Closed
Bug 290658
Opened 19 years ago
Closed 19 years ago
Norton Internet Security 2005 Firewall Blocks Firefox 1.0.3 internet access: here is a QUICK FIX
Categories
(Firefox :: Disability Access, defect)
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RESOLVED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: Racorex, Assigned: aaronlev)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3 After installing Firefox 1.0.3, the browser (FF) was unable to gain access to my LAN (cable) based internet, but Microsoft Internet Explorer still could. CAUSE: Norton Internet Security 2005 Personal Firewall settings. Quick Fix that could be a head-scratcher for novice computer users: Open Norton Internet Security, under the tab "Norton Internet Security" find Personal Firewall, select it, and click CONFIGURE to the lower-right. Select the PROGRAMS tab, scroll down to "Mozilla FireFox" (list is alphabetical)... Change the CATEGORY from "General" to "Web Browsers", click OK. Problem solved. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Open Firefox 1.0.3 after a fresh install while running Norton Internet Security 2005 with Personal Firewall running and set to 'medium' Actual Results: Firefox cannot access the internet, hangs in a perpetual white screen, no internet activity shown on NetStats Pro (3rd Party Program) Expected Results: Detected internet settings, located internet access, accessed internet Future Firefox updates should install so it is properly recognized by firewall programs as Web Browsing software (a Web Browser).
Comment 1•19 years ago
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Thanks for taking the time to submit a solution, but this isn't the ideal place to put it. This isn't a bug in Firefox, as you've discovered.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Comment 2•19 years ago
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There's a knowledgebase solution which kind of touches on this at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Suite_:_Issues_:_Connect Unfortunately it's for the suite and not for Firefox. Someone ought to throw together a similar page for Firefox. (It's a wiki, anyone can do it ;)
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