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Hi,
for some unknown reason, I can no longer download anything in Newsbin (v6).

I get these error messages:
[11:52:01] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:52:01] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:52:01] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:52:01] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:52:01] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:54:21] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:54:21] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:56:42] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR Socket - Error: WSARecv Socket Error Code: 10060Et forsøg på at oprette forbindelse mislykkedes, fordi den part, der havde oprettet forbindelse, ikke svarede korrekt efter en
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - Server:news.giganews.com NNTPServer: Timeout - Waiting for Server to send Data: Socket - Read or Write Timeout
[11:56:42] ERROR NNTPSocket - NS_Connect - news.giganews.com Unable to read Greetings from Server:Socket - Read or Write Timeout

Any ideas? To the best om my knowledge I have not made any changes to my setup.

Thanks in advance

Br Mikkel

Any chance you're using Avast, or some other antivirus?

http://www.newsbin.com/motd_archive_2011.php

There's been reports that Avast has started blocking usenet as default behaviour.

DT

Yeah, looks like another Avast case.

Hi,

yes, I use Avast.

What should I look for in avast, in order to solve this problem?

Thanx

Someone reported that you can turn off NNTP scanning in avast. I think you should simply tell it not to monitor whatever TCP port you're using. 119 TCP is the default for usenet.

Thanks Quade!

I removed port 80 from some list.

As you might have guessed by now, I have no idea whatsoever what all this is about, I just know that it didn't work, and now it does.

Thanks!

/Mikkel