Solved Did W8 just update or something - Weird idiosyncracies!!

Hello,
Running W8 and when I installed NIS it disabled Windows Firewall and Windows Defender. I checked this in Action Center. Well today I had to do a macrium restore image and besides other issues, regarding running Windows Defender with real protection off, I found that Windows Firewall was showing as running in services.msc. I went to Action center and for sure, now it showed it was running along with NIS. What happened? Any clues/opinions/explanations gladly accepted.
Glenn

I don't KNOW what happened, but some anti-malware systems were automatically shutting down the Win 8 Firewall, and MS might have sent out an automatic update to correct it. Alas, if you install any anti-virus system, Wind Defender is automatically shut off. If you insist on running two AVs at once (usually a bad idea) you can still download various good free AVs from the web.

At this point in the development cycle, I wouldn't expect perfect behaviour from third-party security vendors. A lot has changed with the security subsystems and the APIs supporting them. Like Windows 8 itself, most of these products are still Beta and from what I've seen so far, none of them integrate/work completely.

Calico said:

At this point in the development cycle, I wouldn't expect perfect behaviour from third-party security vendors. A lot has changed with the security subsystems and the APIs supporting them. Like Windows 8 itself, most of these products are still Beta and from what I've seen so far, none of them integrate/work completely.

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Howdy,
That makes sense. Although I found that it seems a bit finickier than W7. I had to do a system image restore with Macrium as the BSOD with the smily face and the automatic repair didn't fix the problem. Unfortunately macrium didn't work right??? I am now doing a reinstall...... Learning curve?
Glenn

Vince53 said:

I don't KNOW what happened, but some anti-malware systems were automatically shutting down the Win 8 Firewall, and MS might have sent out an automatic update to correct it. Alas, if you install any anti-virus system, Wind Defender is automatically shut off. If you insist on running two AVs at once (usually a bad idea) you can still download various good free AVs from the web.

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Hello Vince, one day it was was doing it one way, the next it was doing it different? Once I get reinstalled I will investigate further!
Glenn

Hi,

Look here:

Windows 8 Compatibility for Security: Firewall & Internet Security: Drivers, Updates, Downloads

Cheers,

fdegrove said:

Hi,

Look here:

Windows 8 Compatibility for Security: Firewall & Internet Security: Drivers, Updates, Downloads

Cheers,

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Hello and thanks! Will do. Just got the reinstall and now it is acting like it did before, shut off WFirewall and WDefender. Having fun yet, oh yeah!
Glenn

I'm really not sure I'd put much faith in people voting on issues of compatibility, especially with older versions of security applications. I think, instead of wading through 31 pages on that site, better to see what the actual vendors say, and check their forums for the nitty gritty.

Calico said:

I'm really not sure I'd put much faith in people voting on issues of compatibility, especially with older versions of security applications. I think, instead of wading through 31 pages on that site, better to see what the actual vendors say, and check their forums for the nitty gritty.

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Trust...the...vendors...?

Vince53 said:

Calico said:

I'm really not sure I'd put much faith in people voting on issues of compatibility, especially with older versions of security applications. I think, instead of wading through 31 pages on that site, better to see what the actual vendors say, and check their forums for the nitty gritty.

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Trust...the...vendors...?

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Not quite what I said. The first place to check is the vendors site, if they claim their product is compatible, then check their forums for feed back from the users. It's simply more direct than looking for a specific version of application x, within 30+ pages on a third-party site, which simply directs users to the vendors site anyway.