[resolved]very Strange

Hi. It's Windows bit defender that is doing that, not the windows firewall. They are different. I think everything is normal in your PC.

Hi,

I was running BD Tune-Up and I received a pop-up from Windows Firewall asking for network access permission for one of the BD modules !!

1.) I checked "Action Center" - Windows FW is OFF and BD FW is on.

2.) Started looking in the event logs and found the entry - see the attached screen shot of the event entry.

3.) I have found many similar entries in this log relating to BD.

4.) The event log is: Microsoft / Windows / Windows Firewall with Advanced Security / Firewall

What is going on ?

Thanks

Ross

According to the event log, somehow your Windows firewall is still on. Otherwise you wouldn't be getting this, to my knowledge. I would first make sure that all of your Windows updates have been downloaded and installed, then double-check your Windows Firewall configuration to ensure it is set to defaults, then turn it on, restart your computer, then turn it back off. If this still doesn't work, you could go to "Start" then "Run" and type 'msconfig' (without the quotation ticks).

You might check the "Services" and "Startup" tabs to see what Microsoft services are running. If you don't see anything there, go to 'services.msc' via "Start" and "Run" and check to see if the Windows firewall service is started. If it is, I would change it to either manual or disabled startup. Restart your computer and monitor the situation to see if issue is resolved and let us know.

Thanks.

I checked - and the service was running. I have stopped it and disabled it. The strange thing is "Action Center" shows it as being "off". Still find it strange that it was not disabled when I installed BD. Never had a reason to look further until I saw the pop-up the other day. I have been busy on a course this week so I did not have time to dig further (I am a UNIX & Mainframe type techie - more of just a user as far as Windows goes). BTW - Win 7K Pro Sp1 + latest fixes 64 bit.

Once again thanks

Ross

No problem man. By the way, I am AIX 6.1 certified, but unfortunately don't have an opportunity to use that skill much. Also, I see you are from Canada. I love Canada, man. Beautiful country. Hope to make it to Montreal one day as I do have a friend up there. Anyway, enough of getting off topic. Glad to help.