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07-10-2008, 05:23 AM
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So who else had their internet knocked off by microsoft's latest xp update?
Being a zonealarm user it happened to me and i've spent all morning trying to work out what the hell happened. It was only a few minutes ago that I thought to shutdown my beloved firewall program (just incase) and low and behold the internet is back. Had a quick google and it turns out that it was the micrsoft update causing problems with zonealarm.
Needless to say i'm a little peeved about the whole affair  |
07-10-2008, 05:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | Nope, sorry, Mac OSX is running just fine despite the latest update from Microsoft! 
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07-10-2008, 05:28 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Latimour  Nope, sorry, Mac OSX is running just fine despite the latest update from Microsoft! | 
damn you mac users and your non faulty updates!  |
07-10-2008, 05:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the Netherlands, Amsterdam | | | nope, no interwebs problems for me |
07-10-2008, 05:30 AM
| | Sex Strings | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom | | I stopped using Zone Alarm about 5 years ago when it became utterly rubbish and full of holes. It's all hardware for me now 
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07-10-2008, 05:32 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | for some reason i can't even re-install the newer zonealarm...the installer keeps crashing 
i need a new firewall. can anyone recommend a decent free one? |
07-10-2008, 05:40 AM
| | Sex Strings | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver for some reason i can't even re-install the newer zonealarm...the installer keeps crashing
i need a new firewall. can anyone recommend a decent free one? | Do you not have a router? I'm preuming you're on broadband?
Windows firewall is fine if you run a router over it...
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07-10-2008, 05:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ont | | | you know... I have NEVER used a firewall. And I have NEVER had a virus or and hacker on my comp.
its not needed if you can keep you system maintained properly.
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07-10-2008, 05:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | Who're microsoft? 
Also Jonyak...I'd use one if were you. Your router probably has a built in one anyway though. |
07-10-2008, 07:36 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | argh! so i installed a new firewall (comodo) and the latest avg (8.0, i hadn't updated in a while) and my internet got knocked out again! i uninstalled both programs and my internet is still out. i don't understand ;_; and it's so frustrating. i even uninstalled the latest update and nothing! argh! |
07-10-2008, 07:44 AM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | | I have a firewall on my router and use Trend Micro's firewall as well. No problems! |
07-10-2008, 07:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ont | | Quote:
Originally Posted by moomoocajoo Also Jonyak...I'd use one if were you. Your router probably has a built in one anyway though. | My router does have a built in one. bt I disabled it as well.
I have never seen a need for on personaly. neer been hacked, never got a virus.
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07-10-2008, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Jonyak My router does have a built in one. bt I disabled it as well.
I have never seen a need for on personaly. neer been hacked, never got a virus. | It's not something you want to shout about. All someone needs to do is get your IP and bang, they're in... doesn't matter if you don't have any services running on your PC, there are ways...
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07-10-2008, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Spikeh It's not something you want to shout about. All someone needs to do is get your IP and bang, they're in... doesn't matter if you don't have any services running on your PC, there are ways... | not to worried about that right now... I'm at work and only post on here at work.. so you can try to get into my works comp but they have it locked up tighter than.... stuff.
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07-10-2008, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Jonyak not to worried about that right now... I'm at work and only post on here at work.. so you can try to get into my works comp but they have it locked up tighter than.... stuff. | Fair play to them I say.
If you don't use the Internet at home, you can still get virii from CDs and DVDs etc.
But, each to their own. I can't afford to lose any data on my home PCs, so I'm firewalled and backed up to hell.
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07-10-2008, 08:03 AM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver So who else had their internet knocked off by microsoft's latest xp update?
Being a zonealarm user it happened to me and i've spent all morning trying to work out what the hell happened. It was only a few minutes ago that I thought to shutdown my beloved firewall program (just incase) and low and behold the internet is back. Had a quick google and it turns out that it was the micrsoft update causing problems with zonealarm.
Needless to say i'm a little peeved about the whole affair | Oh my... Microsoft screwing up something with one of their updates?! Unthinkable! 
As an IT tech, I've avoided adding certain updates to my company's computers simply because they cause more problems than they fix.
Welcome to the world of Microsoft.
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07-10-2008, 08:17 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | ah ha, turned out some remnants of Mcafee programs were causing some problems after i installed the comodo firewall. got a program mcpr.exe to remove them.
i'm so annoyed that my day has been spent in frustration though. |
07-10-2008, 08:25 AM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | I've used ZoneAlarm forever. I've never had a problem with it.
A few weeks ago I installed SP3 (and a few random updates that came afterward). It configured automatically to ZoneAlarm. It worked perfectly.
I've been really lucky I guess. I've never had a real issue with MS, other than their ridiculous prices! My current system is a fully up-to-date XP SP3 box that runs incredibly well.
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07-10-2008, 08:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonyak My router does have a built in one. bt I disabled it as well.
I have never seen a need for on personaly. neer been hacked, never got a virus. | You do have anti virus though, I hope?
Firewalls will letyou control what comes and goes through your connection..I really sunno whats bad about that, at least bad enough to deicde to disable one. |
07-10-2008, 08:59 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver So who else had their internet knocked off by microsoft's latest xp update?
Being a zonealarm user it happened to me and i've spent all morning trying to work out what the hell happened. It was only a few minutes ago that I thought to shutdown my beloved firewall program (just incase) and low and behold the internet is back. Had a quick google and it turns out that it was the micrsoft update causing problems with zonealarm.
Needless to say i'm a little peeved about the whole affair | Thank you so much for posting this. My other computer's internet just got up and left recently. I thought it was a virus! I'll try shutting off zone alarm for a bit, and see how it goes. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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