MS Security Patch Blocks Net Access For ZoneAlarm Users

An anonymous reader writes "Users of Check Point ZoneAlarm security products, including the extremely popular, free-of-charge software firewall, have discovered that a Microsoft security update released on Tuesday has blocked their internet access. The firewall manufacturer is 'investigating the issue,' and so far the workaround seems to be to uninstall the recent DNS spoofing vulnerability fix MS08-037 (KB951748), and not reinstall it until Microsoft or Check Point have come up with updated versions of their products."

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And this is a bad thing how?

[trolltalk.com]

a Microsoft security update released on Tuesday has blocked their internet access.

... it certainly makes their computers less prone to being hacked on the net ...

Re:And this is a bad thing how?

[Floritard]

So the headline should have read:

"MS Security Patch perfects ZoneAlarm firewall"

Re:BTW-for those unsure if you're broken

[gEvil (beta)]

I'm pretty sure the computer I'm on right now is affected by this problem. Tell me what I need to do to fix it. It's a G5 iMac running Microsoft Tiger. The problem started when I updated Internet Safari. Please help!!!