Questions About General Firewall Protection - McAfee TSA00M005PAA - Total Protection Service Product Manual

Using Firewall Protection
Frequently asked questions

Questions about general firewall protection

Is it okay to run the Windows firewall and Total Protection Service firewall
protection at the same time?
We recommend that you disable the Windows firewall when firewall protection is running.
(It is disabled automatically when firewall protection is installed.)
If both firewalls are enabled, firewall protection lists only a subset of the blocked IP addresses
in its report, Inbound Events Blocked by the Firewall. The Windows firewall blocks some of
these addresses; however, it does not report them because event logging is disabled in the
Windows firewall by default. If both firewalls are enabled, you must enable Windows firewall
logging to be able to view a list of all blocked IP addresses. The default Windows firewall log
is C:\Windows\pfirewall.log. In addition, there will be some duplication of status and alert
messaging.
I blocked Internet Explorer on a client computer, and then temporarily disabled
firewall protection. When I re-enabled firewall protection, why was Internet Explorer
no longer blocked?
Firewall protection uses Internet Explorer to update product components. Whenever you
enable firewall protection, Internet Explorer is given full access to check for updates.
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