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Firefox 2 and Winzip 10 issue

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by abanerji

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I upgraded from Firefox 1.5 to 2.0.0.3 yesterday. Have been using winzip 10 for long ... no issues earlier.

I keep my browser in offline mode, unless I am surfing the net. Firefox is my default browser. Previously (under 1.5), when I would click on a saved webpage inside a zipped folder, firefox would open the page (and remain offline). Now (under version 2), the same action opens firefox (in online state) with the saved webpage.

However, winzip has been acting funny. ZoneAlarm warns me that winzip is trying to access the internet (although winzip auto-update is off), and I promptly deny permission. Once, winzip crashed.

However, I right-clicked the same saved webpage and opened in IE 6 ... and, no issue.

What could be happening, please?

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by tony hopkinson

is simply winzip unzipping the page and then calling Firefox to browse it, which of course is defaulting to on-line.

As to why it's going on-line I suspect it's the automatic check for updates, but there's naff all out there on google to confirm this or deal with it.

In tools options General Tab Update Tab, the default is to check, you could try knocking them off, but you'll need to manually check for updates if that works, which might leave you out of date security wise when on-line.

by abanerji

Thank you. Have now set FF on manual update, let's see if this solves.

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