Hello,

My ISP wants to briefly put me on a public IP due to some connection
issues. They warned me that this will put me outside of their firewall.

Question - if I am running the complete Norton Internet Security (it
has a Firewall), do I need to turn on Windows Firewall? I've heard
reports that Norton turns off Windows Firewall on reboot every time.

I also run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Microsoft Antispyware for extra
protection.

Thanks,

Dave

<toshradio@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> My ISP wants to briefly put me on a public IP due to some connection
> issues. They warned me that this will put me outside of their
> firewall.
>
> Question - if I am running the complete Norton Internet Security (it
> has a Firewall), do I need to turn on Windows Firewall? I've heard
> reports that Norton turns off Windows Firewall on reboot every time.
>
> I also run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Microsoft Antispyware for extra
> protection.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave

You should only run one firewall.

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Hi Dave,

If you have Norton's firewall running, there is no need for the Windows
firewall, and in fact it should be disabled to prevent conflicts (this is
done by design).

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<toshradio@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> My ISP wants to briefly put me on a public IP due to some connection
> issues. They warned me that this will put me outside of their firewall.
>
> Question - if I am running the complete Norton Internet Security (it
> has a Firewall), do I need to turn on Windows Firewall? I've heard
> reports that Norton turns off Windows Firewall on reboot every time.
>
> I also run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Microsoft Antispyware for extra
> protection.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>

Hi,

Thanks for the advice. I figured as much, but only wanted to make sure.

Have a good day,

Dave

toshradio@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> Question - if I am running the complete Norton Internet Security (it
> has a Firewall), do I need to turn on Windows Firewall? I've heard
> reports that Norton turns off Windows Firewall on reboot every time.

No, only one firewall program is needed.

> I also run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Microsoft Antispyware for extra
> protection.

The above are NOT firewalls, but malware detectors.


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Plato wrote:
> toshradio@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Question - if I am running the complete Norton Internet Security (it
> > has a Firewall), do I need to turn on Windows Firewall? I've heard
> > reports that Norton turns off Windows Firewall on reboot every time.
>
> No, only one firewall program is needed.
>
> > I also run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Microsoft Antispyware for extra
> > protection.
>
> The above are NOT firewalls, but malware detectors.

Yep, not sure why I tossed those on my list.

DG

Plato wrote:
> toshradio@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Question - if I am running the complete Norton Internet Security (it
> > has a Firewall), do I need to turn on Windows Firewall? I've heard
> > reports that Norton turns off Windows Firewall on reboot every time.
>
> No, only one firewall program is needed.
>
> > I also run Ad-Aware, Spybot and Microsoft Antispyware for extra
> > protection.
>
> The above are NOT firewalls, but malware detectors.

Yep, not sure why I tossed those on my list.

Thanks,

DG