Firewall conflict

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macmaniacmacmaniac
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Greetings,



I just installed Norton Internet Security 3.0. I can't start OS X's firewall even tho the Norton Firewall is off. During initial start-up the window says Norton firewall is starting up, but I know it's off.

Should I trash the Norton firewall so the OS X firewall can be activated?

Thanks,

Steve



PM G4 800 640 10.3.3

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    costiquecostique Posts: 1,084member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by macmaniac

    Should I trash the Norton firewall so the OS X firewall can be activated?



    Yes, you should. Turning it off is not enough.
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    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    Check /Library/StartupItems for the nortons startup or if they are really naughty the startup might be in /System/Library/StartupItems where ONLY apple stuff should be.



    Dobby.
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    macmaniacmacmaniac Posts: 189member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dobby

    Check /Library/StartupItems for the nortons startup or if they are really naughty the startup might be in /System/Library/StartupItems where ONLY apple stuff should be.



    Dobby.



    Thanks guys. I found NIS folders in both folders, dobby. I removed them to the desktop, restarted, and was able to activate OS X's firewall. I then trashed those folders.

    Steve B 8)
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