I tried WinSockFix.exe,
I should have realised IE7 is for XP only,
downloading IE6 haults at around 8500,
removing IE from Zone Alarm and configuring it again did not work,
shutting down Zone Alarm & connecting without protection stopped the dnserror.htm message but IE timed out (I also got a few Nasties in less than a minute),
reverting to IE4 from within my machine is not an option as I deleted IE4 files all together shortly after I knew IE6 was stable.
So I have deleted as far as humanly possible all IE instances off of my computer, I don't really care now about up-dates since I'm on Win 98, my computer will sure fail altogether pretty soon as I have had it for over 8 years with no up-grades, reformatting or trips to the computer repair shop.