Year of the Code Monkey
Because Jonah Bishop Said So
Just yesterday, Microsoft released a ‘critical update’ for issue 951748, fixing a DNS security hole. It turns out that this fix completely hoses the Zone Alarm software firewall (which I happen to run). In essence, you completely lose your internet connection.
The folks that make the Zone Alarm firewall are aware of the problem. For now, they suggest two workarounds: either uninstall the MS fix or set the firewall security slider to medium (down from high). Hopefully, a true fix will be issued within the next few days.
Update: This problem has even made Slashdot.
July 9, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Just use windows restore and leave the update sitting there until they patch it.
July 10, 2008 at 10:25 am
I actually disable Windows Restore, as I’ve never gotten it to work.
It sounds like, from the Slashdot story, that the Zone Alarm folks are at fault here, not Microsoft.