SOMETHING that lets IE connect to the Internet, but does not let Firefox and Thunderbird connect.
Isn't Kerio blocking the other two? Can you uninstall Kerio for a while and test? Maybe disabling is not enough...
I have uninstalled and re-installed Kerio several times lately. Kerio has not been getting along lately with my ISP's proxy & web accelerator. I now seem to have the problem fixed. Kerio was keeping a number of aps from communicating with the proxy and therefore with the Internet in general.
It seems to come down to this: 1) there are conflicts between Kerio and Avast, in 'plain mode' (no special settings), I can run either one or the other with no problem; 2) I had prepared some Avanced Packet Filters (Kerio's terminology for some special IP, protocol, & port settings) for Avast and had both running for awhile; 3) something did away with those APFs; 4) I now have only Avast Standard shield running and the AVS updating running; and 5) finally have Kerio and most (maybe all) applications communicating with the proxy and therefore the Internet.
Lastly, I now have a 'baseline' config saved for Kerio (some of this started with a recent Kerio update).
Yes, I posted that earlier in this thread:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=28910.msg237143#msg237143
But is it the same right now or it changed?
Is it that short or you're doing it at Safe Mode?
It has changed now because I made some changes. But, yes, it is that short. I have most every service that is not essential set to manual start right now while I've been trying to trace these weird problems. That is why I included HijackThis's longer startup file, so everyone could see what is there but, for now, suppressed.
Here is Hijack this as of a few moments ago:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 10:59:07 AM, on 6/22/2007
Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)
Running processes:
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
D:\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
D:\Aps\Remind!\remind.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ISPCOMP\InstallService.exe
D:\Aps\FaxTalk\NOH\FTNohMGR.exe
D:\Aps\MS Office\Office\MSOFFICE.EXE
C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software\Personal Firewall\kpf4gui.exe
C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\NSClient.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ISPCOMP\SystemTrayIcon.exe
C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\_NSWatchman.exe
C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\Netscape Web Accelerator\nsaccel.exe
D:\APS\FIREFOX\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE
C:\Devices\nohijackthist\HijackThis.exe
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:5400
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Sun Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Tweak UI] RUNDLL32.EXE TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakMeUp
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] d:\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Remind!] D:\Aps\Remind!\remind.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Netscape] C:\Program Files\Common Files\ISPCOMP\InstallService.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NetOnHold] .\FTNOHMgr.EXE /autoload
O4 - Global Startup: FaxTalk MOH.lnk = D:\Aps\FaxTalk\NOH\FTNohMGR.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar.lnk = D:\Aps\MS Office\Office\MSOFFICE.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: Show All Original Images - res://C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\Netscape Web Accelerator\nsaccel.exe/250
O8 - Extra context menu item: Show Original Image - res://C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\Netscape Web Accelerator\nsaccel.exe/227
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Sun Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Sun Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1181312103709
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{75A803A6-D1C5-442C-A88B-F265B9CD0635}: NameServer = 205.188.146.145
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - ALWIL Software - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: LexBce Server (LexBceS) - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:\WINNT\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
O23 - Service: Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4 (SPF4) - Sunbelt Software - C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software\Personal Firewall\kpf4ss.exe
I've set HijackThis IE settings all to 'blank' for the moment, while I try to determine what is happening between IE and FX. It looks like FX is running on the IE engine, which is possible, I just don't know why it is doing so. Need to see if perhaps I need to update my Mozilla (when I get time...).
I've about come to the point of saying I just have a quirky machine with a quirky set-up. Certainly, WIN2000 is old and no longer supported - a number of the root certs have expired and that does not help. I updated one Verisign cert following Verisign's directions and that made Win2000 VERY unhappy.
BTW, I downloaded and ran the AVG - which picked up a couple of adware files recently acquired (while my firewall was down), other than that, it found no real problem.
I will work on getting some of the other Avast shields back up with special Kerio settings, then work on enabling some of the other services one by one...
Thanks for everyone's help! You've been most patient and kind.