Browser not working after update

Hello,

First time poster...can't seem to find anything when searching.


I have Windows 7 Starter and it came with the Emachines 250 laptop. I have had it for a few weeks and the other day the browser (Chrome and Firefox) would not load pages. It gave the general error saying that there was a "problem loading page."

So I did a system restore back a few days and the browsers began working again (they also work in safe mode).

It appears as if a Windows update is causing this issue, as my system restore went back a few days prior to this update being installed. I also did not opt for this update, it is a "critical" update that installs itself.

Anybody else mention this issue?

Thanks for any help.

edit: I guess it doesn't have to be the update causing the issue, it just seems to be.

No resolve.

Any way I can turn off the automatic updates? I will just system restore prior to the update and try to keep it that way.