verisign??

[Mo]

Hi,

I am running XP home with a Sygate firewall and Norton Utilities/AV. At some
time recently I have found that if I go to open a file in explorer or pretty
well anywhere else in folders or desktop I get the hourglass spinning for
some seconds then a panel, telling me that 'windows explorer.exe' -
'NAV.exe' and just a few minutes ago MS Power Point.exe' (as I tried to open
a pps file), all appear to want to go out of port 80 to verisign. obviously
I block them.

I have run AV and spyware scans they find nothing. Has anybody any ideas
what is happening.. it is getting frustrating to have to go through this
'ritual' every time I want to open a file.

TIA. - Mo

 

[Peter 343]

I found this for you in another newsgroep. Hope it helps.

Subject: Re: slow response with network connection enabled 1/8/2004 2:23 PM
PST

By: Carey Frisch [MVP] (search by author) In:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain

Right-click on your IE desktop icon and select:
Properties > Advanced and scroll down to the
Security heading. Uncheck the box next to
"Check for publisher's certificate revocation"
and click "apply" and reboot.

It appears that all the NAV files are signed with a certificate
that expired 1/7/2004. Every time it tries to use a file, it's going
out to VeriSign to see if it's really expired and if there's a new
certificate available.

Hopefully Symantec will correct this issue soon.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| something else is running. If I disable my network
| connection, my speed returns to normal. I have downloaded
| all critical updates and my Norton antivirus does not find
| anything. I am connected to a 100mbps network with a frac
| T to the outside world (www. Any ideas. I thought it
| might be a buffer overrun but the updates should cure
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