I have uninstalled and re-installed Kerio several times lately. Kerio has not been getting along lately with my ISP’s proxy & web accelerator. I now seem to have the problem fixed. Kerio was keeping a number of aps from communicating with the proxy and therefore with the Internet in general.

It seems to come down to this: 1) there are conflicts between Kerio and Avast, in ‘plain mode’ (no special settings), I can run either one or the other with no problem; 2) I had prepared some Avanced Packet Filters (Kerio’s terminology for some special IP, protocol, & port settings) for Avast and had both running for awhile; 3) something did away with those APFs; 4) I now have only Avast Standard shield running and the AVS updating running; and 5) finally have Kerio and most (maybe all) applications communicating with the proxy and therefore the Internet.

Lastly, I now have a ‘baseline’ config saved for Kerio (some of this started with a recent Kerio update).

It has changed now because I made some changes. But, yes, it is that short. I have most every service that is not essential set to manual start right now while I’ve been trying to trace these weird problems. That is why I included HijackThis’s longer startup file, so everyone could see what is there but, for now, suppressed.

Here is Hijack this as of a few moments ago:

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:59:07 AM, on 6/22/2007 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

Running processes:
C:\WINNT\Explorer.EXE
D:\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
D:\Aps\Remind!\remind.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ISPCOMP\InstallService.exe
D:\Aps\FaxTalk\NOH\FTNohMGR.exe
D:\Aps\MS Office\Office\MSOFFICE.EXE
C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software\Personal Firewall\kpf4gui.exe
C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\NSClient.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ISPCOMP\SystemTrayIcon.exe
C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service_NSWatchman.exe
C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\Netscape Web Accelerator\nsaccel.exe
D:\APS\FIREFOX\MOZILL~1\FIREFOX.EXE
C:\Devices\nohijackthist\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page =
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyServer = http=127.0.0.1:5400
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Sun Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [Tweak UI] RUNDLL32.EXE TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakMeUp
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [avast!] d:\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [Remind!] D:\Aps\Remind!\remind.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [Netscape] C:\Program Files\Common Files\ISPCOMP\InstallService.exe
O4 - HKLM..\Run: [NetOnHold] .\FTNOHMgr.EXE /autoload
O4 - Global Startup: FaxTalk MOH.lnk = D:\Aps\FaxTalk\NOH\FTNohMGR.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar.lnk = D:\Aps\MS Office\Office\MSOFFICE.EXE
O8 - Extra context menu item: Show All Original Images - res://C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\Netscape Web Accelerator\nsaccel.exe/250
O8 - Extra context menu item: Show Original Image - res://C:\Program Files\Netscape Internet Service\Netscape Web Accelerator\nsaccel.exe/227
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Sun Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra ‘Tools’ menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Sun Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\ssv.dll
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1181312103709
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip..{75A803A6-D1C5-442C-A88B-F265B9CD0635}: NameServer = 205.188.146.145
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - ALWIL Software - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - d:\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing)
O23 - Service: Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service (dmadmin) - VERITAS Software Corp. - C:\WINNT\System32\dmadmin.exe
O23 - Service: LexBce Server (LexBceS) - Lexmark International, Inc. - C:\WINNT\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
O23 - Service: Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4 (SPF4) - Sunbelt Software - C:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software\Personal Firewall\kpf4ss.exe

I’ve set HijackThis IE settings all to ‘blank’ for the moment, while I try to determine what is happening between IE and FX. It looks like FX is running on the IE engine, which is possible, I just don’t know why it is doing so. Need to see if perhaps I need to update my Mozilla (when I get time…).

I’ve about come to the point of saying I just have a quirky machine with a quirky set-up. Certainly, WIN2000 is old and no longer supported - a number of the root certs have expired and that does not help. I updated one Verisign cert following Verisign’s directions and that made Win2000 VERY unhappy. ::slight_smile:

BTW, I downloaded and ran the AVG - which picked up a couple of adware files recently acquired (while my firewall was down), other than that, it found no real problem.

I will work on getting some of the other Avast shields back up with special Kerio settings, then work on enabling some of the other services one by one… ::slight_smile:

Thanks for everyone’s help! You’ve been most patient and kind. :slight_smile: