January 9th 04, 10:19 PM
Thanks for the input. I have had my firewall enabled
since I installed XP last year. I have tried everything I
can think of short of reinstalling XP again which
probably would not help. Since I do not get a disconnect
when leaving Outlook up and running I think IE is going
to have to go. I might try and see If I can get another
browser on a cd and try installing it. If it does not
disconnect I will have the problem at least partially
fixed. If it does it looks like I am back at square one.
Dennis
>-----Original Message-----
>Unfortunately, Norton antivirus, even with the most
>recent updates, does not catch every worm or virus. In
>teh past two months I have gotten three worms that were
>not detected by Norton, despite having all of my windows
>security updates, not getting any viruses in outlook,
and
>having auto-protect on. One of the best ways to keep
from
>getting a worm is to simply turn on a firewall, but my
>VPN client (Cisco) doesn't work with XP's built-in
>firewall even in firewall mode with the VPN ports
>specfied as non-blocked in the firewall. Whatever. An
>outside firewall has fixed that problem for me.
>
>To see if you have a worm, open your task manager and
>search google for every program listed. To open the task
>manager, ctrl-alt-delete and select task manager. Or
>right-click on the task bar and select task manager.
>Legitimate programs will almost always have search
>returns that tell you what they are.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>This is driving me crazy! I keep getting disconnected
>>from my isp every time I log on with ie 6. I ca get my
>>mail using Outlook and leave it up and will not be
>>disconnected until a shhort time usually less than a
>>minute or to of bringing up opening Internet Explorer.
>>This just started happening in the last 2 weeks so I
>>thought I might have gotten a virus or something. I
have
>>Norton system works and have scanned for viruses and
>>worms and have found none. I am positive it is not my
>isp
>>as I am connecting on my wifes system right now and do
>>not get dropped connections. I can't download anything
>>including updates for the last couple of weeks as my
>>connection won't stay up that long on my system. I am
>>running XP home. Any help or ideas would be greatly
>>appreciated. I also tried to reinstall Office telling
it
>>to repair any bad files and that also did not help. I
>>also am usning a dialup service.
>>Thanks for your time. Dennis
>>.
>>
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>
since I installed XP last year. I have tried everything I
can think of short of reinstalling XP again which
probably would not help. Since I do not get a disconnect
when leaving Outlook up and running I think IE is going
to have to go. I might try and see If I can get another
browser on a cd and try installing it. If it does not
disconnect I will have the problem at least partially
fixed. If it does it looks like I am back at square one.
Dennis
>-----Original Message-----
>Unfortunately, Norton antivirus, even with the most
>recent updates, does not catch every worm or virus. In
>teh past two months I have gotten three worms that were
>not detected by Norton, despite having all of my windows
>security updates, not getting any viruses in outlook,
and
>having auto-protect on. One of the best ways to keep
from
>getting a worm is to simply turn on a firewall, but my
>VPN client (Cisco) doesn't work with XP's built-in
>firewall even in firewall mode with the VPN ports
>specfied as non-blocked in the firewall. Whatever. An
>outside firewall has fixed that problem for me.
>
>To see if you have a worm, open your task manager and
>search google for every program listed. To open the task
>manager, ctrl-alt-delete and select task manager. Or
>right-click on the task bar and select task manager.
>Legitimate programs will almost always have search
>returns that tell you what they are.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>This is driving me crazy! I keep getting disconnected
>>from my isp every time I log on with ie 6. I ca get my
>>mail using Outlook and leave it up and will not be
>>disconnected until a shhort time usually less than a
>>minute or to of bringing up opening Internet Explorer.
>>This just started happening in the last 2 weeks so I
>>thought I might have gotten a virus or something. I
have
>>Norton system works and have scanned for viruses and
>>worms and have found none. I am positive it is not my
>isp
>>as I am connecting on my wifes system right now and do
>>not get dropped connections. I can't download anything
>>including updates for the last couple of weeks as my
>>connection won't stay up that long on my system. I am
>>running XP home. Any help or ideas would be greatly
>>appreciated. I also tried to reinstall Office telling
it
>>to repair any bad files and that also did not help. I
>>also am usning a dialup service.
>>Thanks for your time. Dennis
>>.
>>
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