Is Norton Internet Security Firewall Blocking Programs Net Access?
Is Norton Internet Security blocking internet access to your computer programs? My friends computer has Firefox that was not able to open any site, while Internet explorer worked. It seemed somehow firefox was being blocked internet access. Read on…
This is what I figured out and may be helpful to you if some of your programs are not working on the internet. His computer was a new powerful Pentium 4 with all high end specifications. And he had preinstalled Norton Internet Security 2005 and Norton Antivirus 2005.
Norton Internet Security 2005 has an effective firewall. This is in addition to the Windows firewall. Firewalls monitors and restricts information that travels between your computer and a network or the Internet and provides a line of defense against someone who might try to access your computer from outside the Firewall without your permission. In this case the windows firewall was disabled and Norton Firewall was activated and the main one.
When some program from your computer tries to connect to the internet, Norton Internet Security gives a prompt, which has options to allow or block the access. Many times the recommended option is to block the access. So be careful to see what you are blocking internet access before clicking OK.
- Click the Norton Security icon at the bottom right corner in your system tray. On the pop up window, first check if you have not clicked “Block Traffic” button. As this will block all internet access.
- If that is ok, maybe the program has been blocked access and has to be unblocked manually. But it was not easy to find where was the blocked list. But here is it location. Go to Norton Internet Security > System and Settings and this is what you see in the image below.
- Then you see that the Personal firewall is turned on to protect from unauthorized access to spyware, adware and other unwanted software. Click “Configure” button.
- Go to Programs and scroll down the list for Manual Program Control. There you will see the individual internet access settings for each individual program. And you see that Mozilla Firefox setting shows “Block All”.
- From the drop down list select “Permit All” and now open Firefox. It works! And he is back to using firefox as his default browser again. (Not to mention the pizza as a reward!)
- Now you can scroll through the entire list and individually set the programs to allow and block internet access. Now you may fix some programs not working with the internet which you might have blocked by mistake. You can also set some allowed programs to block.
I hope this tip helps. Now figure out the Custom option yourself!
one way to let you get onto myspace, or any blocked page, is to have your district’s admin password, wich, if you found, would get you in trouble anyway
omgosh i freaking cant get it to work help… i need to unblock the school website
tryin 2 get on myspace at school but cant
my school blocks myspace
and its so annoying
can i have something that unblocks it and doesnt tell my teachers
cos i dnt wna get in trouble init
it aint 4 class :p
its for lunch :]] x
thanks x
commnet me back ??? x
please can u unblock bebo!!!!!
please can u help me 2 unblock bebo?
i want to go in myspace to check my page.
can u send me the thing to my yahoo account so i can use it also
Happy happy happy happy happy now that I can actually access the internet without turning off norton.
Thanks for the tip
Mechengi
hey at home i never can get on myspace.com because it is always blocked so how can i unblock myspace.com???
hey guys i need to get on myspace.com because i dont have internet at home nd the only way i can get on myspace everyday is at school! so plz tell me some proxy sites that actually work k well thnx!!
Lurv Me :]]
if that doesnt work here is another one!
let me know if it works please guys..
thanks
i need bebo to work on my school computer but i don’t know how to unblock it? please help me
Will u see if u can unblock myspace at heights high school????
hey can you tell me what proxy will work at my school pleas
Guys this website i found on the web it unblock anything … appart from msn!! which iam trying to find one out!! but this unblock all the others website such as bebo, myspace, orkut etc…
hope this can be useful!!
Thanks Nathalia!!
how do u unlock myspace ? help me plz havent checked it in 3 months
im not understanding why everything is being blocked..i moved a couple a years ago to go to school and left my family behind and the only way that i get a hold of them is through myspace.. its not like im downloading p0rn or something i just would like to keep ion touch with my friends and family..please help me unblock myspace!!!! i dont think myspace should be blocked at all!!
can u un bolck tagged plzz
Can someone please tell me the website 2 get on myspace at school
THANX!
How can i get on myspace at school,,, please help me?
ne codes?
Whats the new website 2 unblock myspace?
how can i unblock bebo?!
the runescape website wont allow me in and i would desperately want to play please help me and give me advise
thankyou
i really like runescape ok but when i went to my sisters school i tryied to get on but the dam computer wouldn’t let me and she said i could go on it please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was so funny one time i was caught lokkin for proxy websites and i made a lie up and said i was doin a project on y school’s block fun and educational websites. lol good times good times.
jennifer if u want to get on myspace all u got to do is use proxy websites u can look for them on the internet.
i still need to find out how to unblock myself from my friends computer help me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cannot play yahoo chess since i have payed for norton what to do
please help me get on myspace at my school computer
my programs are block and i dont know what to do
i need myspace…i looked it up on google, but it takes foreva to find one that works…someone give me a proxy that will for sure work!
how can i get on bebo at school reply asap please
can you unblock bebo from the schools computers please???
look for a hacking program or make your own
why don’t you just steal teachers log on? it’s so easy!
why can we not get on myspace at school its not like we’re lookin at something else i mean it does not have any nudity or anything so whats the problem its retarded to block it from us kids…and sometimes we can learn a thing or two things on there
I havent been able to get on my myspace for 6 months and i havent been able to talk to my friends. can you please tell me how to unblock myspace.com from my school computer?!? please!!!!
please unblock myspace from my school
i cant get onto anything in school, can you please help me get on bebo, and msn, i have tried finding things to unblock it but i cant seem to do it. please help me :(
i need help to get to myspace
thankyou soooo much for the help. your a lifesaver
how can I unblock the whole internet surf control at my school??? cuz my school have wireless and I can’t navigate thru the internet with my own laptop (not even my email) the wireless servise at my school its only for educational searching…
thanx for this. saved me asking how to do the unblock thing, only to be told to “google for it, dammit”.
great stuff :)
Excellent step-by-step explanation of how to unblock accesses that have been blocked by mistake in Norton Internet Security
was not able to access “www.google.com” from desktop which is installed with “Norton Internet Security” – have no problem accessing other sites. Any idea what to look out in the Norton Internet Security Setting? Thanks
All the proxies that you get when you search for them is blocked, or dont allow you to log into myspace.
Is there any other way to get past the schools blocking system?
You beauty! Thanks a bunch for this – I thought I’d knackered my computer but then I found your site.
Cheers!
how do i get past symantec i dont care about myspace i need games what do i do
I wish i could use myspace at school so school can be more exciting