I have just loaded AVG Antivirus free. My OS is Vista.
The Windows Firewall has been turned off and will not turn back on, presumably AVG has done this. The Hacker Attacks (part of the paid for system) offers “Enhanced Firewall” but I can find no other mention of Firewall on the various AVG windows.
QUESTION Am I firewall protected or am I not? If not, how do I turn Windows Firewall back on?
The Home page of AVG gives me (green) protected computer, that is “file shield” and “behaviour shield” but gives me (red) not protected “Web and email”. Clicking on that panel shows me that “email shield” is ON (green) but that “web shield” is OFF (red). On the Home Page I have a RED message saying “Protection is disabled – protection will be automatically enabled after PC restart” and I have a “FIX NOW” button.
The FIX NOW button has no effect whatsoever and restarting the PC manually has not changed anything (ie has NOT enabled that protection).
QUESTION How can I turn on that protection?