Is there a way to determine if antivirus software and a firewall is installed on your computer
Thanks,
Antivirus and Firewall?
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Antivirus and Firewall?
ahmedilyas
JGP
yes there is but it won't be displayed in the Services system.
the firewall service can be configured via using the command line "netsh firewall" - of course specifying options however it is recommended not to "toy" with this for alot of reasons - simply because the user won't appreciate it and can leave your system open (Without a firewall) to hackers and what not. Since XP SP1 I think, the Windows firewall has been enabled by default as soon as you install it due to the amount of viruses just going through the wire crawling into your machine.
poolg
ititrx
TigerPhoenix
I am not allowing the user to disable the firewall, just showing the status
Thank you,
Boris Zakharin
not really. Unless say, XP SP2 has some API's for the Security Centre.
for the Windows Firewall you can see if its enabled or disabled via a Registry Value but there is no guarentee the user is using Windows Firewall.