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

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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?
--
~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] wrote:
> [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?

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.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> [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.
>
>

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

"Susan Bradley" wrote:

> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> > [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?
>

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

rebl66 wrote:
> 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.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> [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.

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.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> 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
>
> rebl66 wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >> [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.
>
>

[Yes, my bad.]

rebl66 wrote:
> 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.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> rebl66 wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>> [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.