VMware Fusion 11.5.1 Win XP Guest using IE8 can only access Google

Hi,

VMware Fusion 11.5.1

Host:     MacOS 10.14.6 (Mojave)

Guest:   Windows XP Pro SP3 w/ IE8

I've been running this configuration for over 2 years with no apparent issues. I use Avira AntiVirus and Little Snitch 4.4.3 network filter on the host, with no firewall or other network restrictions on the guest. I recently tried to use Internet Explorer on the guest and, through trial and error, came to the conclusion that IE can access www.google.com (error-free), and also a few other sub-domains e.g. books.google.com (with varying certificate errors), but no other Internet sites.

Anyone else had a similar experience? Were you able to resolve it and, if so, how?

Thanks in advance!