Kaspersky breaks all internet functionality

Discussion in 'other anti-virus software' started by Cutting_Edgetech, Oct 22, 2014.

  1. Cutting_Edgetech

    Cutting_Edgetech Registered Member

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    I'm using a trial of Kaspersky right now, and it is blocking me from doing almost all my usual online activity. I can't even get to the login page of my yahoo mail account. It informs me about a dangerous certificate, and when I choose to allow it I get an error. The only option I have right now is to disable Kaspersky. If I enable Kaspersky after I login to my mail account I can't attach any attachments, and I can't send any messages. I get an error message. If I disabled Kaspersky then that fixes the problem. I'm having the same problem on other sites as well. I had to add a Kaspersky certificate earlier today just to be able to do a Google Search. Is there something that I need to change, or disable in Kaspersky's settings? It seems to breaking sites that already use HTTPS.
     
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    Have you installed at default or made some customisation? Look likes you add the scanning/inspection of https from what you described.
    I think its also good you do a quick search at Kaspersky forum. You will find many posts that may help you.
     
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    The only thing I changed was the Heuristics Analysis from light scan to medium. I have left everything else as default. I changed it back to light to see if that makes a difference, but I don't think the heuristics level should be causing this problem.
     
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    I just tried disabling scan encrypted connections in the settings as mentioned in that thread, and it does not look as though that fixed the problem either. I will have to close my web browser, and open it again just to make sure.
     
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    Closing, and opening my web browser again after I disabled scanning of encrypted connections did not make any difference. I will read the rest of the thread in a moment.
     
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    I run it periodically on default primarily with Win 7....not experienced that.
     
  8. Cutting_Edgetech

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    I was able to fix the problem by importing Kaspersky's certificate from C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP15.0.1\Data\Cert into Firefox. If you ask me, this is not a reasonable thing to ask of most home users. Most home users will be totally lost in trying to resolve this problem. I wonder how many sales this has caused them to loss.
     
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    Silly I know. I might have misread also. Before I go rooting around too much. After I change or change back a setting I reboot my PC. Rebooting my PC, Android & Linux has saved me from overfixing many a device. Rebooting is 2nd only to checking if the device is plugged in, in usefulness. :)
     
  10. henryg

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    I used to have the same problem with BitDefender. One option is to disable the SSL scan....
     
  11. xxJackxx

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    I agree it is not reasonable. I doubt it has been ongoing long enough to cost any sales. I don't scan encrypted connections so I have not seen the issue, and I don't expect that most of the less technical users will see the issue. Not making excuses for them, just trying to be realistic. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.
     
  12. gery

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    uninstalled it today after days of having connection issues. Back to ZAESS
     
  13. Cutting_Edgetech

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    The problem exist even if you are not scanning secure connections. I was not scanning secure connections.
     
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    Interesting. I have not encountered the issue on my 2 machines, or on the dozen or so at work with KIS installed.
     
  15. Cutting_Edgetech

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    Maybe my installation became corrupted. When I installed KIS the installation progressed until it said there was 5 seconds remaining for the installation to complete. I waited about 50 minutes, and the installation still said there was 5 seconds remaining for the installation to complete. I had VoodooShield (anti-executable) disabled during the installation, but I think it was still silently blocking KIS from completing it's installation. I completely closed VS from the tray icon, and KIS completed it's installation about 5 seconds after closing VS. Maybe VS kept KIS from adding it's certificate to Firefox. That's only a possibility though, and may not be the case at all. KIS said the installation completed without error. I reported it to VS's developer after the problem occurred.
     
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