If your computer is protected by a firewall, your firewall may display messages that blinkx is trying to act as a server or trying to access the Internet.

You should set your firewall to allow blinkx to act as a server and to access the Internet, so it can index the local documents you want to be able to search and search for web results.

For example:

McAfee Personal Firewall Plus

The program blinkx Application is requesting access to the Internet

Select the Grant Access option.

This ensures that blinkx can access the Internet to search the web.

The following messages may also be displayed:

The program blinkxinstaller.exe is requesting access to the Internet

Select the Grant Access option.

This executable needs to access the Internet, so that you can register blinkx.

The program iblinkx.exe is requesting access to the Internet

Select the Grant Access option.

This executable needs to act as a local server, so that blinkx can index the local documents you want to be able to search.

The program ablinkx.exe is requesting access to the Internet

Select the Grant Access option.

This executable needs to act as a local server, so that blinkx can index the local documents you want to be able to search.

Note: depending on which firewall you are using, you may also get messages that ablinkx.exe, oblinkx.exe, eblinkx.exe or pblinkx.exe are trying to access the Internet. In order to enable blinkx' file and email indexing service, you should set your firewall to allow these executables to access the Internet.

Using blinkx with a personal software firewall

McAfee Personal Firewall Plus