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NV Firewall and Norton Internet Security?
I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of
the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:10:49 +0000, fsda wrote:
I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? IMHO I would uninstall Norton stuff. That is one of the most invasive, power hungry pieces of software ever written. Its many features require that large parts of it be constantly loaded, taking up resources, and the default update settings are way to frequent. On anything but a new powerful computer Norton System Works and their other products can significantly slow down your machine. If I were you I would use AVG for Anti-Virus and AdAware for spyware and chuck Norton. The former two are much less invasive and yet, as powerful. On the other hand if you want a machine that is secure without having to ad all that extra software crap you should switch to Linux - at which point you would be very unlucky to ever get another virus or piece of spyware on your computer. Larry Gagnon, A+ certified tech. -- ******************************** to reply via email remove "fake" Microsoft will soon release their newest product: a vacuum cleaner. It will be their only product which doesn't suck. |
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Larry Gagnon wrote in
news On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:10:49 +0000, fsda wrote: I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? IMHO I would uninstall Norton stuff. That is one of the most invasive, power hungry pieces of software ever written. Its many features require that large parts of it be constantly loaded, taking up resources, and the default update settings are way to frequent. On anything but a new powerful computer Norton System Works and their other products can significantly slow down your machine. If I were you I would use AVG for Anti-Virus and AdAware for spyware and chuck Norton. The former two are much less invasive and yet, as powerful. On the other hand if you want a machine that is secure without having to ad all that extra software crap you should switch to Linux - at which point you would be very unlucky to ever get another virus or piece of spyware on your computer. Larry Gagnon, A+ certified tech. OK, I'm not that desparate - i.e. going to Linux. But I'm open to considering something other than Norton, given how flaky it is on my system. What about Anti-Spam for email? Basically I want Anti-virus, anti-spyware (although I don't understand how this is different than a firewall), and anti-email-spam software. |
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fsda wrote in
: Larry Gagnon wrote in news On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:10:49 +0000, fsda wrote: I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? IMHO I would uninstall Norton stuff. That is one of the most invasive, power hungry pieces of software ever written. Its many features require that large parts of it be constantly loaded, taking up resources, and the default update settings are way to frequent. On anything but a new powerful computer Norton System Works and their other products can significantly slow down your machine. If I were you I would use AVG for Anti-Virus and AdAware for spyware and chuck Norton. The former two are much less invasive and yet, as powerful. On the other hand if you want a machine that is secure without having to ad all that extra software crap you should switch to Linux - at which point you would be very unlucky to ever get another virus or piece of spyware on your computer. Larry Gagnon, A+ certified tech. OK, I'm not that desparate - i.e. going to Linux. But I'm open to considering something other than Norton, given how flaky it is on my system. What about Anti-Spam for email? Basically I want Anti-virus, anti-spyware (although I don't understand how this is different than a firewall), and anti-email-spam software. AVG doesn't scan scripts (i.e. VGA or Java). I'm not comfortable without that. How about PC-Chillin or BitDefender? Also, have you actually used AVG and AdAware with the Nvidia Firewall - i.e. and have been able to get them to work together? This is the original reason for my question. Thanks. |
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"fsda" wrote in message ... Larry Gagnon wrote in news On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:10:49 +0000, fsda wrote: I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? IMHO I would uninstall Norton stuff. That is one of the most invasive, power hungry pieces of software ever written. Its many features require that large parts of it be constantly loaded, taking up resources, and the default update settings are way to frequent. On anything but a new powerful computer Norton System Works and their other products can significantly slow down your machine. If I were you I would use AVG for Anti-Virus and AdAware for spyware and chuck Norton. The former two are much less invasive and yet, as powerful. On the other hand if you want a machine that is secure without having to ad all that extra software crap you should switch to Linux - at which point you would be very unlucky to ever get another virus or piece of spyware on your computer. Larry Gagnon, A+ certified tech. OK, I'm not that desparate - i.e. going to Linux. But I'm open to considering something other than Norton, given how flaky it is on my system. What about Anti-Spam for email? Basically I want Anti-virus, anti-spyware (although I don't understand how this is different than a firewall), and anti-email-spam software. For anti-spyware try spybot 1.3 (it's free software) http://www.download.com/Spybot-Searc...?tag=lst-0-2or http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.htmlMicrosoft has released a free anti-spyware (it's a beta software, and alsofree)http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu.../default.mspxI have used this beta software on many computers no problems.The core of this program is by Giant Anti-Spyware,Microsoft recently bought our Giant Anti-SpywareSpyware.Linux Operating Systems have Security problems tohttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletinsByType/vndr_linux_bulletins.htmlLinux just has less Security Holes than most Microsoft Operating Systems.Steve |
