[marathonman]

cannot enable firewall service after spyware removal

seems to occur in conjunction with microsoft antispyware

error 10047: an address incompatible with the requested protocol was used



if you get this problem, open a command prompt and type:

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netsh winsock reset


reboot, and you will get your firewall back.

[mattfriend]

Thank you for the useful post. I could not figure out what was going on until I stumbled-upon your forum. Thanks very much again!

[phileysmiley]

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[kstaiman]

I would like to thank you people for posting this discussion publicly. I encountered a problem with a similar message when trying to figure out why my network connection disappeared. The solution you gave worked for me. My concern now is if the spyware removal really did it...

[jonschatz]

Thanks so much for posting this! I had the same thing happen when i removed some spyware with Microsoft Antispiware. Problem solved!!! thanks again!

[bruno_carvalho]

thanks marathonman
i had the same problem, solved in no time
you're the man

[phileysmiley]

Wow! 3 brand new members with their first posts! Hello and welcome kstaiman, jonschatz, and bruno_carvalho! Please head over to our Introduction Area so that we can all greet you.

[kouta]

thanks for the post

i realy want to know why does it happen , and why now its been more than 3 monthe since i installed MS antispy ware.

???

thanks

[phileysmiley]

thanks for the post

i realy want to know why does it happen , and why now its been more than 3 monthe since i installed MS antispy ware.

???

thanks

I don't think it's related to the installation itself of MS -- it's related to actual spyware removal. So what probably happens is that it finds something, removes it, and that is when the problem occurs.

It doesn't happen when you install MS Antispy -- it happens when you remove spyware with it.

[d3burk]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!

I've had the same problem with my firewall, now its fixed. This is so neat! thanks, U r a genius.