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Thread ID: 91543 2008-07-10 07:49:00 Microsoft Updates crashing Firefox GrahamW (13953) Press F1
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687374 2008-07-10 07:49:00 The automatic updates from Microsoft yesterday (9th July) are preventing pages loading in Firefox & Internet Explorer. Have only been able to sort by using System Restore to earlier date. Anyone else having problems? Solutions other than stopping installation of updates? Am running XP. GrahamW (13953)
687375 2008-07-10 07:54:00 Are you using Zonealarm?? If you are, you have to update it, or uninstall the updates from the other day, then get the ZA update, then install it.

Then reinstall the XP updates
Speedy Gonzales (78)
687376 2008-07-10 08:08:00 I may be having related problems: The updates from MS for my XP system are stopping my wireless network (D-Link adapter, Linksys router) from working -- I have updated twice now, both times following the update I get "The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading" and I've got no internet at all. I've twice gone back to the pre-update restore point, and I'm staying there now until I find out which update is doing this. Yes, I have ZA Pro, but it is completely up to date. Definitely the update -- I did not update the other computer on on my network, and it is fine. Does MS know about this? Can anyone point at a MS url that er works arfound this?
thanks -- michael
Michael@home (10396)
687377 2008-07-10 08:15:00 But did you get the update that came out yesterday/today?? For Zonealarm??

Since it has only been updated to address this issue with the MS updates?
Speedy Gonzales (78)
687378 2008-07-10 08:26:00 download.zonealarm.com

the auto update in ZA dosn't see any new updates so you need to go to site to find it.
tweak'e (69)
687379 2008-07-10 09:08:00 Speedy was right on the nose. Can't understand why ZA did not advise of an update to solve this problem -- it was hard for me to know whether it was Network Magic, ZAP, or something related to by adapter or router. Perhaps someone wants me to do away with all this third-party stuff...
Thank you!
Michael@home (10396)
687380 2008-07-10 09:22:00 The culprit is "Security Update for Windows (KB 951748) If anyone is still having problems go to Add/Remove Programs & Remove it. Worked for me. amyes5 (2773)
687381 2008-07-10 09:22:00 It may have been MS's screwup, and ZA had to fix the program, because of what the MS update did.

No probs :)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
687382 2008-07-10 10:46:00 Thanks to all for the help. Ended up uninstalling KB951748 and got internet access back.
GrahamW.
GrahamW (13953)
687383 2008-07-10 12:01:00 yes - but that update addresses the DNS issue - so if you dont allow the patch you will be open to being redirected and exposed to all kinds of phishing expeditions without you realizing it at all - so personaly, I'd just get the latest ZA update here (download.zonealarm.com) which has fixed the problem, and allow all MS updates to be installed. bevy121 (117)
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