Re: Avast or Zone Alarm using proxy server?
From: Martin (vk2umj_at_yahoo.com.invalid)
Date: 02/13/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:21:38 +1100
"Gerald Vogt" <vogt@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> Zak wrote:
>> I use XP+SP1. I am in the UK and I am connected to NTL broadband.
>
> My personal opinion: update to SP2, use the SP2 firewall and deinstall
> ZoneAlarm. (No further comment necessary.)
Gee, most people are recommending the exact opposite...... Do you work for
Microsoft???
To the OP: I also run ZoneAlarm and Avast and have no such problem, perhaps
it was something else that set the proxy settings? I'm not sure why Gerald
feels WinXP-SP2 firewall is more stable and better than ZA (or other third
party firewalls), seems almost all other software 'experts' say not to use
the Windows firewall - I certainly noticed more 'intrusions' using only the
Windows firewall, problems that were stopped by switching to ZA and turning
the Windows firewall off!!
>
>> I am almost certain that I used to have no proxy sevrer set in IE6 >
>> Tools > Internet Options > Connections > Lan Settings.
>>
>> However I now see that the Use Proxy Server box is ticked and the IP
>> address entered is the loopback address 127.0.0.1 on port 81.
>
> To check: open a command prompt. Type "netstat -a -o -p tcp" to list your
> tcp connections and open ports. Look for the line with the local address
> listening to port 81. The last column is the process id of the process
> listening on that port. Remember the PID (eg. 1234).
>
> Type
>
> tasklist /fi "pid eq 1234" /v
>
> (with the double quotes) to see the name of the process image. Replace the
> /v with /svc to get service information if it is a running service.
>
> If you don't recognize the name of the executable, search the drive for it
> or look into the directories of ZoneAlarm to see if you can find it there.
>
>> Some web sites do not like this and they have problems.
>
> A web site does not know about this. The only possible problems is some
> information that it filtered out, e.g. cookies.
>
>> I also have Zome Alarm 4.5 and also the antivirus Avast (version 4.5 home
>> edition). Perhaps one of these two applications change the LAN Settings?
>
> Likely.
>
>> I also use Firefox and Opera as browsers. Their own settings seem
>> unchanged and do not refer to a proxy server but when I try to go to the
>> problem web pages (eg http://www.firstdirect.com/) then they return a
>> message protesting about proxy servers.
>
> What's the exact message?
>
>> How can I get around this?
>
> The easiest way probably would be to deinstall ZoneAlarm (if it is ZA) and
> update to SP2, and use its firewall which is more stable and runs much
> faster. Otherwise, (if it is ZA) you have to properly configure ZA not to
> filter out whatever it is filtering out which probably means to deactivate
> its privacy protection or whitelist the sites that have problems with it.
> ZA support or help pages should be extensive about how to do this.
>
> Gerald
>
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