Firewall Problem

[Who Knows]

From what I understand - AOL and XP firewall don't play
well together. Contact AOL
All the best
>-----Original Message-----
>I went to the Windows site to get instructions to help
>with the worm that's going around.
>The first thing they asked was that I enable my firewall,
>which I had disabled in order to play the billiards game
>I enjoy.
>But when I click on Network Connections in the Control
>Panel, and the next step is to click on the Internet
>Connection, nothing happens. (In fact, even though I am
>connected to AOL, the icon details say it is
>Disconnected.) In any case, I am unable to get anything
>to happen at that point. When I right-click on it and
>click Properties, nothing happens then either. So I
>cannot get to the "Advanced" tab/Internet Connection
>FIrewall/"Protect" area.
>So what am I doing wrong? Or has this worm gotten me
>already? I tried rebooting to do the steps but to no
>avail.
>Thanks, Bill
>.
>

[Frank]

Who Knows wrote:
| From what I understand - AOL and XP firewall don't play
| well together. Contact AOL
| All the best
|| -----Original Message-----
|| I went to the Windows site to get instructions to help
|| with the worm that's going around.
|| The first thing they asked was that I enable my firewall,
|| which I had disabled in order to play the billiards game
|| I enjoy.
|| But when I click on Network Connections in the Control
|| Panel, and the next step is to click on the Internet
|| Connection, nothing happens.

Right click choose properties > advanced---make sure that
protect my computer is checked...

(In fact, even though I am
|| connected to AOL, the icon details say it is
|| Disconnected.) In any case, I am unable to get anything
|| to happen at that point. When I right-click on it and
|| click Properties, nothing happens then either. So I
|| cannot get to the "Advanced" tab/Internet Connection
|| FIrewall/"Protect" area.
|| So what am I doing wrong? Or has this worm gotten me
|| already? I tried rebooting to do the steps but to no
|| avail.
|| Thanks, Bill
|| .



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