Virus that Uninstalls Firewall

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Limp Gawd
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Hey, I'm on the Stanford network and this has happened twice.

In the span of two months I have reinstalled Sygate Personal Firewall and had it mysteriously uninstall on me. It doesn't just not load with Windows, it actually gets deleted, with just an empty 'Sygate' folder in Program Files. Could this be part of a virus? If so, how do I remove it? I've got Symantec Corporate and my system scans clean every day. What is happening? This is a grandiose hassle.
 
Add to that TrendMicro online scan...another freebie online scan from Kapersky.

Might want to start thinking about another software firwall soon...as since Symantec bought up Sygate recently, I doubt you'll see any updates/patches to it for quite a while, if evermore...as it's dissolved.
 
Another valuable tip is to not browse the web logged on as a local administrator. Only use an admin account when you absolutely have to. This will dramatically decrease your chances of getting viruses.
 
What's the best software firewall if Sygate's been dissolved? Zonealarm? They seem kinda sketchy these days.
 
Sygate is fine, you just have something on your machine that is killing it.
 
logo29a said:
Another valuable tip is to not browse the web logged on as a local administrator. Only use an admin account when you absolutely have to. This will dramatically decrease your chances of getting viruses.
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All my kids(private school) are logged on as restricted users... spyware and viruses are ALMOST a thing of the past....

QJ
 
QwertyJuan said:
All my kids(private school) are logged on as restricted users... spyware and viruses are ALMOST a thing of the past....

QJ
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Baseball bats and knee caps.

They'll be scared to even look at the computers, let alone use them.

Of course, where I work, that sort of stuff isn't allowed. So I just let people think I can and do spy on them at random. I don't, and never would, but they don't know that, and it keeps them honest.

;)
 
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