Re: Warning! 'shell://' with win98 ...

[network_ops () TIDALWAVE NET (Keith McCammon)]

Guys,

The packet lockout after thirty minutes is almost certainly being caused by Zone Alarm.  ZA has an Internet Lock 
feature that you can set.  This lock will shut off ALL traffic after a set amount of time (I think 30 minutes is the 
default), or when the screen saver is activated.  I'dd make sure you clean all Zone Alarm values out of the registry.

Keith

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: nine <nine () 14X NET>
Reply-To: nine <nine () 14X NET>
Date:         Sat, 3 Jun 2000 14:00:38 -0400

> I tested this on Windows 98 SE, which in my case was running on a small
> lan, with all packets going through a NetBSD gateway. After typing
> shell://, I get the "Page Cannot be Displayed" (obviously), and as Alex
> Schuetz said, about 30 minutes later, a reboot was needed because I could
> not access the outside. It still does this about every half hour, even
> after reboot. Just a confirmation.
>
> Erik Tayler
> 14x Network Security
> http://www.14x.net
>
> On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Alex Schuetz wrote:
>
> > Dear people,
> >
> > I just dipped deeper into the "shell://" problem using _Windows98_
> > instead of WinNt/2k. For me, it causes endless problems. After exactly
> > 30 minutes of operation, Win98 started to block every TCPIP packet,
> > every ping from my host resulted in an immediate "Error 10050" (whatever
> > that is). No packet goes in or out alive.
> >
> > Trying to reproduce the error sooner by pushing forward the local time
> > (DOS command.com box, "time" command) after rebooting didn't help to
> > make the error occur "sooner". Since I tried out the "shell://" pattern
> > the first time, now I'll have to pray every 30 minutes that the @#!
> > computer will please,please keep sending/receiving my internet packets.
> > Oh, shit....
> >
> > I also found out there were some remains in the (run/runonce/runonceEX)
> > registry from a firewall called ZoneAlarm. Maybe the bug somehow
> > triggered these remains to block everything every 30 minutes. It's just
> > a theory. But I'll keep you up to date as soon as I find out more.
> > Comments welcome.
> >
> > Dazed and confused,
> >
> > Alex