Hello Again
I have not heard of ISP's offering a firewall, but could be that it is not
configured correctly, ZoneAlarm will be set to default after downloading and
will work as good as any.

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Hope This Helps
Haus
Not a MVP
Not a MS-MVP
Not nothing just a good ole boy..
"Barbara" wrote in message
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Hi, I have been having problems for ages now. I no longer
get my automatic update notification, although it's set
to on. I am not able to do any updates because I can't
get any further than the "Checking for latest version of
the windows update software"
I'm certain I need to download latest security patches
etc.
My computer keeps getting parasites,today I have ISTbar!!
I have noadware installed, and I scan and delete
everytime I start my PC, this gets rid of most stuff, but
not for good.
Regards the downloads..I followed instructions which
someone gave me some time back,to delete certain files
and try again, this didn't work. I have firewalls in my
ISP'S but I don't think I have anything like Zone Alarm,
so this shouldn't stop the updates should it? and I've
always got to update before. Can anyone tell me if I
should be checking some of my computer settings and
putting them right. Please try to help if you can, I'm
being driven to distraction here. Regards Barbara