Hi everybody,
I'll try to explain my problem.
After having experimented some malware problems in the past few weeks, I've followed this site advice and I've installed several tools to protect myself: ZoneAlarm, SS&D, SAS, WinPatrol, ...
Until yesterday at 8PM everything was fine.
But today it's a mess!!!
I've downloaded and installed a few MS automatic updates, I've rebooted and from then on I had no more chance to access the internet.
I've checked all possible causes and I've seen that if I shut ZA everything works fine.
So I've removed ZA, rebooted again and reinstalled, applying all defaults.
Still no way.
More, I started getting a number of TCP connections blocked by ZA itself, like something scanning all the ports trying to find the right way to get out.
I thought something was wrong, so I performed a full scan with SS&D with no results, then HiJack, then I've cleaned with CCleaner, then a full scan with Avira and SAS, but still no results.
The only way to solve the issue has been lowering the protection level in ZA, from High Level to Medium Level.
But I'm really worrying about the consequences of this and, more than that, about what could be happened.
Does anybody want to try and give me a good word?
Thank you in advance
Riccardo
I'll try to explain my problem.
After having experimented some malware problems in the past few weeks, I've followed this site advice and I've installed several tools to protect myself: ZoneAlarm, SS&D, SAS, WinPatrol, ...
Until yesterday at 8PM everything was fine.
But today it's a mess!!!
I've downloaded and installed a few MS automatic updates, I've rebooted and from then on I had no more chance to access the internet.
I've checked all possible causes and I've seen that if I shut ZA everything works fine.
So I've removed ZA, rebooted again and reinstalled, applying all defaults.
Still no way.
More, I started getting a number of TCP connections blocked by ZA itself, like something scanning all the ports trying to find the right way to get out.
I thought something was wrong, so I performed a full scan with SS&D with no results, then HiJack, then I've cleaned with CCleaner, then a full scan with Avira and SAS, but still no results.
The only way to solve the issue has been lowering the protection level in ZA, from High Level to Medium Level.
But I'm really worrying about the consequences of this and, more than that, about what could be happened.
Does anybody want to try and give me a good word?
Thank you in advance
Riccardo