Microsoft anti-spy are cannot detect internet

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Westell 6100 DSL modem...No router.

Bill Sanderson said:
What's the device that Verizon has supplied that connects you to the
Internet? I've got a straight DSL modem, but have also supplied my own
wireless router. In some more recent installs, Verizon supplies a router,
as I understand it--which would be the reason for the NAT reference.
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Hmm - looks like that's one that incorporates router functionality, and
perhaps wireless as well.

Check your local IP address--(command prompt, IPCONFIG <enter>)

Is it 192.168.?.?

You may also want to check the router configuration to be sure that, if you
are not using the wireless functionality--that the radio is turned off.
Otherwise, if unencrypted, this is a security issue--even if encrypted I'd
turn it off if you are not using it.

I believe Verizon support should be able to help you through this--there
should be a web interface to the router available at the .1 address of the
subnet corresponding to your IP address.--i.e. if you are 192.168.1.2, the
router would be 192.168.1.1.

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This may have router capability but I am pretty sure it is not wireless. My
doc addresses neither issue....Guess they like to keep us dumb...or at least
un-confused.
FWIW..this function (spyware update) worked when run under an account that
did not have admin auth.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Gary Boatman>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : myhome.westell.com
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.47
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
 
Definitely doing NAT. If it were wireless, there'd be visible antennas, I
believe.

If you want to learn more about it, enter:

http://192.168.1.1

in your browser.

You should get a request for credentials--try "admin" and "password" or, if
these are not correct, your Verizon credentials.

There may well be nothing you want to know in there, but sometimes it is
useful--for example, if you want to enable connection to your machine via
Remote Desktop or Remote Assistance, you need to configure port forwarding
in the nat.

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Gary Boatman said:
This may have router capability but I am pretty sure it is not wireless.
My
doc addresses neither issue....Guess they like to keep us dumb...or at
least
un-confused.
FWIW..this function (spyware update) worked when run under an account that
did not have admin auth.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Gary Boatman>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : myhome.westell.com
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.47
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Bill Sanderson said:
Hmm - looks like that's one that incorporates router functionality, and
perhaps wireless as well.

Check your local IP address--(command prompt, IPCONFIG <enter>)

Is it 192.168.?.?

You may also want to check the router configuration to be sure that, if
you
are not using the wireless functionality--that the radio is turned off.
Otherwise, if unencrypted, this is a security issue--even if encrypted
I'd
turn it off if you are not using it.

I believe Verizon support should be able to help you through this--there
should be a web interface to the router available at the .1 address of
the
subnet corresponding to your IP address.--i.e. if you are 192.168.1.2,
the
router would be 192.168.1.1.
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took a look...thanks Bill
Gary

Bill Sanderson said:
Definitely doing NAT. If it were wireless, there'd be visible antennas, I
believe.

If you want to learn more about it, enter:

http://192.168.1.1

in your browser.

You should get a request for credentials--try "admin" and "password" or, if
these are not correct, your Verizon credentials.

There may well be nothing you want to know in there, but sometimes it is
useful--for example, if you want to enable connection to your machine via
Remote Desktop or Remote Assistance, you need to configure port forwarding
in the nat.

--

Gary Boatman said:
This may have router capability but I am pretty sure it is not wireless.
My
doc addresses neither issue....Guess they like to keep us dumb...or at
least
un-confused.
FWIW..this function (spyware update) worked when run under an account that
did not have admin auth.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Gary Boatman>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : myhome.westell.com
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.47
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Bill Sanderson said:
Hmm - looks like that's one that incorporates router functionality, and
perhaps wireless as well.

Check your local IP address--(command prompt, IPCONFIG <enter>)

Is it 192.168.?.?

You may also want to check the router configuration to be sure that, if
you
are not using the wireless functionality--that the radio is turned off.
Otherwise, if unencrypted, this is a security issue--even if encrypted
I'd
turn it off if you are not using it.

I believe Verizon support should be able to help you through this--there
should be a web interface to the router available at the .1 address of
the
subnet corresponding to your IP address.--i.e. if you are 192.168.1.2,
the
router would be 192.168.1.1.

--

Westell 6100 DSL modem...No router.

:

What's the device that Verizon has supplied that connects you to the
Internet? I've got a straight DSL modem, but have also supplied my
own
wireless router. In some more recent installs, Verizon supplies a
router,
as I understand it--which would be the reason for the NAT reference.

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McAfee test of my firewall invokes hackerwatch.org to probe my
computer.
The
probe fails indicating that I am behind a NAT or Proxy. I do not
have a
proxy
configured. Guess that's about all I can contribute.

:

Ditto (Verizon DSL)

Interesting. I need to figure out what that setting is really
doing--a
very
knowledgable networking MVP here was of the opinion that the
setting
would
only make a difference if you were on a network that did, in fact,
have a
proxy server, and you weren't configured to use it.

This doesn't seem to match the facts in your situation--so there
must
be
more to it--thanks!

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message
No corp. network. I am, fortunately, retired from this business.
My
current
connection is thru Verizon DSL.....whatever that involves. Thanks
for
your
help.
Gary

:

Also, FWIW, they've just announced that for

Windows ® Defender (new name for beta2)

definition updates will be coming via AutoUpdate--so your issue
should
disappear.

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Bill, this post from ENGEL fixed my problem

Just open IE, Tools, Internet Options,
Connections, LAN Settings, and be sure that "Automatically
detect settings" is checked.
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Hi. I tried this but ot doesn't work for me. I have a cable modem connected
through USB to my computer. Any other solution?
 
Robert - I believe you were attempting the connection at a time when some
infrastructure issue--routers or DNS, was causing it to appear that the
servers were down.

This should now be fixed--is it, for you??

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