I found that I can not get Secunia PSI to run on XP. I get a msg from PSI that the Firewall is preventing it from starting.
I had the same message on my Vista system, so I disabled the firewall. The Firewall message went away but PSI would still not load. I disabled Norton antivirus and PSI loaded.
When I do the same thing on XP it still does not load. I looked at the firewall settings... PSI is in ALLOW status. I also setup PSI as a trusted site in internet options. I reloaded the PSI interface and it gets past the firewall only if I disable the firewall and the AV (I watched the activity from a network monitor and TCP addresses opened and closed, while bytes were received and sent for PSI. The program still does not load. Should I disable Symantec SUs?
I would much rather have this program run without all this theatre. Sure would appreciate some guidance on a better way of handling this. Please help.
First, are you on a high-speed internet connection? PSI will not work well on dial-up.
Second, in your Trusted Sites list, make sure to uncheck the small box that says: "Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone." Be sure you have added both http://*.secunia.com and https://*.secunia.com to the trusted list.
Message Edited by SendOfJive on 10-17-2009 12:11 PM
Hi Guru SendofJive, and thank you for your quick response.
The server verification box is unchecked and both http and https *.secunia.com are entered. I have dial up on my laptop as it is old (Pentium III, 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM, no wireless capability). I used NetLimiter to watch the network activity.
Your perspective is logical , re:dialup, though my Vista desktop (AMD Athlon X2, 4GB RAM) is on dialup too.
I do not download music or videos ... I use my systems for PDFs, Office docs and email.