[keepitsimple14]

Turning off everything that has to do with McAfee didn't really do anything. I'm running McAfee Security Center 8.1, Virus Scan 12.1, and Firewall 9.1. The Ad-Aware version I'm using is 7.1. Usually Ad-Aware just finds a couple of cookies. When I scan with McAfee, it usually doesn't find anything, but every now and then a pop up will randomly come that says the trojan Vundo
has been found and removed.

[tomdkat]

Slow down, slow down. We have to do things orderly.

Now, when you say you "turned off everything" with McAfee software, how did you confirm the McAfee firewall was disabled?

Peace...

[robawalsh]

yeah, here's my opinion:
alot of people get this problem, and i think that alot of firewalls can block some parts of websites causing the whole website to not function. I dsisabled my Norton and now everything is fine, and faster...
I'm using the free Comodo Firewall Pro and Comodo AntiVirus which i would recommend.
really i don't see what else the problem could be - i'm guessing SeaMonkey connects to the internet differently to IE and Firefox.

but heres a few things i did:
1) get this
http://www.dslreports.com/front/DRTCP021.zip
then run it and at the bottom select what you use to connect to the internet from the dropdown box and in the small box to the right of it type 1492, click save and exit. reboot your computer.
2) in firefox, type about:config into the address bar. it will warn you to be careful but don't worry, just don't do anything stupid
at the top type into the filter box 'IPV6' (without quotes) and double click on what comes up (sets it to true). restart firefox.
3) disable firewall (i recommend using Comodo instead)

don't know what else u could do but let me know if this works
gd luck

[keepitsimple14]

That did the trick for Firefox 3. However, IE7 still isnt working, even with the firewall off. I don't really use it though. It turns out I didn't really have the firewall turned off earlier. Oh well. I'll check out comodo. Thanks!

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by robawalsh

really i don't see what else the problem could be - i'm guessing SeaMonkey connects to the internet differently to IE and Firefox.

Seamonkey doesn't do anything special to connect to the Internet but it's obscure enough of a browser that most mainstream security tools probably ignore it.

Peace...

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by keepitsimple14

It turns out I didn't really have the firewall turned off earlier. Oh well. I'll check out comodo. Thanks!

You'll need to get IE connecting to the Internet so you can run Windows updates. Before installing another firewall, disable the McAfee firewall so you're using ONLY the Windows firewall. Then, see if IE can connect. Boot in safe mode w/ networking and make sure the Windows firewall is the ONLY firewall running, if any firewall is running at all. Then see if IE can connect.

Peace...

[robawalsh]

Originally Posted by keepitsimple14

That did the trick for Firefox 3. However, IE7 still isnt working, even with the firewall off. I don't really use it though. It turns out I didn't really have the firewall turned off earlier. Oh well. I'll check out comodo. Thanks!

np. Comodo doesn't slow down your system either - but if you're getting the Comodo AntiVirus be patient with the install - it took me 20 mins or so and then did a HUUUUUGE scan!!

I don't know what you could do about IE but that shoudn't be a problem - tomdkat, not all sites don't work remember, 90% are fine, so Windows Updates should work

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by robawalsh

tomdkat, not all sites don't work remember, 90% are fine, so Windows Updates should work

That's what we don't know. We don't know what is causing IE to have connection issues with the other mainstream sites and don't know if the Windows Update site functions in a similar fashion as the other "problem" sites. I could see if you went to some random site "Bob's home page" and had some connection issue but Amazon?

With regard to the three things you posted you did above, in your first post in this thread you stated you performed items #1 and #2 in your list and uninstalled and re-installed Firefox. You still had connection problems, which is why you started this thread.

Once you disabled Norton's firewall, things started working.

Peace...

[robawalsh]

yh but i heard tht steps 1 and 2 worked for some other people in other forums

[tomdkat]

That's cool and we know those steps didn't work for you and they didn't resolve the IE issue for keepitsimple14. We have to find the cause of the problem before we can fix the problem.

Peace...

[DotHQ]

I switched from Norton to AVG free and have been very happy with the change. Norton itself appeared to be a virus at times.

[keepitsimple14]

Ok heres what has happened so far. Disabling McAfees firewall worked for about 30 minutes then stopped. I went into safe mode with networking and everything worked fine there when it was off...i didn't check when it was on but i might have to do that later tonight after work. I thought maybe McAfee turned the firewall back on (since it has a tendency to do that sort of thing) so i uninstalled it completely. Now it still isnt working, so i'm beginning to think its not the firewall at all. Any ideas?

[tomdkat]

Thanks for the update! So, it works in safe mode w/ networking but not when booted normally, even with the McAfee firewall disabled, right? I see where it worked for a little while but not for the duration of your browsing session.

*** RED ALERT! ***

I just read your post above about McAfee sometimes complaining about finding the Vundo trojan. I think this is a serious matter and should be dealt with first. Before we get to that, now that McAfee is uninstalled completely does Firefox still work and IE7 doesn't or do both browsers not work?

Getting back to Vundo, you can either install some newer anti-virus and anti-spyware apps and get Vundo (and whatever else that might be lurking) removed or you can start a thread in the malware removal forum seeking help in getting your system sanitized.

Peace...