I have a feeling my computer has a firewall. Ok, first of all, I DONT want a firewal for personal reasons. I've checked windows firewall, its off. I've uninstalled all antivirus/firewall softwares but it still exists. How I know that my computer is behind some firewall? Well, for one thing, I cant use my FTP client. It states that I cant connect or somesort. Also, when I try to update definition lists for my anti-spyware softwares, it cant connect to the remote server. I have to update them manually which is a pain in the ass. Anti spyware softwares I use : Spybot, ad-aware, spy sweeper, AVG. They all give the same problem. So please help, I need to get rid of this "virtual" firewall or whatever that's blocking me. Another problem. I like to leave my computer on forever. BUT, whenever it remains idle for a few hours, I'd come back to some error msg. Then, my computer hangs, the wallpaper disappears and I have to restart. The error message includes the following : explorer.exe "Blah blah blah (0x32409fv) referenced memory at (0x0000000). Blah blah blah" One thing I noticed, that the address of the first memory changes but the second one is always "0x0000000". I just upgraded my RAM but I doubt thats the problem from what I've researched. Any helpers? Thanks.
install your antivirus, you need that, unless you want viruses lurking on your computer. go to start -> run -> type msconfig -> go to the startup tab ->check off the firewall program now it will not start anymore. as for the memory error, run memtest.
damn... try putting that file into c:\windows\system32 see if that works otherwise, you might have a virus, try scanning in safe mode...
