firewall goes to lockdown and ethernet cable is disabled

[ironbear]

i have a E-machines c-1904 with windows xp home and current version of mcafee anti-virus and firewall plus, i am wondering why the firewall goes to full "lockdown" and the ethernet card is "disabled" and this occurs after a detected "hacker attack" can anyone tell me what is going on and it also "freezes up" when i try to runa a scan or do a disk cleanup. any help or advice would be greatly appricated. thanks

 

[franklin97355]

Sounds like your firewall and antivirus think someone is trying to mess with your system. I would call or write the companies and see if this software works together and if there are any known problems.

 

[garebo]

Also, check your settings for mcafee and for your firewall. The answer may lie in changing a setting or two.
Not sure as i dont use mcafee. I had a bad experience with mcafee years ago and i stick to norton and AVG. Not really knocking mcafee though.


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