Your computer might be at risk

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At start-up, I notice that the Security Centre icon on the system tray
displays a warning: You computer might be at risk. The firewall is not
turned on. for a while. I opened the Security Centre and checked if the
firewall is not turned on. It does turn on. Can someone advise me why it
happens and how to resolve it.
WIN XP SP3 fresh copy, only McAFEE antivirus
 
ILIAS said:
At start-up, I notice that the Security Centre icon on the system tray
displays a warning: You computer might be at risk. The firewall is not
turned on. for a while. I opened the Security Centre and checked if the
firewall is not turned on. It does turn on. Can someone advise me why it
happens and how to resolve it.
WIN XP SP3 fresh copy, only McAFEE antivirus
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Start > Run > type in:
services.msc click [OK] and locate this service:
Security Center <= make sure the Service is started and Auto
Reboot your machine, does it help?

If still having problem try these commands:
Open a run command and typ ein:
sc start wscsvc click [OK]
sc config wscsvc start= auto click [OK]
Reboot your machine, does it help?

If still having issue try this command:
netsh firewall reset

If all fail try another firewall like comodo:
Comodo Firewall Version 3.0
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html

Make sure the system malware and viruses free by thoroughly scanning your
machine.
HTH,
nass
 
If there is a message such as "You're computer might be at risk". That
probably means that you're antivirus is out of date and you need to
upgrade that one so that it can detect viruses that are new.
 
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