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Posted by Nospam on January 4, 2006, 2:54 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options >Nospam wrote:
>> hi,
>> im new to windows xp sp2
>> spybot came up with the following.
>> if i delete these two items will that cause me any problems.
>> i am usng the windows xp firewall in the windows security centre and
>> norton av software.
>> Windows Security Center.FirewallDisableNotify: Settings (Registry
>> change, nothing done)
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security
>> Center\FirewallDisableNotify!=dword:0
>> Windows Security Center.AntiVirusDisableNotify: Settings (Registry
>> change, nothing done)
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security
>> Center\AntiVirusDisableNotify!=dword:0
>> --- Spybot - Search & Destroy version: 1.4 (build: 20050523) ---
>> thanks for any advice
>
>You shouldn't erase those. These entries tell the Security Center not to
>warn you when your antivirus is turned off, and that's ok as long as
>your Norton protection notifies you instead. However, if that is not
>the case, or you are NOT using AV protection, you should check for
>malware because many viruses disable these notifications.
>
>Anyway, in Spybot - Search & Destroy, if you select this entry and
>expand the tab on the right, you will get advice on this. If you are
>sure notification have NOT been disabled by mistake or evil software,
>it's a good idea to tell spybot not to show you these entries in the
>future. You can do that by right-clicking an entry, and selecting the
>appropriate option.
Thanks for the info
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Nospam
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