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There is more info needed here.<br />
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What type of firewall do you have.<br />
have any settings changed? Did you add any anti- spyware programs.<br />
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There is more info needed here.

What type of firewall do you have.
have any settings changed? Did you add any anti- spyware programs.



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No firewall. &nbsp;No anti-spyware.<br />
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I was told by someone (not on this site) that pop-up preventers sometimes also prevent chat rooms from loading and running. &nbsp;If that is true, I should go look at the settings for my server (EarthLink).<br />
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In a few days I will be switching over to cable instead of dialup (cox.net). &nbsp;The problem may go away. &nbsp;We shall see. &nbsp;I will report back at that time.<br />
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Thank you for your interest in this question.<br />
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No firewall.  No anti-spyware.

I was told by someone (not on this site) that pop-up preventers sometimes also prevent chat rooms from loading and running.  If that is true, I should go look at the settings for my server (EarthLink).

In a few days I will be switching over to cable instead of dialup (cox.net).  The problem may go away.  We shall see.  I will report back at that time.

Thank you for your interest in this question.



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Running XP (home). &nbsp;Installed Norton AntiVirus 2004 Professional.<br />
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No chat room is able to load. &nbsp;What feature within Norton AntiVirus may I turn off to enable chat rooms to load?<br />
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Note: &nbsp;This difficulty is possibly not related to Norton AntiVirus, but it is the obvious place to start.<br />
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Appreciate any commentary and help.
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Running XP (home).  Installed Norton AntiVirus 2004 Professional.

No chat room is able to load.  What feature within Norton AntiVirus may I turn off to enable chat rooms to load?

Note:  This difficulty is possibly not related to Norton AntiVirus, but it is the obvious place to start.

Appreciate any commentary and help.

Norton AntiVirus apparently blocks chatting

Anti-virus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses. However, with the proliferation of other kinds of malware, antivirus software started to provide protection from other computer threats. In particular, modern antivirus software can protect from malicious browser helper objects (BHOs), browser hijackers, ransomware, keyloggers, backdoors, rootkits, trojan horses, worms, malicious layered service providers (LSPs), dialers, fraud tools, adware and spyware. Some products also include protection from other computer threats, such as infected and malicious URLs, spam, scam and phishing attacks, online identity theft (privacy), online banking attacks, social engineering techniques, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), botnets and DDoS attacks.