Re: FIX for ZoneAlarm & KB951748 issue released
I am using microsoft.public.security in my Outlook Express to view/reply.
Problem started first part of the week after Windows Updates and AVG update.
Don't remember date of SP3 install, was right after it became available and
I got update notification from Automatic Updates. Usually when I first open
Internet Explorer I get this box that says "no internet connection
available, do you want to work offline or retry." When I click retry it
connects right up. My wireless connection doesn't connect at startup and if
I do manage to get it connected it drops during standby.
I use Windows Firewall, but have recently had Zone Alarms but didn't like
some things about it and uninstalled via Add/Remove programs. I have run a
search and did not find any files associated with Zone Alarms on my
computer. I have also had Norton Internet Security during 2006 and 2007.
I did a system restore yesterday and told Automatic Updates to not show me
KB951748 and KB951978 again. I did install the Malicious Software Tool.
Problem remains. I am wondering if maybe my internet provider may have been
messing with it trying to resolve this problem themselves. I believe it was
on Zone Alarms forum that I read where internet providers were having to
make corrections to their servers too. Don't know if that is correct or
not. I have read so much today, I can hardly remember my name at this
point. I have it all connected right now and has been working fine for the
last couple of hours. Don't know what is going on.
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23bqaawG5IHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I have been experiencing problems with my internet
>> connection all week.
>
> "All week" meaning since you installed KB951748, KB951978, and the
> Malicious Software Removal Tool on or shortly after 08 July 2008?
>
> When did you install WinXP SP3? Was AVG running in the background when
> you installed SP3? Do you only experience such issues after resuming from
> Standby or Hibernation?
>
> You've told us that ZoneAlarm isn't installed. Is another third-party
> firewall installed or are you using the Windows Firewall?
>
> Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on the machine?
>
> Lastly, if you uninstall "Security Update for Windows XP (KB951748)" via
> Add/Remove Programs & reboot, does the behavior persist?
>
> PS: Please tell me which newsgroup you're using to view and reply to this
> thread. I'd prefer that we discontinue the unnecessary crossposting.
> --
> ~PA Bear
>
>
> Phyllis wrote:
>> Microsoft Windows Updates this week were KB951748 (Security Update for
>> XP),
>> KB951978 (Update for Windows XP), KB890830 (Windows Malicious Software
>> Removal Tool). I have been experiencing problems with my internet
>> connection all week. Sometimes I can't get it to connect at all, or a
>> window will come up and say "there is no internet connection available,
>> do I
>> want to work offline or retry." If I click retry it will connect right
>> up.
>> Then at other times it will connect to the cable connection with no
>> problem,
>> but then my wireless connection will not connect, it doesn't even show a
>> network available. After fooling with it (disable, re-enable, repair) it
>> will just finally connect up.
>>
>> I had already upgraded to AVG 8.0 several weeks ago. The update this
>> week
>> was just a part of daily updates, but required restart of my computer
>> which
>> it never did before. It says 8.0.138.
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e30nuxF5IHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> What other *Windows* updates did you install this week? Exactly what
>>> problems are you experiencing since installing the July 2008 updates?
>>>
>>> Did you upgrade from AVG v7.5 to v8.0, and are you now running v8.1.135?
>>> --
>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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>>>
>>>
>>> Phyllis wrote:
>>>> Sorry about posting in the wrong place, but I was mainly commenting on
>>>> the
>>>> fact that there were others with what seemed like the same problem that
>>>> did
>>>> not have ZA.
>>>>
>>>> XP SP3, IE 7, and my AVG did an update this week that required restart
>>>> of
>>>> my
>>>> computer which has never happened before, so it is possible they made
>>>> some
>>>> changes as well. Has anyone complained about that freebie screwing
>>>> things
>>>> up? Seems like everything I have on my computer has been wanting to
>>>> update
>>>> today and I'm getting a little gun shy. Thanks
>>>>
>>>>> No, sorry. It's been a very long week...
>>>>>
>>>>> Then again, you did post in a thread about ZoneAlarm and KB951748
>>>>> instead
>>>>> of beginning your own thread.
>>>>>
>>>>> What's your Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3) and IE version, Phyllis?
>>>>> What other updates did you install this week besides KB951748?
>>>>> --
>>>>> Phyllis wrote:
>>>>>> So this fix works even if you are not running Zone Alarms?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ZA's had the fix for several days now:
>>> <snip>
>