chuc16 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 Im using a GT701-WG Modem and have a Broadband connection. My computer is in the modems wireless network. For some reason, my modem is not taking my forward. I put in the IP I found on my ipconfig/all thingy and followed all the steps on portforward, still my utorrent refuses to download and shows me the little yellow triangle. Can somebody please tell me what it is that I"m doing wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 You may be doing nothing wrong as far as forwarding the modem is concerned...there may just be other things firewalling uTorrent. Software firewalls and even viruses can cause this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuc16 Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Is there any way to check if my firewall is blocking it? My onecare virus scanner doesn't pick up any viruses, could it be wrong and if so what should i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switeck Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 You could test with another computer on the same LAN to see if the firewall blocks port access to it...but unless you know how to do that already, I'd be hard-pressed to tell you how. Sharing a hard drive across the network might work though.One of the first things that "successful" viruses do is knock out any running antivirus software...bonus points if they can make the AV software keep running but think nothing's wrong. Zero-day viruses (so-named because that's how long they've been out) aren't yet known by AV software and can at best be detected only through heuristic guesswork...and whether the virus is doing "known hostile" behavior. So yes, AV software isn't completely infallible. Sometimes, it's just plain junk...Norton falls into that category as does McAfee as well. Bloated junk that is so super-popular ...and somehow remains popular WAY out of proportion to their relative effectiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 For the record, it's not very likely that a virus is the cause here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuc16 Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 So, lets say a virus isn't the problem. Is there any tutorial online that can help me appropriately "tweak" my firewall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 What firewall is it? There's a few configuration tutorials here, but most firewalls aren't covered. http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=7862Your best bet is to read the help file for your firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuc16 Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 how do i find out which firewall i have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 You installed it... You should really know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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