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How do you disable McAfee firewall?
Name: marz Date: November 21, 2003 at 16:21:56 Pacific OS: xp home CPU/Ram: 256 ram
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McAfee virus and firewall--came on new Dell computer and interferes with home network. I have tried to disable McAfee firewall, it says it's disabled on system tray. Whenever I start the computer the message "do you want to verify firewall" comes up. If you click verify, it takes you to the web site to sign in. If you click cancel, message goes away until you reboot again. I have gone to MSCONIG startup tab--there are about 5 different McAfee items in there. Which one do I uncheck? HOw do I get rid of this annoying message?
Name: tomo Date: November 21, 2003 at 17:25:47 Pacific
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Hello marz, I don't know what version you have installed, but on my Dell, if you right click on the icon in the system tray, it will bring up a box. In that box will be a "disable" click.
Like I said, maybe we are using different versions, I don't know. Hope this helps you out a little. Tommyo
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Response Number 2
Name: marz Date: November 21, 2003 at 18:07:35 Pacific
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Thank you tommyo--I did right click on the system tray and pick disable, but message still comes up every time they turn on the computer. It's not my computer, so I'm not sure what version it is. They bought the Dell in Aug 03, so it's probably a very new version.
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: November 21, 2003 at 19:15:24 Pacific
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I'm using McA FW myself. This FW came with McAfee VirusScan V7, and the FW version is 4.02. The only option you have is to uninstall the program
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: November 21, 2003 at 19:26:40 Pacific
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or go to msconfig > startup > uncheck CMGrdian
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Response Number 5
Name: sonnysandiego Date: November 21, 2003 at 20:56:00 Pacific
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If it is not your computer, you should leave it alone. The owner probably wants firewall protection.
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Response Number 6
Name: HUNTER Date: November 23, 2003 at 03:08:45 Pacific
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i think you just have to uninstal the firewall. same thing happened with my pc.until i unstalled the firewall.
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