On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Andrew
Maclean<andrew(dot)amaclean(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> One is running McAfee and the other is running Symantec Endpoint. It
> does not matter whether the firewalls are on or off.
Note that many packages for windows that do networking and virus
scanning installed "wedge" dlls that are always part of the code path
of the OS whether the firewall / antivirus are active or not.
Uninstalling is the only way to KNOW they aren't affecting your
computer.