Can you describe your problem from scratch? I'm not at all sure it is
related to the conversation in this thread which was completely disjointed
and never resolved.
You've installed Microsoft Antispyware.
Did you use it to scan your system and clean something up?
You are now getting a message that something cannot connect to the
Internet--is that Microsoft Antispyware, when trying to get definitions?
You have a dsl connection, and are not experiencing any other trouble with
Internet connectivity--i.e. web browsing works, email works?
If it is Microsoft Antispyware, here's more:
1) this can be caused by any break in connectivity between the app and the
definition servers--including those servers being down. There are new
definitions available today--sometimes we've had a brief spate of this
message just before definitions have been available, which goes away with
time
2) this can be cause by either Internet Explorer or Outlook Express being
set to "work offline."
3) this can be caused by a software firewall, perhaps part of an antivirus
suite, that controls outbound traffic.
4) Some have been able to resolve this message by checking the
"automatically detect" box in
Internet Options, connection tab, either Lan or dialup settings, depending
on the type of connection--in your case, it would be LAN settings.
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