IE or Firefox not loading [certain web pages]

Hi i would really appreciate if someone could give me a lil insight on what to do, i have both the IE and the mozilla firefox but do prefer the firefox but at the moment neither of them will load certain web pages, myspace being one of them, i will type it in the address bar but no loading bars will come up on either explorer! This has only happened the last couple of days and i dont know how to fix it! Could someone please help me?!

 

Try ping

Try to ping the site using the command prompt:
Start-->Run-->cmd.exe
ping www.myspace.com

If you get something like:
Esecuzione di Ping www.myspace.com [216.178.38.131] con 32 byte di dati:

Risposta da 216.178.38.131: byte=32 durata=225ms TTL=244
Risposta da 216.178.38.131: byte=32 durata=224ms TTL=244
Risposta da 216.178.38.131: byte=32 durata=225ms TTL=244
Risposta da 216.178.38.131: byte=32 durata=229ms TTL=244

Statistiche Ping per 216.178.38.131:
Pacchetti: Trasmessi = 4, Ricevuti = 4, Persi = 0 (0% persi),
Tempo approssimativo percorsi andata/ritorno in millisecondi:
Minimo = 224ms, Massimo = 229ms, Medio = 225ms​

then the preblem is in the browser, otherwise the problem is in the network.

 

thanx for your reply, i did try it, first writing just www.myspace.com in the run box and it popped up to a webpage that did not load, than i tried putting in the exe and ping part in the run box and it did come up as a black box but had nothing like you had written down in it! I'm sorry lol this must get very frustraiting for you , but i am glad you are all here to help! Also by the browser problem or the network problem you mentioned, is the network my internet company or the myspace network?

 

Ok i figured how to do this and did it, what you had , mine came up very similar so i gather the problem is in the browser, and how would i go about fixing this, thanx heaps for this hey, its really starting to annoy me not being able to go on certain web pages, and i will say all of you ppl that help are godsends i dont know what i would of done lol, im sure everyone would agree yous a great i hope you get appreciated all over!

 

ok just an update, i can google on IE but not on firefox, i will add i am using windows xp and my IE is a 7 and still cant get to certain web pages on either explorer

 

Hey broni, thank you for your reply and your help, i did what you explained restarted and all and it is still the same although now when i open my IE a window pops up saying Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close, We are sorry for any inconveniance. So that angle appeared not to work! Any more ideas?? I sent the error report for IE and reopened it and it will not load to certain web pages either

 

hello again broni, i did as you asked , still not working, do i have some sort of virus or something? I have windows xp and as for the Windows Defender well i have never heard of it before so i gather i havent got it!

 

No Windows Defender in Add/Remove, and my Windows version is Microsoft Windows xp Home edition version 2002, thats probably my problem right there huh having such an old version? My computer has been fine right up until i got a virus last week ,i got rid of it and now this is happening? Do i need to update my windows?

 

thanx, i just tried it with firefox but it wouldnt load i am currently trying IE it seems to be taking forever ,wont load past half way at the moment, i hope it works

 

Ok broni i did it i got the HostsXpert thingy now what do i do with it? It has a whole list of things and i read through the help part but still dont understand it Do i go Backup/Restore? Import Options, Restore MS hosts file, Make ReadOnly and what is this going to do ? Thank you so much for your help at least someone knows what they are doing

 

yes did that, and opened the web page in question again , still not working, maybe i should just give up lol??

 

Thanx, i will try anything at the moment lol, i have been told i need to put my computer into the shop to get professionaly cleaned, would that be the problem? I dont really wanna do that as i will loose everything thats on here, i havent got the patience or time to put everything back on lol, hense why im trying to get some other assistance first!