sydneyguy,
I skimmed through the post, I am not sure what is occurring and why.
Here is what I understand.
- You are using a direct connection to the Internet using a USB Modem.
- You have the Windows network set to public.
- You have the Windows network set to prevent access to shares and printing
- You changed traffic control to stealth.
- Does the McAfee network also show as public?
- Do you have a Ports and System Services created and enabled (checked)?
- Do you have any other IP's or networks added under My Network Connections?
- What OS are you running?
If we can't determine what is occurring with this data there are some logs that could be gathered that might help.
I skimmed through the post, I am not sure what is occurring and why.
Here is what I understand.
- You are using a direct connection to the Internet using a USB Modem. YES
- You have the Windows network set to public. YES
- You have the Windows network set to prevent access to shares and printing YEs as well as No Network Discovery
- You changed traffic control to stealth. YES
- Does the McAfee network also show as public? Where do I check this? In Windows Control Panel it says i am in Public mode
- Do you have a Ports and System Services created and enabled (checked)? I checked the settings and turned off Remote Access (ie unticked the box)
- Do you have any other IP's or networks added under My Network Connections? No other networks. I am not even on a LAN
- What OS are you running? Windows 7 64 bit fully patched and updated. I also run Zemana antilogger, EMET, WinPatrol and always do regular antivirus checks with Mcaffee, Malwarebytes, Hitman Pro and recently Windows Security Scanner
I also have Virtualbox installed but have had it this way for a long time. Dont think this is any issue. Never was with the old version of Mcaffee
It sounds like all service ports are off or unticked, this is what we want.
To check the settings for the McAfee Firewall perform the following
Click the m icon in the tool tray
Click the web and Email Protection Tile
Click the Firewall Drawer
You should see a large list of drawer that belong the the firewall
Look under my network connections
What do you see.
My gues you have one for your ISP network connection and at least one more for Virtual Box
The ISP network should be public. It must match the settings from Windows.
I can't see Virtual box contributing to this issue at this point.
Yes there are two and BOTH are Public.
In Ports and Services tab, I have no more than the default ports ticked. In fact i unticked the Remote Assistance and the UPnP.
Not sure what else to do. I am assuming Mcaffee technical assistance are closed as it must be night over there. I live in Australia so timing sucks. Do you think the ISP has these ports blocked anyway? But i guess if they were they should not be showing up as OPEN anyway ?
If you open the rules and they are set to home and work the rules wouldn't apply. So it sounds like the confirguration is ok.
Technical support does have some limitation on hours of operation however if one can speak english I beleive support is available. Go ahead and contact support. Keep in mind that this is an odd issue, support will likely want to check what we have reviewed in the thread.
I can't say what your ISP may or may not block. If they truely blocked data the test wouldn't report it was open.
I don't have a system that uses a public IP so I can't test this, everthing is behind a NAT. I have pinged dev for their thoughts.
sydneyguy wrote:
Yes there are two and BOTH are Public.
In Ports and Services tab, I have no more than the default ports ticked. In fact i unticked the Remote Assistance and the UPnP.
Not sure what else to do. I am assuming Mcaffee technical assistance are closed as it must be night over there. I live in Australia so timing sucks. Do you think the ISP has these ports blocked anyway? But i guess if they were they should not be showing up as OPEN anyway ?
Australian Technical Support is open by phone or online chat 24/7 at http://service.mcafee.com/TechSupportHome.aspx?lc=3081&sg=TS
Hi Ex_Brit
Spent a lot of time on this including with Tech Support. I uninstalled and checked my ports using the Windows firewall. No problem. All showing in stealth mode. I then reinstalled Mcaffee Security Center and same problem. Ports 135 and 445 OPEN. Finally I just uninstalled the package and reinstalled but without Mcafee Firewall (ie just antvirus and antispam). I am going to use Windows Firewall for the moment and maybe this will get fixed. If not, i will change brand. Have you had any feedback from your contacts ? Anyway, just wanted to let you know where i was at seeing you gents have taken the time to try to assist
Regards
Windows 8 and my ports are 135 137 and 138 closed all rest stealth
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