Hosting games - Norton antivirus

accesz · Post by **accesz** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:07 pm

Well I opned my NAT and all that yada yada.. first times it worked however when people try to join I got a popup from norton asking me whatever to allow the attemt from 3453.. i say Allow but people still cannot join.. sometimes 1 guy manage to get in if he is really fast. I imagine that i was able to host several times with more people when I used 1.5.1

Pyro · Post by **Pyro** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:41 pm

A Norton problem that I think I once had. Try disabling something called... I forget the name but something like "Internet Worm Protection". And the problem should stop. If not then you might have a firewall that you haven't disabled or didn't add the port 3453 as an exception.

Post by **Doobie** » Fri May 26, 2006 10:53 am

norton causes more problems than it solves, download a reputable free antivirus solution and be done with it i say.

Pyro · Post by **Pyro** » Fri May 26, 2006 11:37 pm

Doobie wrote:norton causes more problems than it solves, download a reputable free antivirus solution and be done with it i say.

Hmm... well I've been using Norton for a long time... and have had no problems... well with Norton 2005 I had that internet worm protection stop me from do certain things, but it is off now. If you have windows updated and your antivirus program updated you should have no problems... or minimal problems.

Post by **Doobie** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:50 am

ever tried uninstalling norton and had it fail? yeah, that's a lot of fun, when it becomes a big ordeal just to uninstall a crappy program.

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Baak · Post by **Baak** » Mon May 29, 2006 2:17 pm

Personally, I'm not very fond of Norton either. I mean - he really should bathe now and then.

Seriously though, I've found Norton software to be in the "way overly protective" category. Like a dog that barks and bites everything and refuses to follow commands.

I've been using free anti-virus software for years, along with free firewall software (which unfortunately just got swallowed up by another corporate giant - I can still use it though!).

One of the biggest things I've discovered with all anti-virus software is that running in "real-time mode" sucks up a HUGE amount of resources, especially when playing games. A good firewall in place is sufficient protection while gaming. Unless you're doing stupid things like opening email attachments or running IE (shudders) and surfing suspicious sites while you're playing.

Just my two cents and not to be construed as professional advice.

The Tain

Hosting games - Norton antivirus