martymas Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 (edited) ho team my grandson rang and said his firewall [windows]had been disabled or it is blockedis this a hi-jack malwareor a hacker operation how do i find a tool to clean it if anyime not up with this as it dosent happen to mebut many of you can helpive searched the board for any reference to this problem but i cannot find any thanksmarty Edited August 3, 2007 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Siddy Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 You might want to try getting a hijack this log and posting it.Ive personally never heard of this happening from adware, but I guess anything is possible with that stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 thanks for the replyyes as i said it hasent happened to me so ime lost my grand son knows i post on these boards so he asked if i could helpsomething i found since i sent in my first postis they play online gamesis this a virus riskor a hi-jack risk ime in the dark here marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 It would help to know which firewall he is using and what the exact message is regarding the firewall problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I agree with TT on this. We need more info. Does he use a third party firewall? They will sometime disable the windows firewall automatically. Running two firewalls at the same time can cause problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 he uses windows firewall onlythere isnt any message the fire wall isnt operating and has let stuff through with out seeing the compt ime in the dark one of the reasons i posted many of youhave not liked windows firewallive used it ever since it came into beingi found it is good as any but that is a personal opinionother wise i would have had trouble like my grand sonthe other reason i couldnt afford the commercial versions at the timei got him to install hi-jack this and send me the log file so i can ask you, if you would mind reading it.is on line gaming danderous?marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Post the HJT log in the Malware section. Some online game sites can infect you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteWolf4 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Does he run and use virus protection,spyware/mailware programs?It could be a corrupt file in Windows preventing the firewall from running, If he has the windows XP install CD, he could do a "Repare install" to replace or fix missing or corrupt files. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 (edited) does a virus pprotyector cover hi-jackersectmarty Edited July 27, 2007 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 thanks i am waiting for him to contact me yes he uses avast as a virus protectormarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flashh4 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Howdy Marty, ChrisRLG over at MRW forum, and Tom Coytoe, said his son uses party poker that its a legit site, also i use it to play for fun. It does not install any spys or trackers into your computer. Most of the other poker site do, or they are classified as unsafe by some of the sites we use to check for cleaning HJT logs !!Regarding the windows fire wall: I use it also but some of the experts say it only blocks certain ports, so he may want to check his ports. Heres some info on the ports it uses: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserve...3.mspx?mfr=true Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 (edited) hi flashhavent heard from you for some time it is good to make contact with old friendsyes i suspected it may have been online games that is the only place he uses on the netfunny thing he isnt a regularuser of the compt as he is a professional cook and works very long hrsso now ime sure it is those shoddy game sites i think he said they are games share sitesmy grand son is such an honest oerson he dosent think there are people in the world like thatso hopefully this willteach him not every one is like himself tho he has made this mistake ime proud of him for his beliefshe is 21 and sponsers two children ime not sure where the place i think it is africaso ime keen to help himi hope you guys dont mind me rambling on take care flash4 and post more often marty Edited July 27, 2007 by martymas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted August 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 hi all since i posted the firewall problem for my grandson he has fixed the problem and sent me the fixwhich ime posting. here it seems windows firewall is ok from incomming data but out going is the problem when you play games download illegal music ectand the perpertrators use the uploading to disable the fire wall how ever read this link and see for your selffor me it is utter gibberish but many of you will understandand maybe use this tip for your selvesmartyhttp://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedaccess.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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