Two days ago I told you about that Windows Update that cut off your Internet connection. Now here are more details. Only users of the ZoneAlarm (ZA) firewall were affected. ZA has published a workaround for this problem, but it might be best to just reinstall the updated version of the firewall. That will solve your problem. Click here and click on ZoneAlarm Basic Firewall:
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html

Click Save, to save it to your computer. Then on your computer, click the file to run and install it. You do not have to uninstall your old version. Then go back to the Microsoft Update site and reinstall that update, if you had deleted it the other day.

After installing this new ZA version, you will notice the ZoneAlarm SpyBlocker in the upper left of your browser. This is unnecessary if you have other antispyware or spyware blocker programs. To turn it off or remove it, click the little down arrow to the right.

It is unclear whether it was Microsoft or who created this latest snafu. It sure would be nice if all these big software companies could work more closely together, and more importantly, test their products and updates more thoroughly before releasing them onto an unsuspecting public.

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