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"Steve" wrote in message news:rLdGd.31153$Wo.16325@lakeread08... "fsda" wrote in message ... Larry Gagnon wrote in news On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:10:49 +0000, fsda wrote: I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? IMHO I would uninstall Norton stuff. That is one of the most invasive, power hungry pieces of software ever written. Its many features require that large parts of it be constantly loaded, taking up resources, and the default update settings are way to frequent. On anything but a new powerful computer Norton System Works and their other products can significantly slow down your machine. If I were you I would use AVG for Anti-Virus and AdAware for spyware and chuck Norton. The former two are much less invasive and yet, as powerful. On the other hand if you want a machine that is secure without having to ad all that extra software crap you should switch to Linux - at which point you would be very unlucky to ever get another virus or piece of spyware on your computer. Larry Gagnon, A+ certified tech. OK, I'm not that desparate - i.e. going to Linux. But I'm open to considering something other than Norton, given how flaky it is on my system. What about Anti-Spam for email? Basically I want Anti-virus, anti-spyware (although I don't understand how this is different than a firewall), and anti-email-spam software. re-post cleaned up formatting.... For anti-spyware try spybot 1.3 (it's free software) http://www.download.com/Spybot-Searc...ml?tag=lst-0-2 or http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Microsoft has released a free anti-spyware (it's a beta software, and also free) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx I have used this beta software on many computers no problems. The core of this program is by Giant Anti-Spyware, Microsoft recently bought our Giant Anti-Spyware. Linux Operating Systems have Security problems to http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletinsBy...bulletins.html Linux just has less Security Holes than most Microsoft Operating Systems. For anti-virus http://www.kaspersky.com/ or http://www.f-prot.com/ For Anti-spam try http://www.f-prot.com/ Steve |
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fsda wrote:
fsda wrote in : Larry Gagnon wrote in news On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:10:49 +0000, fsda wrote: I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? IMHO I would uninstall Norton stuff. That is one of the most invasive, power hungry pieces of software ever written. Its many features require that large parts of it be constantly loaded, taking up resources, and the default update settings are way to frequent. On anything but a new powerful computer Norton System Works and their other products can significantly slow down your machine. If I were you I would use AVG for Anti-Virus and AdAware for spyware and chuck Norton. The former two are much less invasive and yet, as powerful. On the other hand if you want a machine that is secure without having to ad all that extra software crap you should switch to Linux - at which point you would be very unlucky to ever get another virus or piece of spyware on your computer. Larry Gagnon, A+ certified tech. OK, I'm not that desparate - i.e. going to Linux. But I'm open to considering something other than Norton, given how flaky it is on my system. What about Anti-Spam for email? Basically I want Anti-virus, anti-spyware (although I don't understand how this is different than a firewall), and anti-email-spam software. AVG doesn't scan scripts (i.e. VGA or Java). I'm not comfortable without that. How about PC-Chillin or BitDefender? Also, have you actually used AVG and AdAware with the Nvidia Firewall - i.e. and have been able to get them to work together? This is the original reason for my question. Thanks. www.kaspersky.com for AV, with extended databases it also has pornware, adware, malware etc protection. its the favorite AV of virus writers. google toolbar for popup protection. spybot and ad-aware for spyware safe-hex and common sense for protection in everything else |
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fsda wrote:
I have an Asus A8N-SLI. Looking forward to the lower CPU utilization of the Nvidia4 chipset, I installed the Nvidia Firewall (ActiveArmor). This motherboard came bundled with a copy of Norton Internet Security 2004. I want to use the Nvidia Firewall, but use the other features of Norton Internet Security 2004, like antivirus, antispam, etc. My problem is, When the Nvidia Firewall is activated, the Norton LiveUpdate feature cannot connect, and I cannot figure out a way to give it permission. I even added a rule to the Nvidia Firewall setings allowing the LiveUpdate app, but it still didn't do the trick. And, the Nvidia Firewall never pops up to tell me anything is wrong.. Anyone else have this problem? I had the exact same problem. For some reason the nVidia firewall doesnt work very well, it blocks certain programms even though you add them to the allow-list, and blocks traffic to certain sites for the same unexplained reason. I've asked ASUS to look in on this, as nVidia seems not to give customer support on this. I've found a sollution to get Norton Internet Security to work with the nVidia firewall though. I reset the firewall to factory default, rebooted, created a new CUSTOM profile based on whichever setting I liked best - and made sure the Intelligent Application Manager (IAM) was turned on - I think it was HIGH. Then I reinstalled NIS. I haven't yet figured out why the firewall blocks traffic to certain sites, like www.postbank.nl. Using the nVidia firewall, it blocks outgoing packets to this site, even though I've added it to the allow-list, even when I use the OFF profile. Odd eh. I've switched to using the Marvel LAN and the NIS firewall, although this gives a higher CPU load. I'm very pleased with the NIS antivirus prog, it has done good work for me for years now. |
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RJT wrote:
I haven't yet figured out why the firewall blocks traffic to certain sites, like www.postbank.nl. Using the nVidia firewall, it blocks outgoing packets to this site, even though I've added it to the allow-list, even when I use the OFF profile. Odd eh. I've switched to using the Marvel LAN and the NIS firewall, although this gives a higher CPU load. I'm very pleased with the NIS antivirus prog, it has done good work for me for years now. I have the same problem - all I could find with Ethereal was that the problem websites somehow cause a checksum error on certain outbound TCP packets. I am guessing that the firewall blocks these packets, leading to a timeout. Interestingly, one website that I couldn't access (www.richersounds.com) has now been redesigned, and I can now access it. Cheers, Chris. |
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Chris wrote:
I have the same problem - all I could find with Ethereal was that the problem websites somehow cause a checksum error on certain outbound TCP packets. I am guessing that the firewall blocks these packets, leading to a timeout. It is indeed an interesting problem. I'm affraid I've too little knowledge of networking protocols to figure this one out, and too little time to gain the knowledge needed. I hope nVidia find the answer and fix it - it'd be a shame to have to let the nVidia firewall go to waste, but as is, it is unusable for me, and I can't recommend it to anyone. |
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