Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (1 Viewer)

[johnsandywhite]

There appears to be a threat to people surfing the Internet:-

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Check your DNS:-

DoxPara Research

 

[Don Madge]

Have a look at Link Removed to see what's happening, I've just about had a nervous breakdown this morning.

Don

 

[johnsandywhite]

Have a look at Link Removed to see what's happening, I've just about had a nervous breakdown this morning.

Don

Sod's Law. My Laptop was just in the process of doing a Windows update. Cancelled it for now. But I think the problem may be down to the Firewall.

The updates are a waste of time and space anyway. There are better ways of keeping PC's safe while using Windows.

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[GJH]

Have a look at Link Removed to see what's happening, I've just about had a nervous breakdown this morning.

Don

I had the problem of not being able to connect to the Internet on this machine this morning after the restart following the latest Windows update. After eliminating things like modem and router falling over I checked to see if my Vista laptop was OK. It was so I did a system restore on this machine and have been OK since.

I assumed that Microsoft had released an update with a bug in it - and will take great care in installing updates for the next few days.

Graham

 

[Lindy-C]

I had the problem of not being able to connect to the Internet on this machine this morning after the restart following the latest Windows update. After eliminating things like modem and router falling over I checked to see if my Vista laptop was OK. It was so I did a system restore on this machine and have been OK since.

I assumed that Microsoft had released an update with a bug in it - and will take great care in installing updates for the next few days.

Graham

I had the same problem with my lappy today Graham, system restore fixed it (I'm running XP).
The update reminder has come up on the main PC, I daren't install them.......how do I go about stopping them uploading automatically when I shut it down tonight?

 

[johnsandywhite]

:Cool: Hi Linda. Do this:-

Start
Control Panel
Automatic Updates
Tick - Turn Off Automatic Updates.

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[Lindy-C]

Thanks muchly John

 

[madbluemad]

:Cool: Hi Linda. Do this:-

Start
Control Panel
Automatic Updates
Tick - Turn Off Automatic Updates.

I turned mine off when I first bought the machine. I'm still working on SP3.

If it aint broke dont fix it.

Jim

 

[GJH]

I've just been looking around to see if I can find any news about the problem caused by the update. On the BBC web site HERE, the last paragraph of the story is "Some readers have contacted the BBC saying that applying Microsoft patch had caused problems with their PC. However, a Microsoft spokesman said its call centre staff had not seen any calls about such problems."

I've sent a message to Microsoft, through the feedback facility on the MS Update page, telling them I had the problem

I think we'll continue to allow updates to run - but only on one machine at a time - and then check that Internet access is available straight away. At least we know that the problem can be reversed by a simple System Restore.

Graham

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[evans88]

Those suffering the worst problems are those using a Zone Alam firewall (free and paid). Zone Alarm have recommended that you remove the latest Windows update KB951748. A fix should be available soon. You can keep up to date with the situation through the Zone Alarm firewall.

 

[GJH]

Those suffering the worst problems are those using a Zone Alam firewall (free and paid). Zone Alarm have recommended that you remove the latest Windows update KB951748. A fix should be available soon. You can keep up to date with the situation through the Zone Alarm firewall.

Thanks - I do have Zone Alarm on this machine so that is probably the explanation. Details of workaround fixes on the ZA web site HERE.

Graham