bozodog Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 ZoneAlarm, McAfee's Personal Firewall Plus and Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall are all being updated to disable Windows Firewall when they are installed, and switch it back on when they are uninstalled.http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1635083,00.aspGood job M$, left the door open again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WiredMonkey Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Nice.... Makes you wonder if they can use that feature, how long will be before the malware buttmunches learn how to do it and do the same type of thing with their own software. Ugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Besttechie Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Thanks for the info BD. It sure doesn't sound to good, unless MS told them how to get around it so they could shut it off..... If not I'm sure it won't take long for that info to get around the net.B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WiredMonkey Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 That's exactly my worry with it, B. Hopefully it will be kept under wraps until they can develop a patch for the exploit that can be run off it, cause I'm sure it won't be long.....*sigh* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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