Can't access common website

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Dean

Forgive me if this post shows up twice but the first one seems to have gone into a black hole, possibly because it included a bmp file attachment, which I will not include this time around.

I cannot seem to access www.outback.com from my IE 6.0 (usually I get this page cannot be displayed after a long delay), though I can within the browser window within AOL, although a sub-link from there still fails within AOL, too.

Another computer connected to the same cable modem and router has no problems with this.

Any idea why?

My IE 6.0 indicates SP2.

Thanks!
Dean
 
Forgive me if this post shows up twice but the first one seems to have gone
into a black hole, possibly because it included a bmp file attachment, which
I will not include this time around.

I cannot seem to access www.outback.com from my IE 6.0 (usually I get this
page cannot be displayed after a long delay), though I can within the
browser window within AOL, although a sub-link from there still fails within
AOL, too.

Another computer connected to the same cable modem and router has no
problems with this.

Any idea why?

My IE 6.0 indicates SP2.

Thanks!
Dean

Check C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc for a file named HOSTS with no
extension. (Not Hosts.sam)
Make sure Windows is set to show hidden files and folders and is NOT set to
hide extensions for known file types.
If HOSTS exists, rename it to HOSTS.OLD
Reboot an try again.

Or, In a Cmd window, enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.
 
I tried the second suggestion first and it didn't help. Then, I tried the
first, and it didn't help either. I do not see that it created any new
hosts file after reboot - should it have done so?

Then I tried the 2nd one again. It worked but, then after I closed the
window out, it did not work the next times(s).

Any idea what is going on?

BTW, does the http:\\ matter? Usually, I just use www. Not that it helps
any, in this case...

Any other suggestions?
Thx
Dean
 
Dean said:
I tried the second suggestion first and it didn't help. Then, I
tried the first, and it didn't help either. I do not see that it
created any new hosts file after reboot - should it have done so?

Then I tried the 2nd one again. It worked but, then after I closed the
window out, it did not work the next times(s).

Any idea what is going on?

BTW, does the http:\\ matter? Usually, I just use www. Not that it
helps any, in this case...

Any other suggestions?
Click to expand...

The HOSTS file is not needed and won't be recreated automatically.

You might be infected by malware.
Malware Removal:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

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I run adaware and spybot regularly as well as AVG free. I ran them again
last night and they found nothing other than spybot finding a couple of
registry items having to do with Windows Media Player. Coincidentally,
Microsoft released an update which I installed last night.

Are there any other easy answers? Today, it is intermittent. I am having no
problem with any other sites.

Does it matter that the link was originally sent to me in an e-mail
www.outback.com via outlook express? If, for some reason, that link doesn't
work, do I need to delete TIFs and reboot before typing it in directly? Or
does none of that really matter. Also, how about typing www without the
http stuff, or even without the www, such as outback.com. How does any of
that stuff matter?

Thanks!
Dean
 
I'm finally getting a clue. It is not the e-mail that is the problem per
se, but I notice that I only have trouble when the VPN is active, the VPN by
which I receive that secure e-mail. Let me contact the company that
installed the VPN for me and see if we can reinstall.

Is this common?

I'll report back.
Dean
 
For you guys who know what the heck this means (I don't), here is the
apparent diagnosis from the tech who installed the VPN, so I can use their
company's e-mail:



"Apparently this website is on the same netblock as the VPN. For some
reason, Microsoft automatically forwards all (# suppressed by Dean for
privacy).x.x.x to the VPN even though I only use (# suppressed by Dean).#.#.
I will need to create an alternate VPN script for you to use so that it
reprograms the defined routes"



I guess he knows of only one other website that has caused this problem in
the past, though I imagine there could be thousands.



Dean
 
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