I have apparently been acting suspiciously of late, which is quite amusing for a person who barely has any life to put on hold. 'Life'-Watch has been moved from Green (anything goes) to a kind of Dull Red (put blocks in her path but don't shut her down entirely). I feel the heat, guys, and yet I'm innocent! I tell ya, innocent!
The Security Nazis are the tag team comprised of Internet Explorer and Norton Symantic Internet Security software; they have been hounding me ever since I got Delly, my laptop, and began taking her places like work and my home recliner. I'm fairly certain my Wireless Router is also involved in the harrassment I've been experiencing.
My desktop at home, an innocent bystander, is also afflicted.
It seems that the Security Nazis don't like it when I, for example, get into Amazon.com (my boyfriend, for heaven's sake!) at work, then at home on my laptop, and then later on my desktop computer. It apparently considers this rather slutty behavior. In random fashion it decides that I should not be able to sign in or access my Amazon account.
At first I thought that perhaps I've spent too much money this month and it has decided to exercise the control I seem to lack. (Then it might be a good thing!) Yet it happens at other sites too, particularly where I have to log into an account. It has happened at BMG Music, Rhapsody, my AIM account, and now Amazon.
Each time I've messed with things I don't understand, rebooted a few dozen times, and then something happens and it's ok....until I get on another computer.
Last night I was ready to go to bed early (10:30 !!!) in order to be really refreshed for the long weekend. About that time I tried to get into Amazon to print out a copy of a recent invoice to submit for a rebate. The Security Nazis were ready for me. No, no, no, no, no! I messed with IE's Security settings including adding Amazon as a Trusted Site. No. I rebooted my desktop. No. I reset the security defaults on IE. No. I rebooted again. NO!.
Finally, in desperation, I opened up Norton Symantic Internet Security. Norton has never given me any problem ever since I disabled it's Firewall [I was tired having to approve each friggin' server on my widespread internet journeys.] Sure enough, it has it's own little 'approved sites' section, which I've never had to use before. When I put in Amazon.com I was able to get into my account again. Bedtime after all this? 12:30 am. Yup, 2 hourson this troubleshoot alone.
Why it acts this way is a mystery. It probably has to do with the second computer and the foreign ISPs it uses in it's travels. After all this I have a better feel for what will make the Security Nazis happy the next time I'm denied access.
It is good to undergo these trials and tribulations now and get them out of the way; it's one reason I got Delly and the wireless router in May, so I could work the bugs out. Big Brother begins in 5 days and I don't want ANYTHING to keep me from living Live Feeds large, reading and writing about them on Hamster Time, and commiserating with my chat friends. The Syncronized Eye-Roll event!
So, Security Nazis, I think I now know your evil game. You will not prevail!
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I know the feeling. I have a wireless router a stand alone hardware firewall and a software firewall running and it was a trip getting it all set right. But, since I have one computer in the DMZ on my network so I could broadcast a web cam I made sure security on my home network was as tight as it could be. I'm sure you'll get everything under control.
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