MSN.co.uk Search blocked by ZoneAlarm Privacy Facility

Block private headers is the culprit

[IanTurner]

I was just doing some lookups on MSN.co.uk and it appears that you need to have to allow ActiveX to get the search results.

Is this just a temporary glitch or have MSN really lost the plot and are now forcing people to download activeX controls to get their search results?

[engine]

Seems to work fine for me. Is it still playing up?

[IanTurner]

Hmm still playing up here, it could be my Zone Alarm privacy policy that is causing it.

[ncw164x]

Yes your right, I have ActiveX disabled, if you do a search it takes you back to the home page instead of the search results.

[engine]

Hmmmm, for me it seems to work fine on IE6 with active x disabled.

[ncw164x]

I have IE6 with java disabled as well, could be the java rather than ActiveX

[IanTurner]

I have java working and get the problem, and I wouldn't have thought that MS would have gone for java over activex

[mattur]

Appears to be Zone Alarm disabling some script actions - I get the same (search -> back to homepage) with Zone Alarm turned on.

[IanTurner]

I have identified it as being Zone Alarm privacy - if 'Block Private Headers' is set you get the return to homepage behaviour, clearing this flag will restore behaviour to normal.