I've been having this problem for 2 weeks already. I can't access www.google.com or log into my hotmail on my laptop at home. The operations timed out. All other computers have no problems, including the desktop accessible the same router at home. Certain other random sites are inaccessible too.
I tried pinging www.google.com (which resolves to www.l.google.com at 66.102.7.147) and it failed. Then I tried pinging google.com (216.239.57.99), and it worked.
I've read that it could be the QHost trojan, but i ran Symantec's cleaning tool and it said none detected. I've also scanned with Spybot, Ad-aware, and AVG Anti-Virus, but all were ok. I have ZoneAlarm running all the time.
>I've been having this problem for 2 weeks already. I can't access >www.google.com or log into my hotmail on my laptop at home. The >operations timed out. All other computers have no problems, including >the desktop accessible the same router at home. Certain other random >sites are inaccessible too.
>I tried pinging www.google.com (which resolves to www.l.google.com at >66.102.7.147) and it failed. Then I tried pinging google.com >(216.239.57.99), and it worked.
>I've read that it could be the QHost trojan, but i ran Symantec's >cleaning tool and it said none detected. I've also scanned with Spybot, >Ad-aware, and AVG Anti-Virus, but all were ok. I have ZoneAlarm running >all the time.
>It fails on both IE and firefox.
>Any clues?
Other sites work fine on your laptop?
And do you have a popup blocker running? You may have accidentally blocked those sites. I've done that before, with Popup Killer (you double click on the item in the list of open windows, when you bring up the Popup Killer window). and had to remove them from the black list.
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Pastor Dave
"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you like - it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourselves." - St. Augustine
> I've been having this problem for 2 weeks already. I can't access > www.google.com or log into my hotmail on my laptop at home. The > operations timed out. All other computers have no problems, including > the desktop accessible the same router at home. Certain other random > sites are inaccessible too.
> I tried pinging www.google.com (which resolves to www.l.google.com at > 66.102.7.147) and it failed. Then I tried pinging google.com > (216.239.57.99), and it worked.
> I've read that it could be the QHost trojan, but i ran Symantec's > cleaning tool and it said none detected. I've also scanned with Spybot, > Ad-aware, and AVG Anti-Virus, but all were ok. I have ZoneAlarm running > all the time.
> It fails on both IE and firefox.
> Any clues?
Go to TrendMicro and give their House Call for the Web a try. It is free. K35454.
Yes, just about all other sites are ok. Google and Hotmail are the only two I noticed cos i use them often.
Other than the browsers' build-in popup blockers, there's no separate blocker that I'm aware of. So can't be such a concidence both browsers' blockers blacklisted the same sites.
On 8 Aug 2005 00:17:39 -0700, hierr...@hotmail.com spake thusly:
>Thanks for the replies.
>Yes, just about all other sites are ok. Google and Hotmail are the only >two I noticed cos i use them often.
>Other than the browsers' build-in popup blockers, there's no separate >blocker that I'm aware of. So can't be such a concidence both browsers' >blockers blacklisted the same sites.
Okay, that makes sense. Well, that is a weird one.
Are you running a router?
Also, I recommend you download the free version of Spyware Doctor and scan. It's good at picking up stuff like that.
It's tough to find the free version anymore, but I can email it to you. It is free, after all. :)
It won't do real time scanning, but has all of the scanning abilities. Make sure to update first and I would boot into Safe Mode first.
> I've been having this problem for 2 weeks already. I can't access > www.google.com or log into my hotmail on my laptop at home. The > operations timed out. All other computers have no problems, including > the desktop accessible the same router at home. Certain other random > sites are inaccessible too.
> I tried pinging www.google.com (which resolves to www.l.google.com at > 66.102.7.147) and it failed. Then I tried pinging google.com > (216.239.57.99), and it worked.
> I've read that it could be the QHost trojan, but i ran Symantec's > cleaning tool and it said none detected. I've also scanned with Spybot, > Ad-aware, and AVG Anti-Virus, but all were ok. I have ZoneAlarm running > all the time.
> It fails on both IE and firefox.
> Any clues?
I've had that problem in the past with Hotmail and not being able to access one of my accounts from my home PC. I could access the account from any other computer and I could access my other Hotmail accounts from home. It was just that one. That went on for about 6 months before I could again access it from home. I've no idea why it happened or why it stopped. I put it down to Hotmail playing silly so n so's. I know a number of other people who have had similar problems with Hotmail which have suddenly appeared, then disappeared without them doing anything or changing any settings either before or after.
I've not had any problems with google, although I don't use google.com.
<hierr...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1123472164.206223.145380@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > I've been having this problem for 2 weeks already. I can't access > www.google.com or log into my hotmail on my laptop at home. The > operations timed out. All other computers have no problems, including > the desktop accessible the same router at home. Certain other random > sites are inaccessible too.
> I tried pinging www.google.com (which resolves to www.l.google.com at > 66.102.7.147) and it failed. Then I tried pinging google.com > (216.239.57.99), and it worked.
