Accidentally blocked Moz FF

Topic

New Reply

Well, Nortin Internet Security (NIS) ’06, in its infinite wisdom, decided to say that FireFox was a potentially unsafe program, and another user chose to block it. Now I don’t know how to change the settings to allow it; the only way to get on FF is to disable NIS.

Reply | Quote

Replies

I only have NIS 2005, but in that I would
double-click on the green globe/Norton Internet Security icon/select it from the All Programs menu
open up Norton Internet Security
double-click on Personal Firewall
click on the Configure button
click on the Programs tab
find Firefox in the list of programs (also called Mozilla Firefox, note!)
change the Internet Access to Permit All

There may be several instances of Firefox/Mozilla Firefox, but I don’t know how you distinguish them. Perhaps remove all instances then reply appropriately to NIS when you next start Firefox?

John

Reply | Quote

You know, I’d found that advice before, but hadn’t put it to the test since I don’t have personal firewall enabled. I checked it out this time, and it worked. I guess I just wanted to hear it from a trusty source . Thanks!

Reply | Quote