IMPORTANT VNC TROUBLES WITH NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2005

[Angelo Sarto]

All,

Just was troubleshooting a VNC connection for an hour and it boiled
down to this:

Norton Anti virus 2005 has an option called Internet worm protection
that it installs and enables by default.  This functions as a software
firewall on your computer and will prevent VNC from working when it is
first installed as it blocks incoming traffic.

If you already use a BETTER firewall (e.g zone alarm, agentium,
pc-cillin) then just turn this off
here's a link on how to add exceptions (could this lik be any longer)  

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/5faa3ca6df6f549888256edd0061c0a4/da49e4a9698ad7db88256f0e005f0537?OpenDocument&prod=Norton%20AntiVirus&ver=2005&src=sg&pcode=nav&svy=&csm=no

Just wanted to let the list know about this.  This was a new "feature"
in 2005.  as if XP firewall doesn't cause me enough headaches.

--Angelo