> I've read that it could be the QHost trojan, but i ran Symantec's > cleaning tool and it said none detected. I've also scanned with Spybot, > Ad-aware, and AVG Anti-Virus, but all were ok. I have ZoneAlarm running > all the time.
> It fails on both IE and firefox.
> Any clues?
Not too sure about Google but I do know from experience that Hotmail does require Cookies to be fully enabled . Have you perhaps altered your Cookie settings recently Graeme
On 8 Aug 2005 00:17:39 -0700, hierr...@hotmail.com spake thusly:
>Thanks for the replies.
>Yes, just about all other sites are ok. Google and Hotmail are the only >two I noticed cos i use them often.
>Other than the browsers' build-in popup blockers, there's no separate >blocker that I'm aware of. So can't be such a concidence both browsers' >blockers blacklisted the same sites.
You might also, just for kicks, try cleaning out your temporary internet files and cookies and then try it again in IE.
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Pastor Dave
"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you like - it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourselves." - St. Augustine
Yes, I'm using a wireless router, but another computer at home accessing the same router has no problems whatsoever.
I also don't suspect cookies to be the problem because I've not changed any settings and it just stopped working (accessing hotmail and google) one fine night. Besides, both IE and firefox don't work now.
I'll try to go back and try Spyware Doctor. I'll also try to get back to your question about the startup programs.
(I'm now in my office, as i can't log into google to post questions in here when at home. And tomorrow's a holiday here, so i'll try to get back to you by Wednesday.)
On 8 Aug 2005 03:46:45 -0700, hierr...@hotmail.com spake thusly:
>Thanks for all the replies and help. :)
>Yes, I'm using a wireless router, but another computer at home >accessing the same router has no problems whatsoever.
IP filtering blocks a specific computer. But as I said, if you had that enables for port 80, for your laptop, you would see any web pages at all. :)
>I also don't suspect cookies to be the problem because I've not changed >any settings and it just stopped working (accessing hotmail and google) >one fine night. Besides, both IE and firefox don't work now.
Okay, but it wouldn't hurt. :)
>I'll try to go back and try Spyware Doctor. I'll also try to get back >to your question about the startup programs.
Okay.
>(I'm now in my office, as i can't log into google to post questions in >here when at home. And tomorrow's a holiday here, so i'll try to get >back to you by Wednesday.)
Whenever. :)
>You're right it's a weird one!
Yup. :)
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Pastor Dave
"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you like - it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourselves." - St. Augustine
>> Yes, I'm using a wireless router, but another computer at home >> accessing the same router has no problems whatsoever.
>> I also don't suspect cookies to be the problem because I've not changed >> any settings and it just stopped working (accessing hotmail and google) >> one fine night. Besides, both IE and firefox don't work now.
>> I'll try to go back and try Spyware Doctor. I'll also try to get back >> to your question about the startup programs.
>> (I'm now in my office, as i can't log into google to post questions in >> here when at home. And tomorrow's a holiday here, so i'll try to get >> back to you by Wednesday.)
>> You're right it's a weird one!
>Look at your Hosts file. See if they are listed there.
Good suggestion. I haven't heard of anything adding Google though. Unless Yahoo is really hating them right now and sent one out. :)
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Pastor Dave
"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you like - it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourselves." - St. Augustine
hierr...@hotmail.com wrote: > Thanks for all the replies and help. :)
> Yes, I'm using a wireless router, but another computer at home > accessing the same router has no problems whatsoever.
> I also don't suspect cookies to be the problem because I've not changed > any settings and it just stopped working (accessing hotmail and google) > one fine night. Besides, both IE and firefox don't work now.
> I'll try to go back and try Spyware Doctor. I'll also try to get back > to your question about the startup programs.
> (I'm now in my office, as i can't log into google to post questions in > here when at home. And tomorrow's a holiday here, so i'll try to get > back to you by Wednesday.)
> You're right it's a weird one!
I'll assume you are running a firewall. Have you checked the firewall settings to see if somehow those sites are blocked? Have you tried disabling the firewall and seeing if you can connect to those sites?
Checked the Hosts file and only entry is localhost. Turned off my Zonealarm and AVG anti-virus. Ran Spyware Doctor and cleaned up things it detected. Have cleaned out cookies and cache. Cookies are turned on also.
But problem persists!
Actually there was one time I shut down AVG anti-virus and suddenly i could access www.google.com (but still not www.hotmail.msn.com). But after playing around for a few minutes, the access was gone again. I really suspect it's some DLL that's loaded by AVG and some other programs, but I'm not sure again if it's really related to AVG cos after I reboot again and shut down AVG, I still can't access google.
I have a screenshot of Startup Inspector for Windows showing my startup programs. What's the email for this group so I can attach it?
hierr...@hotmail.com wrote: > Haha.. everyone else i know in singapore doesnt have this problem. ;)
Last piece of advice from me on this subject... Uninstall (not disable) your firewall. See if the site is accessible. If yes, you know where the problem is. If no, you are still in the dark. Reinstall the firewall.
