Unusual problem. Could it be firewall acting up?

Hi
I'm having an unusual problem I'm unsure if it's related to the
firewall. Recently I ran into the following problem. When I connect to
the Internet, I'm able to surf fine. However if I try to download any
type of software like for example, a program for installation, The
connection locks and I'm unable to do anything else online. The
connection acts like when you block traffic to the Internet. I can go
on working on the computer but there is no traffic either coming in or
going out. The only way I'm able to fix it is to reboot.

This started happening after updating to Firefox 1.5.0.7 and
installing Bitdefender 10. I did not notice anything after updating
Firefox so I tend to think it may be related to Bitdefender's
firewall. But I checked and re-checked every setting and can't find
anything wrong. And it happens suddenly. I've not seen anything even
remotely related to this problem anywhere. I've googled, etc and
nothing and I was wondering if anybody has had any experiences like
the one I'm having.

If anybody has any ideas they would be most welcome.

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Re: Unusual problem. Could it be firewall acting up?

"Hephaestus" wrote

> This started happening after updating to Firefox 1.5.0.7 and
> installing Bitdefender 10. I did not notice anything after updating
> Firefox so I tend to think it may be related to Bitdefender's
> firewall. But I checked and re-checked every setting and can't find
> anything wrong

Maybe already tried, but most firewalls have the options to bypass them (
allow all ).
If your firewall in bypass mode gives no problems, it must be one of the
firewall settings.

Re: Unusual problem. Could it be firewall acting up?

In article ,
hephaestus@theforge.net says...
> Hi
> I'm having an unusual problem I'm unsure if it's related to the
> firewall. Recently I ran into the following problem. When I connect to
> the Internet, I'm able to surf fine. However if I try to download any
> type of software like for example, a program for installation, The
> connection locks and I'm unable to do anything else online. The
> connection acts like when you block traffic to the Internet. I can go
> on working on the computer but there is no traffic either coming in or
> going out. The only way I'm able to fix it is to reboot.
>
> This started happening after updating to Firefox 1.5.0.7 and
> installing Bitdefender 10. I did not notice anything after updating
> Firefox so I tend to think it may be related to Bitdefender's
> firewall. But I checked and re-checked every setting and can't find
> anything wrong. And it happens suddenly. I've not seen anything even
> remotely related to this problem anywhere. I've googled, etc and
> nothing and I was wondering if anybody has had any experiences like
> the one I'm having.
>
> If anybody has any ideas they would be most welcome.
>
Bitdefender 10 is reportedly very buggy at present.....You would probably
be better off uninstalling it until/if its fixed.
me

Re: Unusual problem. Could it be firewall acting up?

Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
> Hephaestus wrote:
>
>> This started happening after updating to Firefox 1.5.0.7 and
>> installing Bitdefender 10. I did not notice anything after updating
>> Firefox so I tend to think it may be related to Bitdefender's
>> firewall. But I checked and re-checked every setting and can't find
>> anything wrong. And it happens suddenly. I've not seen anything even
>> remotely related to this problem anywhere.
>
> Eh, there is no problem. You installed a software which is supposed to fuck
> up your network connection. Obviously it does so. Works as expected and
> designed.

As helpful as always I see Sebastian.

Re: Unusual problem. Could it be firewall acting up?

Thanks to everybody for your help. It seems to be a bug. And it only
happens when downloading any large files. I went to download some
software and it downloaded about 20 seconds before the connection
locked up. But if you use a news reader program to download software
it doesn't happen. Go figure. I'll probably try a different antivirus
and firewall.

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 21:28:07 -0400, Hephaestus
wrote:

>Hi
>I'm having an unusual problem I'm unsure if it's related to the
>firewall. Recently I ran into the following problem. When I connect to
>the Internet, I'm able to surf fine. However if I try to download any
>type of software like for example, a program for installation, The
>connection locks and I'm unable to do anything else online. The
>connection acts like when you block traffic to the Internet. I can go
>on working on the computer but there is no traffic either coming in or
>going out. The only way I'm able to fix it is to reboot.
>
>This started happening after updating to Firefox 1.5.0.7 and
>installing Bitdefender 10. I did not notice anything after updating
>Firefox so I tend to think it may be related to Bitdefender's
>firewall. But I checked and re-checked every setting and can't find
>anything wrong. And it happens suddenly. I've not seen anything even
>remotely related to this problem anywhere. I've googled, etc and
>nothing and I was wondering if anybody has had any experiences like
>the one I'm having.
>
>If anybody has any ideas they would be most welcome.