Based on how your 3rd-Party applications/services load there may be

a window of time where the Sophos AV isn't initialized. If Security Ctr

is already active it would naturally report the missing AV/Firewall. Once

the services load then Security Center would be satisfied the PC has a

Firewall/AV running. You might want to download/run AutoRuns from

SysInternals to see what type of Startups run on your PC. However, it

can't control the loading sequence. I'd contact Sophos and see if they

are aware of the issue and have a patch/update.



"Robert S" <robert.spam.me.senseless@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I use Sophos antivirus and the XP firewall.  When I log in I usually get a

>message "Your computer might be at risk - No firewall is turned on, Sophos

>anti-virus is turned off".  These two items are definitely switched on and

>the message eventually goes away.

>

> How do I prevent this from happening?

>