Looks like a I got a virus the other day and it has affected my firewall. I'm not sure the name of the virus, but I booted into safe mode and run MSE, malware antibytes and spy bot. They've all come back clean now. However, I still can't turn on the windows firewall. (Win 7 btw) When I try I get the error:
Windows could not start the Windows Firewall on Local computer. For more information, reviews the system event log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 5.
I've spent the best part of half a day reading troubleshooting guides and changing/downloading registry keys but still no luck. I've got 3 choices:
1 - Run without a firewall
2 - Use a 3rd party firewall
3 - Fresh install of windows
Seeing as I don't use the computer that much, I don't really want to do 3. How risky is it to go with option 1? Any recommendations for option 2?
Thanks for any help.
Windows could not start the Windows Firewall on Local computer. For more information, reviews the system event log. If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 5.
I've spent the best part of half a day reading troubleshooting guides and changing/downloading registry keys but still no luck. I've got 3 choices:
1 - Run without a firewall
2 - Use a 3rd party firewall
3 - Fresh install of windows
Seeing as I don't use the computer that much, I don't really want to do 3. How risky is it to go with option 1? Any recommendations for option 2?
Thanks for any help.