Only Ie Connects To The Net

[Surfer]

I'm having a weird problem with my system. I can't connect to the internet with any program eccepted IE. My anti virus can't update, my outlook express won't connect, same with mozzila firefox. I can connect with IE and only IE. I ran Hijackthis and it said there was a problem with winsock so I used winsockfix, but it didn't fix the problem. It's not the firewall even with it turned off everythings the same. What's going on and how can I fix it?

[sunrise]

Surfer did you ever have Sygate firewall installed on your computer and then later remove it?

[Ferrit]

Exactly what firewall are you using at present that you turn off?
Have you tried using ping?
Start Run Command then Ping www.yahoo.com

[Surfer]

I'm using the security suite offered by my ISP I think it is made by F-PROT. I was using AVG the free version and my firewall was Sygate. I was using ZoneAlarm a while ago but it was causing me problems so I switched to Sygate. I removed AVG & Sygate and then installed my ISP's suite.

[Ferrit]

If i read this right you have no firewall.
You said
I was using ZoneAlarm a while ago but it was causing me problems so I switched to Sygate.
I removed AVG & Sygate and then installed my ISP's suite.

Is this Shaw secure? by any chance?

[Surfer]

Problem solved, it was the Sygate firewall. I thought I had uninstalled it but for some reason it was still running in the back round. I used a program called Revo and it removed all traces of Sygate and now everything works as it should.