Symantec Firewall Updates Broken

Agent Smith wrote:
> Ami I the only person who woke up this morning to find that the Symantec
> firewall updates I installed yesterday have changed the setting on my
> firewall in such a way that I am completely cut off from the internet?

Using Symantec IS 2003 and current update w/o problems. Win XPPro SP2.

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James <J.C.B.TakeThisOut@Gothicbtinternet.com> wrote in
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> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:34:50 GMT, Agent Smith
> <agent-smith.TakeThisOut@two-blocks-on-your-left.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Ami I the only person who woke up this morning to find that the Symantec
>>firewall updates I installed yesterday have changed the setting on my
>>firewall in such a way that I am completely cut off from the internet?
> Hi,
> I have downloaded the updates today and everything is working.
> Although I had to allow new access to Mailwasher. The update included
> a Core Update which required a re-start. I am using NIS 2007.

I forgot to mention that I'm running XP-Pro and IE-6, which is probably a
likely source of the bad interaction. What are you runing?

My NIS 2007 updated yesterday (with program updates and restart) and
appears ok. Running Win XP Media Center (superset of XP Pro?) SP1 with
IE 6. Net access ok as well as secure net access. Same for my wife's
Win XP Home SP1 with IE 6.

In both systems, however, I have to restart every several days to keep
live update working. Complains about missing file for administrative
rights after about a week. Restart fixes it. Been that way for all the
Norton stuff for a long time.

Dick Ballard
ballardr DeleteThis @att.net


On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:34:50 GMT, Agent Smith
<agent-smith DeleteThis @two-blocks-on-your-left.com> wrote:

>
>Ami I the only person who woke up this morning to find that the Symantec
>firewall updates I installed yesterday have changed the setting on my
>firewall in such a way that I am completely cut off from the internet?

Unknown wrote:
> Probably. Most everyone else has uninstalled Symantec.
> "Agent Smith" <agent-smith.RemoveThis@two-blocks-on-your-left.com> wrote in
> message news:Xns99AF618334325agentsmithtwoblockso@207.115.17.102...
>>
>> Ami I the only person who woke up this morning to find that the
>> Symantec firewall updates I installed yesterday have changed the
>> setting on my firewall in such a way that I am completely cut off
>> from the internet?

Funny that I've just put it back on a couple of machines where
ZoneAlarm had caused even bigger problems than I know I could get with
Nortons.....

You are a big exception. Wonder how you do it.
"kráftéé" <kraftee@b&e-cottee.me.uk> wrote in message
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> Unknown wrote:
>> Probably. Most everyone else has uninstalled Symantec.
>> "Agent Smith" <agent-smith.DeleteThis@two-blocks-on-your-left.com> wrote in
>> message news:Xns99AF618334325agentsmithtwoblockso@207.115.17.102...
>>>
>>> Ami I the only person who woke up this morning to find that the
>>> Symantec firewall updates I installed yesterday have changed the
>>> setting on my firewall in such a way that I am completely cut off
>>> from the internet?
>
> Funny that I've just put it back on a couple of machines where ZoneAlarm
> had caused even bigger problems than I know I could get with Nortons.....
>