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A friend is having issues with a program that connects to the internet.
i am fairly certain that there is an issue with a 3rd party product that either
- blocks outgoing connections
- blocks incoming connections
- inserts itself in a network connection
- inserts itself in a file read
- inserts itself in a file write
i have no idea what products she has installed, either does she. But i can imagine some:
- PeerGuardian blocking outgoing connections
- AVG/NAV blocking incoming/outgoing connections
- AVG/NAV interfering with a file read
- AVG/NAV interfering with a file write
- any other "security" product
Is there a simple way (i.e. instructions for a beginner) that can disable all 3rd party anti-virus and firewall products on a computer?
Note: i define 3rd-party as not signed by Microsoft Windows (i.e. even Microsoft Corporation isn't good enough, as they're not part of the core OS).
The reason i ask is because i know some products dig their hooks in so deep: there's no way to remove them.
But maybe there's a simple fix somewhere: "Disable all anti-virus and firewall protection, and i mean pronto."
What is the issue that i happen to be wrestling with today?
- "Unable to initialize streaming"
- Unable to initialize streaming
- Unable to Initialize streaming?
- Won't let me install...
- Error message after power cycling modem
- Unable to initialize streaming error
- Downloading patch 3.3.x - 4.0.0 HELP!!
i don't know how you people can stand security products.
What is the program and what is the internet connection scheme? Perhaps he is just missing port forwarding or similar issue? – Andrejs Cainikovs – 2010-11-28T16:05:58.740
It's the World of Warcraft downloader, and the best explanation is that it cannot establish an outgoing connection. A forum full of people, after bashing Blizzard, are then directed to disable their PeerGuardian. Oh yeah, forgot about that. Works now So i want a way to disable everything - i don't care who wrote it, and what perceived value it has. – Ian Boyd – 2010-11-28T16:10:31.003
And she claims she doesn't have Peerguardian, and the other anti-virus products are disabled. i know how poorly designed most AV products are - so i want to disable them. Disabling them is one step short of my next step: formatting the OS, and denying her an admin account. – Ian Boyd – 2010-11-28T16:13:37.630
Disable permanently or temporarily? Permanently, uninstall them, Temporarily, take them out of startup using MSconfig. – Moab – 2010-11-28T20:06:13.557