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Question for those in the know ,and perhaps some info for those wondering .
Today ,been having problems getting on line .Out of desperation ,shut down Zone alarm and switched on windows firewall - bingo .
Then tried Virgin Broadband faults and waited ....zzzzzzzzzzzzz:fastasleep:
No national faults ,no regional faults ,but hey presto -first question -"are you using Zone alarm " - it's causing problems on Virgin Broadband ---no further info -told to consult ZA site .

Anyone know what is the problem(my theory is its blocking a port that virgin use ,but which one ) ,or suggest a free decent firewall??

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Known issue with the fix for the internet wide DNS problem.

Affects people with Zone Alarm who have their settings set to High

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/0 ... larm_woes/

Zone Alarm page here: http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/ ... Issue.html

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/show ... p?t=839900

apparently it's a Microsoft fault ...

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I got so tired of ZA I deleted it. Constantly asking for verifications I'd already taught it.

That's the one - Virgin only gave me a quick reply "go to the ZA site " - no mention of the update problem .But to give Virgin their due they've now got a message on the fault line directing people to the ZA update page .Typical knee jerk microsoft reaction -like with XP update 1A -all my office 2000 worked till then ,I had even found the update that caused the problem ,but it's now embedded in XP2 update ,so bye bye office 2000(which I prefered and used daily at work) and in with 2003

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Used to use ZA....same problems.
To many sites became unavailable, and evn aol was shut out.
I now use pctools firewal plus. Free, and has a toolbar icon that shows data traffic.

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Could you explain this a bit more. I use Xp Sp2 and Sp3 with Office 2000 and it seems to work OK.

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First q - have you had any updates to windows recently ? Microsoft Update KB951748 is the one that causes the problem ,with Zone Alarm as Ometron said (http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/ ... Issue.html)

Once again Microsoft didn't just seal the gaps in the windows -they locked them shut
Like curing a car misfire by disconnecting the battery .

Zone Alarm page here: http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/ ... Issue.html
I have found that with Office 2000 and XP upgrades after xp1 ,(one particular upgrade in it ) that photodraw will not run -so (as I like it for maps etc) I have a dual boot disc -XP Pro /win 98 ,with a three partition disc.(XP/WIN98/DOS STORE )

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

I'd say it was a ZA fault. Microsoft fixed a big BIG security hole, ZA's response is to leave it open until we can fix our end.