KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today. Grrr

[Guest Jim]

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Had the same problem of not being able to connect to internet.

 

Un-installed KB951749 and everything is OK.

 

Not sure if ZoneAlarm had anything to do with the problem, since the 'July

2008 edition of MS malicious software removal tool' was installed at the

same instance as the KB and that seemed to have had no problem .

 

--

Jim

"What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."

[Guest Jeff@unknown.com]

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Does not seem to have done that in my case. My XP Security setting (after

installing the problem KB) remained set at "download but install updates

only after checking with me".

 

Jeff

 

> besides that, I found the update over-ruled the 'ask when to install'

> setting, and updated anyway without asking... bit naughty i think...

> I removed my update yesterday & left my pc on overnight to download

> bits, only to find come morning, the pc had auto restarted after

> doing the update again, grrrr....

[Guest Harry Johnston [MVP]]

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Victoria V. wrote:

> ZA says NOT to reduce your Internet Zone Security to "medium." The gurus on

> their message boards say to leave the setting on "high" (to avoid other nasty

> buggers), and to go into your Control Panel, select Add/Remove Programs (make

> sure to have "show updates" checked), and remove/uninstall the offending

> update.

 

Of course, that leaves you vulnerable to any "nasty buggers" who might be

exploiting the DNS vulnerability the update in question fixes.

 

In any case, ZA have now released an update for their software which will

resolve this problem, so you don't need to choose any more.

 

Harry.

[Guest Anthony Buckland]

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today. Grrr

 

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:eFYp1rf4IHA.4800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> See related conversations in this forum:

> http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board?board.id=cfg

>

> Keep an eye on this thread:

> http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=cfg&message.id=52785

>

> Although the fix here should work:

> http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=cfg&message.id=52727

>

> I strongly disagree with this advice:

> http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html

>

> Perhaps a better firewall is what's needed?

> http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php

>

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> ...

 

I've just installed the new relevant ZoneAlarm version 7.0.483.000,

and the outstanding MIcrosoft updates.

Everything seems to be working ok so far. Thanks to ZoneAlarm for

their swift action.

[Guest Juju]

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

 

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> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

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> I too have lost my internet connection after installing this update (KB951748). I only knew this was the reason after calling my service provider's helpline and they informed me of an issue with this update. I don;t have Zone Alarm, I have Avira. I am registered for automatic updates as I don't always know which updates I need so am having to manually remove this update almost daily! Any solutions out there?

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[Guest hickory25@gmail.com]

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

We had massive problems in the office with ZoneAlarm and KB951978

messing with each other. Half of the problem was knowing what users

might be affected, or if they hadn't been affected yet whether they

would be. I've been using Paglo to find the all users with ZoneAlarm

and also to check which machines haven't got the patch yet (https://

community.paglo.com/blog_topic/index/135-are-your-windows-machines-

patched-against-the-dns-cache-poisoning-vulnerability).

 

It might be time to give Zone the heave-ho.

 

Sam

 

On Jul 10, 2:07 pm, "Jim" <j_outlerNOS...@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Had the same problem of not being able to connect to internet.

>

> Un-installed KB951749 and everything is OK.

>

> Not sure if ZoneAlarm had anything to do with the problem, since the 'July

> 2008 edition of MS malicious software removal tool' was installed at the

> same instance as the KB and that seemed to have had no problem .

>

> --

> Jim

> "What we know is minuscule to what we don't know..."

[Guest i need answer how to resolve problem]

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

Re: KB951748 security update blocked my internet completely today.

 

 

 

"TaurArian" wrote:

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> "Charles Lee" <No_Spam@for.me> wrote in message

> news:Or85iVb4IHA.4488@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> | My internet was blocked completely by the last security update....

> | yesterday, I was fine....

> |

> | I have 3 pc's on a home network, all on xp...

> |

> | 2 of them, I let update with the latest offering from ms... the security

> | update KB951748...

> |

> | then I lost all connectivy to the net via my router upon reboot, except for

> | the pc I didn't update...

> |

> | pc number 2, I recovered via system restore, back to yesterday... all became

> | fine again...

> |

> |

> | with my main pc, I had not any restore points.... so had to remove the

> | update via 'add/remove' which then killed off 2 programs after uninstalling,

> | which I then had to reinstall.... yawn....

> |

> | after removing KB951748, my internet connection came back to me, like a

> | faithful dog, no probs... phew....

> |

> |

> |

> | is there a way to install this update & adjust it so internet stays working,

> | or....

> | should this update be avoided altoogether...???????

> |

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> If you're using ZA - you should read this -

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> Zone Alarm & KB951748 Workaround:

> http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=cfg&message.id=52727

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> xposted to the Windows Update Newsgroup for your convenience.

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> http://taurarian.mvps.org

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> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

> Computer Maintenance: Acronis / Diskeeper / Paragon / Raxco

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