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security with sp2
i have mcafee security services on my windows xp home computer. i have just
got my windows sp2 installed correctly. my question is do i need to turn off my windows anti-virus & firewall for my system to work right? i read where having two anti virus & fire walls your computer will not work right. seems to me that it would double the protection. |
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security with sp2
s.wyatt wrote:
i have mcafee security services on my windows xp home computer. i have just got my windows sp2 installed correctly. my question is do i need to turn off my windows anti-virus & firewall for my system to work right? i read where having two anti virus & fire walls your computer will not work right. seems to me that it would double the protection. Windows does not have a built-in antivirus function. Service Pack 2 does automatically enable the Windows Firewall. If you have a firewall from McAfee, you should disable the Windows Firewall. Two av's (if you had two, which you don't) and two firewalls do not provide "double the protection" but will instead produce problems. Go to Control Panel and find the Windows Firewall applet. Turn the Windows Firewall off. Malke -- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" |
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