Fails to open

[PA Bear [MS-MVP]]

[Crosspost to IE General]



What anti-virus application was installed *before* you installed MSE

and was your subscription still current?





Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the computer

(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought

it)?



See...



Can I install MSE to clean up my already-infected computer?

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/msescan/thread/87058857-d181-4019-a723-efd9a49d9275



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On Jan 24, 1:17 pm, Ray wrote...

> I have two websites that I have accessed regularly for years with no problems.  Recently I

> installed "Microsoft Security Essentials" and since then I cannot open those two sites.  I

> am assuming that the antivirus program is blocking them but don't know how to allow them

> to run.  I disabled the AV program through "services.msc" but still can't open them.  I

> tried restarting after disabling but the AV program is active at startup so that's no

> help.  Is there a way to stop the AV from running at startup?  As I said, I am assuming

> the cause is MSE.