"usenet" <reply@in.newsgroup> wrote in message
news:czgLc.12352$WP1.11350@fe1.texas.rr.com...

Seti Cruncher wrote:

It would be nice to get the input of a SETI@Home staffer or Networks
Associates staffer on this and what they believe to be the problem is

and

what the possible resolution may be.

The resolution is do not use McAfee.  I've had enough problems with them
to know I'd never willingly run any program they have.

You say you wanted it for the firewall?  Why are you attempting to run a
firewall on the PC you are protecting?  Go get yourself a router with a
built-in firewall for well under $100 or configure an old PC to run a
Linux based firewall.

Running a firewall on the same PC you are attempting to protect is a
waste of time and cpu cycles.

I agree in Spades.

And Ditto for Zone Alarm.

And XP's native FW, too.

All garbage, IMO. Get a router or set up a Sacrificial Lamb, or a DMZ
if you're hosting.

If you're doing PPPo/e using WinXp or some s/w utility like Enternet, a
router will do hardware implemented PPPo/e translations, which will result
in much faster DNS resolution and browsing.
-- 
Strat