can't go on some websites

i have no idea what happened but about 2 months ago..yahoo mail stopped working..i thought it was down for everyone but today on my moms laptop..yahoo mail works..but when i try it on my computer..it doesn't work..on firefox or internet explorer..sometimes it works on internet explorer if i use a proxy but not every single time...i have xp..i use bitdefender and zone alarm..even when i turn those off..i still can't go on yahoo mail..this happens for other websites too..hope someone can help me

 

anyone know whats wrong ? is it my windows firewall ? i turned it off but when i go to security center..it still says its on

 

Try making it a trusted, allowed and exempted url.

 

i already did..that was the 2nd thing i tried after turning off my firewall

 

like with myspace..

i can go on myspace.com

but no www.myspace.com

 

Hello drareg,

Check to see if your HOSTS has entries blocking sites:

The Hosts file is located in: C:WINDOWS/System32/Drivers/etc/HOSTS

Hosts opens with Notepad.

The standard default Hosts looks like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

If it doesn't look like that and you don't use a custom Hosts file - paste it into your next post.

You write it happened about 2 months ago - around that time, was IE7 installed? What is the IE version?

Regards - Charles

 

YEA ! how did you know haha..when i installed IE7..thats when it started happening..yahoo mail went down..support.microsoft went down ( but now its back up )..and myspace started going weird on me..and link-protector.com

IE version 7.0.5730.11

and the HOSTS look the same to me

 

Hi drareg,

You can remove IE7 through Add/Remove Programs and revert back to IE6.

If you want to reinstall IE7, read through this article:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/10/18/182724.aspx

Scroll down to Before installing IE7 and follow instructions exactly.


Regards - Charles

 

Make sure your Cookies aren't blocking the site.

 

^ i don't block any...

it doesn't show IE7 in add/remove programs

 

Well, I don't know what to tell you, you'd be the first user of IE7 in XP that I've run across that wouldn't have an IE7 entry.

The entry is Windows Internet Explorer 7

Anyone running Vista wouldn't have that line.

Regards - Charles

 

oh sorry LOL..i was looking for " Microsoft " not " Windows " hehe my fault

 

i took off IE7..now i have IE6..but i still can't go on

www.link-protector.com
mail.yahoo.com ( can go on main page but can't connect to the mail server when logging in )
and www.myspace.com still doesn't work..whenever theres something in front of myspace like..www.myspace, profile.myspace and photos.myspace..it just doesn't work..i can't figure out what it is

 

its not doing anything...i have no choice but to reformat..bye bye

 

wait don't reformat yet..

give few minute to prepare post for this.

bob

 

in cmd prompt type these 1 at time some may give error, is ok

netsh interface ip delete arpcache

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /release *

ipconfig /renew *

ipconfig /registerdns

nbtstat -RR

d/l install these

mvp block-list this will clean errors in hosts and put in many protections
http://www.ericphelps.com/security/index.html#HOSTS


khblocker
http://download.freewarefiles.com/files/setup_khblocker24.zip
update after install

bob

 

i already did..but no difference...still can't on those sites but i freed up 40GB of space so its ok lol..i'll wait for your post any help is good

 

i did all those..and still nothing

--

The connection has timed out

The server at www.myspace.com is taking too long to respond.


i guess i'm just screeeeeewed