Yeah - Kaspersky has one of the best AV solutions out there and the firewall's pretty decent too.
I've managed to solve my problem
thanks to squall_leonhart. BTW I wouldn't recommend using an older KIS version because the firewall in some versions had a pretty serious vulnerability to do with hooked SSDTs. Don't know what they are, just avoid any pre-v7.0.1.325 KISs.
EDIT: lol - skip all this and just read the next post. :doh: Thanks again squall_leonhart. The security vulnerability in KIS is present in KIS6 and possibly early versions of KIS7, but there are update patches for most of these. I'm pretty sure v7.0.0.121 is OK but there are links on this page if you'd like more info:
http://www.matousec.com/info/adviso...ument-validation-of-hooked-SSDT-functions.php
However, I think it's quicker to rename the dll (temporarily turn off self-defense first) and this way you'll still have the latest build.
SOLUTION:
"Disable the anti dialer component."
You can
try unchecking the anti-dialer under Privacy Control and maybe rebooting but this didn't work for me. What I did was under KIS's Start Menu folder, go to
Modify, Repair or Remove and choose Modify. Under KIS 7 --> Protection Components click on
Privacy Control and select
Entire Feature will be unavailable. Click on Next, finish the reinstallation and reboot.
Your settings, updates etc will still be there but the Anti-phishing, Anti-dialer (of course) and whatever the password vault protector thing was called won't be available. Privacy Control's not all that useful if you have IE7 + broadband anyway and you can easily find a standalone password protector/filter/vault thing. You can undo this modification at any time via
Modify, Repair or Remove.