Firewall Windows settings keep changing ~ I don't change them! HELP Please

Recently, I noticed that to change my Windows Firewall settings, AND I'm not modify them.

I set the Windows Firewall as follows:

1. on the "Général" tab
I ticked the boxes: 'On' (recommended) and "don't allow exceptions".
2. in the tab 'Exceptions ':
NO boxes are checked
I ticked 'display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program '.
3. on the "Advanced" tab
ONLY "Connection to the Local network" is checked
and under the 'Settings' button ICMP NO boxes are checked.

Periodically, I notice that my "Network Icon" (two screens) is very active when I'm not navigate on the internet or by e-mail.  When I click with the right button on the icon and select "Change Windows Firewall settings", I note that the following changes have been made to my original settings, BUT NOT BY me!

1. on the "Général" tab
The box: 'On' (recommended) is checked
BUT "don't allow exceptions" is now disabled
2. in the tab 'Exceptions ':
File sharing and printer is enabled
AND "Display a notification when Windows Firewall blocks a program" is now disabled
3. on the "Advanced" tab
If I click on the box 'Connect to the Local network' that is always checked
under ICMP, and go to the "Settings" button
NOW, the first "Allow an incoming echo request" is checked.

Earlier this week, I hadn't double checked if the parameters have changed and started printing a Word document, I had been editing.  Before the start of my print file, my printer started to print pages and pages of garbled text (just the letters and not readable ~ grabage).  After the cancellation of all the print jobs, I checked the Windows Firewall settings again, and they had been changed from the original settings that I had chosen, once again!

The only way I can restore my original settings is to click on the default button on the tab "Advanced" and then double-checking the options I want.

This happens at least 8 times a day and makes me crazy, because I am constantly having to check if the Windows Firewall settings are as I put them in the first place.  If they are not, I have to go through this process over and over again.  By making print a nightmare, but it's also annoying to have to keep control of the settings.

Ask everything you big strong guys out there to give this 'small' a helping hand technique with this one, please.

Thank you very much
~ Alison Xx

Hello

1. is there any firewall other than Windows Firewall running?

2. using any antivirus?

3. Since when did you start to deal with the issue?

Method 1: It could be virus issue. First we will analyze the system for infections using the Microsoft Security Scanner which can be downloaded from the link below:

http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

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