firewall disabled

[johnfj]

Spybot is the only software that found this problem. Is it a real problem or a false reading?

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.FirewallDisabled: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\windowsfirewall\domainprofile\enablefirewall!=dword:1

Microsoft.WindowsSecurityCenter.FirewallDisabled: Settings (Registry change, nothing done)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\windowsfirewall\standardprofile\enablefirewall!=dword:1

[pskelley]

Welcome to the forum, it is best to ask the Spybot questions in that forum:
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=4 where the expert there will have a better knowledge of Spybot issues than folks here who deal with malware. Since you have posted here, I can tell you I get the same message on my computers because I run a third party firewall and disable the SP2 firewall, here is information that will help:
Why does Spybot-S&D flag changes in the Windows Security Center?
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/46.html
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/index.html
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=250

If we can do more here, read and follow these directions:
"BEFORE you POST" Mandatory Steps Before Requesting Assistance
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288
Please read and follow all instructions and post all required logs or reports, anything less will slow your process.
Use "Post Reply" to post the information in the instructions and stay in the same topic.

Thanks

[johnfj]

Is it a problem or not

[tashi]

Is it a problem or not :spider:

As a thread was started here: http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=12972 on the 17th, I have no idea why this topic was started in the malware removal forum.

Thank you Phil.