Approx. 7 Aug 2005 20:36:04 -0700, someone calling themselves hierr...@hotmail.com let their cat run across the keyboard resulting in:
:-)= I've been having this problem for 2 weeks already. I can't access :-)= www.google.com or log into my hotmail on my laptop at home. The :-)= operations timed out. All other computers have no problems, including :-)= the desktop accessible the same router at home. Certain other random :-)= sites are inaccessible too. :-)= :-)= I tried pinging www.google.com (which resolves to www.l.google.com at :-)= 66.102.7.147) and it failed. Then I tried pinging google.com :-)= (216.239.57.99), and it worked. :-)= :-)= I've read that it could be the QHost trojan, but i ran Symantec's :-)= cleaning tool and it said none detected. I've also scanned with Spybot, :-)= Ad-aware, and AVG Anti-Virus, but all were ok. I have ZoneAlarm running :-)= all the time. :-)= :-)= It fails on both IE and firefox. :-)= :-)= Any clues?
I've heard other people having similar problem with Hotmail but never with Google.
Don't know if it would help to see which ports open and close when you are trying.
I heard of similar problem where a browser was blocked from going to mail.com and problem was solved by routing the browser to mail01.com instead.
Very curious sitchiashun - I went to http://www.hotmail.com and got a sign-in page. Closed browser. reopened and DPA2 could not go to hotmail.com, M$ has ID'd my computer and blocked because nothing else was changed in that 10 - 15 seconds. Ther's a way around that...
Nothing unusual went back & forth, not unusual for a Micro$ost site, that is. msn and passport certificates don't pass test but I allowed them anyhoo (Moz/Firefox/DP2A] Does IEand/or firewall have certificate acceptance control? Or for IE, M$Windoze security level settings?
Approx. Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:46:24 +0200, someone calling themselves Dante Alighieri <michel.ang...@heavens.gate> let their cat run across the keyboard resulting in:
:-)= Very curious sitchiashun - I went to http://www.hotmail.com and got a sign-in page. :-)= Closed browser. reopened and DPA2 could not go to hotmail.com, M$ has ID'd my computer :-)= and blocked because nothing else was changed in that 10 - 15 seconds. :-)= Ther's a way around that... Clean you registry, maybe? :-)= :-)= try: https://login.passport.net/uilogin ? Click the hotmail tab on the toolbar. [secure login?]
MicroSoft also installs some pretty nifty Active-X stuff that passes evryone's tests. You might examine you registry files manually as they won't be picked up as malware.
I've uninstalled the firewall. Still no luck. Reinstalled back. Still no luck.
I'm at my wits end. Exhausted just about every suggestion (except the really technical ones which i don't understand)... to no avail.
I notice that both www.google.com and www.hotmail.msn.com's ip starts with 60-something. Then i pinged random sites starting with 60-something and it failed too. Could anything be restricting this ip range?
: Thanks everyone for helping. : : I've uninstalled the firewall. Still no luck. Reinstalled back. Still : no luck. : : I'm at my wits end. Exhausted just about every suggestion (except the : really technical ones which i don't understand)... to no avail. : : I notice that both www.google.com and www.hotmail.msn.com's ip starts : with 60-something. Then i pinged random sites starting with : 60-something and it failed too. Could anything be restricting this ip : range? :
Try public DNS servers; e.g.:
http://dns.widge.net/ Free DNS, Managed DNS, Backup DNS, web-based zone manager at dns.widge.net
hierr...@hotmail.com wrote: > Thanks everyone for helping.
> I've uninstalled the firewall. Still no luck. Reinstalled back. Still > no luck.
> I'm at my wits end. Exhausted just about every suggestion (except the > really technical ones which i don't understand)... to no avail.
> I notice that both www.google.com and www.hotmail.msn.com's ip starts > with 60-something. Then i pinged random sites starting with > 60-something and it failed too. Could anything be restricting this ip > range?
It's highly likely that your TCP/IP settings are set to obtain the DNS (nameserver) id's automatically. I.e., from your ISP. To see if the problem rests with your ISP's nameserver, install Sam Spade (http://static.samspade.org/ssw/spade114.exe). Configure it to use a publicly available nameserver (e.g., I use 204.117.214.10) Then, using Sam Spade, try pinging the Google and Hotmail sites. If that works, then the problem is with your ISP nameserver.
hierr...@hotmail.com wrote: > Oh, google works now. I have no idea why.
> But connection to www.hotmail.msn.com still doesn't, as well as some > other random sites i suspect. I can live with that for now though. :)
I had such problem and posted message to ask you yesterday, but I don't remember what website I surfed yesterday. Now I figured out my problem, I am using Linksys wireless router, I checked this morning, I found there was a record 64. as LAN. I deleted it and it works now. I don't know why and who changed it?
