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ahh! windows firewall question

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ahhh i just realized some how my firewall got turned off! and i didn't do it myself. i already did a norton anti virus scan but i think the firewall got turned off like 2 days ago. is there anything i should be worried about?
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cool kids wrote:ahhh i just realized some how my firewall got turned off! and i didn't do it myself. i already did a norton anti virus scan but i think the firewall got turned off like 2 days ago. is there anything i should be worried about?
don't look at porn :shock:

but srsly its no big deal. don't go to phishing sites or any sites that can rape ur security
i personally hate the firewall because it slows my internet...i just surf safely :D

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yeah i know. but its weird because i just went to the sites i usually go to (safe and non porn lol) like it just happened when i went on the internet like i used the diganose sp? connection problems cause it said my home page which is yahoo can not be displayed and then i noticed the modem went down. so it said the problem was someone with a fire wall was attacking my pc.
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cool kids wrote:yeah i know. but its weird because i just went to the sites i usually go to (safe and non porn lol) like it just happened when i went on the internet like i used the diganose sp? connection problems cause it said my home page which is yahoo can not be displayed and then i noticed the modem went down. so it said the problem was someone with a fire wall was attacking my pc.
honestly, i wouldn't worry about it

if u have good antivirus and anti-spyware ur pretty much set :wordyo:

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