Re: Avast or Zone Alarm using proxy server?

From: Gerald Vogt (vogt_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 02/13/05

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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.)

    > 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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