Norton Anti-Virus Firewall

[Liminator]

For some reason whenever I try to play Battle for Middle Earth 2 I always get the "Battle for Middle Earth 2" cannot connect. I know why because of the game.dat file. However whenever I try to add the program to the firewall it says that the program already has rules when its not even on the list. Any ideas?

 

[Ronco Rox]

shut off the firewall. download zonealarm and AVG antivirus and have them running. that is all you need and they work perfectly.

Norton is a huge CPU hog, don't even bother with it.

 

[Celegorm]

honestly, i don't use any firewall besides the one xp comes with, and it does me just fine.

 

[compguy91]

I don't use a firewall, I have a router and that's fine for me. I'd recommend not using norton because it's a major RAM/CPU hog and it's not that great at detecting stuff. Go with something better like AVG free or avast home edition.

 

[Steff]

Norton is gay in my opinion it's more like a virus than anything else

 

[Raffaz]

Get rid of norton and use a hardware firewall, much more secure, and doesnt hog resources

 

[LambOfGod]

shut off the firewall. download zonealarm and AVG antivirus and have them running. that is all you need and they work perfectly.

Norton is a huge CPU hog, don't even bother with it.

I wouldnt use zonealarm, XPs built in firewall works fine.

and if you can afford it, get a hardware firewall Raffaz is right on the money with that one.

 

[Liminator]

I disabled the Norton Firewall but it still says "Cannot establish connection to Battle for Middle Earth 2 Servers."

 

[Raffaz]

Sometimes happens with firewalls, disabled doesnt mean disabled. Try uninstalling it and see what happens. Also check windows firewall, for allow no exceptions checkbox