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A comment on the question "Sunbelt Personal Firewall and Isposure conflicts" in Sunbelt Software:

Hi Mike,

I did as you suggested and sent an email asking for assistance in gathering log info to send. I also suggested the possibility that Sunbelt might instal Isposure (it's free) and check it out.

I received the following response to this email

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Sunbelt-software support.

By disabling web filtering you are not loosing any security. As a matter of
fact most up to date browsers already have the functionality built in.

James Denham
Consumer Support Technician

I guess I like Mike's offer rather than Jame's response. So, again, what log info should I gather and to whom do I send it (assuming Mile's offer still stands)?

Ciao – OzziBob, on February 25, 2009 22:43

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A comment on the question "Sunbelt Personal Firewall and Isposure conflicts" in Sunbelt Software:

PeterH,
As suggested, uncheck "network Security". Same failure.

Did process of elimination, allowing all actions in Predfined NW security, unchecking other boxes in Intrusions (Nips & Hips, Application Behaviour Block etc. No change ... sympton failure the same.

Found that Isposure only runs when "Web Filtering" unchecked. With this box checked, and all others in Ad Blocking & Privacy unchecked, it fails.
Turn off "Enable Web Filtering" and all is well.

Your advice appreciated please.

Ciao – OzziBob, on February 23, 2009 04:29

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A comment on the question "Sunbelt Personal Firewall and Isposure conflicts" in Sunbelt Software:

James,
Application all ask,ask,ask,ask.
Start Isposure Set permissions for Isposure activities.
Reboot
Start Isposure Tests. Isposure connects to it's servers and commences 1st test
(a line speed test).
At this point, SPFSvc.exe goes to 50% CPU utilisation.
Isposure keeps spinning it's wheels getting nowhere.
Noted that SPFCL.exe keeps disappearing (along with the tray icon), & reappearing
Kill Isposure by shutting down it's service.
SPF continues at around 50% for 5 minutes approx, then goes back to zero.

Have repeated this a number of times (demonstratable, repeatable et al).
Please ignore previous comment re no access to gateway when problem occurs. I can ping out when it happens (not fast, but it gets through)

What next, Illustrious One?

Ciao – OzziBob, on February 20, 2009 00:33

A comment on the question "Sunbelt Personal Firewall and Isposure conflicts" in Sunbelt Software:

James, Thanks for the rapid response. I have re-installed Isposure, and followed
your advice. At this time the Isposure servers are not reachable (#@#$!) so I'll get back when I can get results.

Ciao – OzziBob, on February 19, 2009 23:04

OzziBob asked a question in Sunbelt Software on February 19, 2009 22:44:

Sunbelt Personal Firewall and Isposure conflicts

Isposure is an application that tracks your ISP broadband service.

I find that it will only run with SPF turned off.

If turned on, as soon as Isposure starts it's testing it hangs and I find I cannot access even my gateway. Turning off SPF at this point results in SPF shutting down, but does not restore access to network. Nor does shutting down Isposure via the task manager.

I have SPF in Simple Mode, and have not been able to find anything that I can tweak to fix this issue.

Any suggestion welcome.

A comment on the question "Vipre Latest Defs 2210 reported "Out Of Date"" in Sunbelt Software:

How long is this issue to continue before the updates are released in an appropriate time frame?????? Really, folks, let's get this act together, eh! This is an international community you are marketing to, so let's act like an
international company. – OzziBob, on November 30, 2008 12:35

A comment on the question "Vipre Latest Defs 2210 reported "Out Of Date"" in Sunbelt Software:

How long is this issue to continue before the updates are released in an appropriate time frame?????? Really, folks, let's get this act together, eh! – OzziBob, on November 30, 2008 12:34

A comment on the question "Vipre and new Counterspy 3.1.2315 compatible with Thunderbird?" in Sunbelt Software:

Well done that man Ed! – OzziBob, on September 11, 2008 07:31

A comment on the question "Vipre Latest Defs 2210 reported "Out Of Date"" in Sunbelt Software:

Thanks Jamie ... appreciate the feedback. – OzziBob, on September 09, 2008 13:46

A comment on the question "Vipre Latest Defs 2210 reported "Out Of Date"" in Sunbelt Software:

Jamie ... what has happened to the "we will be releasing definition updates daily" concept you claim is now the case ... it's Mon 8th sept at 22:48 (in Oz) and I see no updates since last Friday??? – OzziBob, on September 08, 2008 12:49

A comment on the question "Vipre and new Counterspy 3.1.2315 compatible with Thunderbird?" in Sunbelt Software:

I turned off "check files when they are opened or copied" in AP. That certainly sped up TB to it's old rate. Bearing in mind the JRK comment re large local folders, could it be that the 2315 version AP is checking all files in a folder rather than just the file in question? Just a thought.
Ciao ... – OzziBob, on September 08, 2008 03:09

A comment on the question "Vipre and new Counterspy 3.1.2315 compatible with Thunderbird?" in Sunbelt Software:

Which logs would you like? – OzziBob, on September 05, 2008 22:40

OzziBob replied on September 04, 2008 02:41 to the question "DEAD VIPER" in Sunbelt Software:

I almost had this one too ... Vipre missed it but Zone Alarm caught the attempts to contact the net, so I didn't really get infected. However, I googled "privacyremover.M64" (mentioned in the middle of the screen, and found refs to check for XPGuard files installed. I found none, but couldn't get rid of the message in the middle of the screen. Finally found that it was a dummy desktop background that had installed and was displaying it ... removed that one from the background selections and all's well.

Disappointing that Vipre missed it though! I did run a full scan which showed up nothing ... however I hadn't really been affected, and could not manually find any files or registry settings mentioned re the XPGuard deal. It is a false antispyware crowd, by the way ...

Ciao

A comment on the question "Vipre and new Counterspy 3.1.2315 compatible with Thunderbird?" in Sunbelt Software:

East coast Australia is 13 Hrs ahead of Florida ... your support hours don't suit international customers. Nor does the call costs. In this case, I'm happy to set up for you to call me anytime to discuss, or I will provide whatever requested via e-mail et al.

My Thunderbird has 3 Pop3 accounts on one local ISP mail server, and one account on Google (Imap). The slow down affects loading and sending emails, deleting, moving ... almost everything it does. Had not happened with previous versions of Vipre. – OzziBob, on September 03, 2008 23:31

A comment on the question "Vipre Latest Defs 2210 reported "Out Of Date"" in Sunbelt Software:

Thank you. Appreciate your response.

Ciao – OzziBob, on September 03, 2008 22:17

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OzziBob replied on September 03, 2008 10:30 to the question "Vipre and new Counterspy 3.1.2315 compatible with Thunderbird?" in Sunbelt Software:

Since upgrading to 2315 yesterday as part of the process of troubleshooting the long weekend lack of Sunbelt updates, I have also noted a slow down in the operation of Thunderbird. This has occurred only since the 2315 update.

Have no details at this time ... just wanted to add my concurrence that something is amiss.