Since Loading MS's Emergency Patch, IE6 No Longer Opens http Sites

[rebl66]

Since I downloaded that emergency patch that MicroSoft insisted was urgent
last week, I cannot get to any http:// sites on the Internet. Email works,
FTP works, and IE6 will open https:// sites. Just not the routine http://
sites.

I have tried comparing all the settings on the affected machine with those
on another that still works and can't find any apparent differences there.
Where should I be looking to solve this problem?

Thanks.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
posting to this newsgroup, please.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall
(if any)?

If you're running ZoneAlarm, what ZA application and version is it (e.g., ZA
Free; ZA Pro; ZAISS; v7.0.482.0)?

Does this only happen when you connect wirelessly?

 

[Susan Bradley]

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What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall (if any)?

If you're running ZoneAlarm, what ZA application and version is it
(e.g., ZA Free; ZA Pro; ZAISS; v7.0.482.0)?

Does this only happen when you connect wirelessly?

AVG's freak out did a symptom like this.

Are you running AVG by any chance?

 

[rebl66]

Sorry. Running Win XP SP3.

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Suite is AVG 8.0, which is of course not updating
itself because it can't access the http site.

I don't believe I am using a third-party firewall. Believe it is the
Windows firewall.

I installed the patch on four computers, three of which access the Internet
wirelessly. The only computer that cannot access the normal Internet sites
is the one that is hard-wired to the router.

[X-post to IE General & WIndows Update newsgroups]

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
posting to this newsgroup, please.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall
(if any)?

If you're running ZoneAlarm, what ZA application and version is it (e.g., ZA
Free; ZA Pro; ZAISS; v7.0.482.0)?

Does this only happen when you connect wirelessly?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Since I downloaded that emergency patch that MicroSoft insisted was urgent
last week, I cannot get to any http:// sites on the Internet. Email
works,
FTP works, and IE6 will open https:// sites. Just not the routine http://
sites.

I have tried comparing all the settings on the affected machine with those
on another that still works and can't find any apparent differences there.
Where should I be looking to solve this problem?

Thanks.

 

[rebl66]

Susan, yes I am running AVG 8.0. Does that information point to a fix? Is
the problem and the solution described somewhere? Thanks.

[X-post to IE General & WIndows Update newsgroups]

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
posting to this newsgroup, please.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall (if any)?

If you're running ZoneAlarm, what ZA application and version is it
(e.g., ZA Free; ZA Pro; ZAISS; v7.0.482.0)?

Does this only happen when you connect wirelessly?

AVG's freak out did a symptom like this.

Are you running AVG by any chance?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If it's AVG Internet Security:

=> See Hot Topic #5019 here: http://www.avg.com/support

=> The suite includes a firewall so the Windows Firewall should not be
enabled.
--
~PA Bear

Sorry. Running Win XP SP3.

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Suite is AVG 8.0, which is of course not updating
itself because it can't access the http site.

I don't believe I am using a third-party firewall. Believe it is the
Windows firewall.

I installed the patch on four computers, three of which access the
Internet
wirelessly. The only computer that cannot access the normal Internet
sites
is the one that is hard-wired to the router.

[X-post to IE General & WIndows Update newsgroups]

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
posting to this newsgroup, please.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

If you're running ZoneAlarm, what ZA application and version is it (e.g.,
ZA Free; ZA Pro; ZAISS; v7.0.482.0)?

Does this only happen when you connect wirelessly?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Since I downloaded that emergency patch that MicroSoft insisted was
urgent
last week, I cannot get to any http:// sites on the Internet. Email
works,
FTP works, and IE6 will open https:// sites. Just not the routine
http://
sites.

I have tried comparing all the settings on the affected machine with
those
on another that still works and can't find any apparent differences
there.
Where should I be looking to solve this problem?

Thanks.

 

[rebl66]

Thank you. The link actually showed Hot Topic 1561 "Inactive Components
and/or Blocked Internet Connection . . ." but that topic provided the
executable to fix the problem.

Again, thank you PA Bear for the fix, and Susan Bradley for nailing the
source of the problem.

If it's AVG Internet Security:

=> See Hot Topic #5019 here: http://www.avg.com/support

=> The suite includes a firewall so the Windows Firewall should not be
enabled.
--
~PA Bear

Sorry. Running Win XP SP3.

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Suite is AVG 8.0, which is of course not updating
itself because it can't access the http site.

I don't believe I am using a third-party firewall. Believe it is the
Windows firewall.

I installed the patch on four computers, three of which access the
Internet
wirelessly. The only computer that cannot access the normal Internet
sites
is the one that is hard-wired to the router.

[X-post to IE General & WIndows Update newsgroups]

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1) when
posting to this newsgroup, please.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

If you're running ZoneAlarm, what ZA application and version is it (e.g.,
ZA Free; ZA Pro; ZAISS; v7.0.482.0)?

Does this only happen when you connect wirelessly?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

rebl66 wrote:
Since I downloaded that emergency patch that MicroSoft insisted was
urgent
last week, I cannot get to any http:// sites on the Internet. Email
works,
FTP works, and IE6 will open https:// sites. Just not the routine
http://
sites.

I have tried comparing all the settings on the affected machine with
those
on another that still works and can't find any apparent differences
there.
Where should I be looking to solve this problem?

Thanks.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Yes, my bad.]

Thank you. The link actually showed Hot Topic 1561 "Inactive Components
and/or Blocked Internet Connection . . ." but that topic provided the
executable to fix the problem.

Again, thank you PA Bear for the fix, and Susan Bradley for nailing the
source of the problem.

If it's AVG Internet Security:

=> See Hot Topic #5019 here: http://www.avg.com/support

=> The suite includes a firewall so the Windows Firewall should not be
enabled.
--
~PA Bear

Sorry. Running Win XP SP3.

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Suite is AVG 8.0, which is of course not
updating
itself because it can't access the http site.

I don't believe I am using a third-party firewall. Believe it is the
Windows firewall.

I installed the patch on four computers, three of which access the
Internet
wirelessly. The only computer that cannot access the normal Internet
sites
is the one that is hard-wired to the router.

:
[X-post to IE General & WIndows Update newsgroups]

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1)
when
posting to this newsgroup, please.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed? What
anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)? What third-party
firewall
(if any)?

If you're running ZoneAlarm, what ZA application and version is it
(e.g.,
ZA Free; ZA Pro; ZAISS; v7.0.482.0)?

Does this only happen when you connect wirelessly?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

rebl66 wrote:
Since I downloaded that emergency patch that MicroSoft insisted was
urgent
last week, I cannot get to any http:// sites on the Internet. Email
works,
FTP works, and IE6 will open https:// sites. Just not the routine
http://
sites.

I have tried comparing all the settings on the affected machine with
those
on another that still works and can't find any apparent differences
there.
Where should I be looking to solve this problem?

Thanks.