Need Help Turning Off Firewall

I have Bitdefender 2008, version 11.0.17. I've looked at all the help I could find, all of them say something like this Security center -> Settings -> then here it differs, either Firewall directly or advanced then firewall. But either way, I see no tab for the firewall. My problem is that I need to turn it off to be able to play Warcraft 3 online through battle.net, the problem occurs when I try to join an arranged team, it won't let me for some reason, I forget the error message I get, I can check later if needed. And yes, I did try game mode, same effect. Thanks in advance.

Hello Disciple ,

In order to be able to assist you further, please let us know:

- what BitDefender product/version you are using;

- what is your operating system;

- are there any other security solutions on the same PC, besides BitDefender?

- what type of Internet connection are you using ;

Thank you .

Bitdefender Antivirus 2008, version 11.0.17

Windows XP Home Edition

No, there's not

Verizon Fios, if that's what you mean.

Hello Disciple ,

BitDefender Antivirus 2008 is a product which does not have a Firewall module included. That is why , whenever you accessed the advanced settings , you could not find this option . I don't think this issue is caused by BitDefender , but you can test this , disabling different BitDefender modules . Here is what you have to do :

1. Open BitDefender and click on Settings .

2. Disable the Antivirus module: under the Shield tab uncheck the Real Time Protection option and the Privacy Control module then try to play .

You should also look and see if the Windows Firewall is turned off. Click on Start from Windows and choose Control Panel . Here look after Windows Firewall , access this option and make sure that is set to "Off(not recommended)" .

Thank you .