Hi there!I've installed Avast on my personal computer at home. It has scanned my hard drive and, in some way, I think I must have spoiled something since I'm nowunable to access any web page. What's strange is that I'm still able to use MSN Messenger and some other softwares. Last week, I tried to useMicrosoft Internet Explorer. I was now unable to access the page. So, I've installed Firefox and Safari thinking that I might just have to changeof browser. When I got in Safari, I got an unknown error: kCFErrorDomainWinSock:10054. I tried to find a solutionto my problem, but nothing helped me yet. Can anyone help me on this one?Thanks!Alex.

1) Please specify the Proxy address in the Internet Explorer and check it2) Please let us know the Error message you are getting in Internet Explorer.Thanks Syed Khairuddin

Hi Alex, First I would like to confirm the following points: 1. Does Firefox work properly?. 2. Is your computer in a domain? 3. Are you running Windows Server 2008 or 2003? Based on the current situation, I suggest trying the following methods to test the issue. Please start IE to check the result after each step. Note: The following steps apply for Windows Vista/Server 2008. Step 1 Reset IE ========== 1. Click Start, please type inetcpl.cpl (without quotation marks) in the Start Search bar and press Enter to open the Internet options window. 2. Switch to the Advanced tab. 3. Click the "Reset Internet Explorer Settings" button. 4. Click Reset to confirm the operation. 5. Click Close when the resetting process has finished. 6. Uncheck the "Enable third-party browser extensions" option in the Settings box. 7. Click Apply, click OK. Step 2 Start Safe Mode for IE =================== 1. Click on the Start menu, enter "iexplore -extoff" (without quotation marks) and press Enter. 2. Copy the link and paste it into the address bar in Internet Explorer. Step 3 Reset Proxy ============ If you are not located in a corporate network, or if you do not use a proxy server to connect to the Internet, clear the WinHTTP proxy configuration. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Open Internet Explorer. 2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. 3. Click the Connections tab, and then click LAN Settings. 4. In the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings dialog box, click to select the Automatically detect settings check box, and then click OK. 5. In the Proxy Server diaglog box, clear ALL of the option check boxes then click OK to quit. 6. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK. 7. Type the following commands. Press ENTER after each command. a. Netsh winhttp reset proxy b. net stop wuauserv c. net start wuauserv d. exit Note: If you use a router to access the Internet, please remove the router and connect the computer to the Internet directly. This issue can be caused by incorrect router configurations. If any proxy is necessary for the Internet connection, please contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider) before using the above command to remove the configuration. Whats the result? Hope it helps. Tim Quan - MSFT

mine to,i've used 360 and i deleted a winstock service and then i can't visit some pages(not all of them). SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!

Dear ALEX, I'v been having da same problem for quite a few weeks. I was unaware of da glitch. but untill sum1 suggested me safari and i got to knw da cause of the problem. i recieved da same error " kCFErrorDomainWinSock:10054". i trie3d searching bout it n saw ur post. now i know da problem. TURN OFF UR AVAST WEB SHIELD. avast has sum problems with its web shield but since am not a programmer i can suggest u how 2 rectify it. Ur browsers should work fine aftr u turn it off. if i see da date am pretty late but i hav a reply dat'll actually work. --------- kris