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| | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 109 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 109 | I have the McAfee protection software and I have to connect using a phone line. When I connected through a cable I could actually connect to things, like hotmail and the IRC. Now that the cable doesn't work and I'm forced to use the phone line and it won't let me connect. I think it has something to do with my firewall but I reset it so it excepts everything and **** but it still won't work, what can I do?
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| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 185 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 185 | Don't use the firewall. If you are only on for a few hours a day on a dial-up connection there isn't much risk of being attacked. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 109 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 109 | Thing is I turned it off and it still wouldn't do anything. I dunno if it's my computer or my settings, which I doubt cuz I've been through everything and nothing seems restrictive.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | That was lame, its better to be overly prepaired thatn not prepaired at all. When i'm on 56k i'm always on a firewall, i have windows file shares due to my network and if i didnt run one i'd be volnerable to quite the many exploits. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 109 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 109 | This has happened to me a couple of times with Zone Alarm. Try completely uninstalling it and seeing if you can access the pages normally now. If it does then just reinstall McAfee again and it should work fine.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 69 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 69 | your not bieng very specific here. What message are you receiving when you try to connect. Are you using the correct dial up number? More info helps
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 257 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 257 | I personally would recommend dumping mcafee totally and getting sygate personal firewall.
Much better!
The use of "hacker" to mean "security breaker" is a confusion on the part of the mass media. We hackers refuse to recognize that meaning, and continue using the word to mean, "Someone who loves to program and enjoys being clever about it."
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 Community Owner | | Community Owner Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 7,203 Likes: 11 | lol an di have a copy :x :x | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 257 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 257 | heh when u got contacts like warlock who started the warez industry you can get what you want!
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The use of "hacker" to mean "security breaker" is a confusion on the part of the mass media. We hackers refuse to recognize that meaning, and continue using the word to mean, "Someone who loves to program and enjoys being clever about it."
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"Its not a bug, its a feature" (Epic Games)
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 730 UGN Supporter | | UGN Supporter Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 730 | I personally dont use firewalls, most of them arent worth a darn to me and i dont waste my money on them. I never had the problem being attacked w/ or w/o my network share on. Ive only had problem with trojans and usually any virus scanner gets rid of those. Im sure its nice to be secure but when it affects your daily use and if your only on a little bit a day I myself wouldnt worry about it.
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