluffnutter

Hi guys

I'm running Windows XP SP3 and have recently uninstalled Norton and replaced with Microsoft Security Essentials. Since doing so I've found using the internet virtually impossible (extremely slow, pages don't load etc.). Having had a google I found the suggestion to turn the Windows Firewall off. I've done this, and now I don't have any problems. But surely I can't leave it off?

Any advice?

Thanks

Browntoa

did you use the norton removal tool ??

http://majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_SymNRT_d4749.html


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fluffnutter

No, just uninstalled it using Add or remove programs.

Browntoa

it sometimes leaves bits behind on xp

run it anyway

fluffnutter

OK. I'll give that a go. Should I then reenable my firewall and see how things go?

fluffnutter

OK. I've done the norton removal thing, re-enabled the firewall, and things are cooking on gas! Thanks, Browntoa.

closed

If you don't have much ram, avast is lighter than mse

mr_fishbulb

closed wrote: »

If you don't have much ram, avast is lighter than mse

Ironically I have MSE and tried avast last night. It messed up my internet browsing so I went back to MSE. Could have been messing with my PC Tools firewall but I couldn't be bothered to find out.

closed

Suspect it was the latter - not a fan of pc tools firewall, (or any other 3rd party firewall - ZA, comodo etc), they just slow your pc down and cause far more problems than they solve.

GunJack

closed wrote: »

Suspect it was the latter - not a fan of pc tools firewall, (or any other 3rd party firewall - ZA, comodo etc), they just slow your pc down and cause far more problems than they solve.

seconded.....and you can turn off webrep in avast too which may help with 3rd party firewalls if you insist on using them.

mr_fishbulb

closed wrote: »

Suspect it was the latter - not a fan of pc tools firewall, (or any other 3rd party firewall - ZA, comodo etc), they just slow your pc down and cause far more problems than they solve.

Agreed, but I like the ability to stop certain apps from accessing the internet.