DNS error The Page Cannot Be Displayed

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I can get the page I link to, but I get this error in the advertising
sections. I've checked my settings and everything is ok. Also, when I click
Back it might take 4 times before I get to my original page. Any suggestions?
 
Hi,
Sounds like the work of a HOSTS file. Spybot and several ad-blocking /
spyware-blocking programs create a HOSTS file.
Locate and rename the HOSTS file as a test.

To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file
at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
More on the HOSTS file at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Button
and http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and

In Win 9x, the file will be at [C:\Windows]
In Win 2K, at [C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers\etc]

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
No Host file. I do have Ad-Aware, Webroot Spy Sweeper, and Advanced Spyware
Remover. But no Host. Anything else I can check? Thanks.
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syport


Don Varnau said:
Hi,
Sounds like the work of a HOSTS file. Spybot and several ad-blocking /
spyware-blocking programs create a HOSTS file.
Locate and rename the HOSTS file as a test.

To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file
at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
More on the HOSTS file at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Button
and http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and

In Win 9x, the file will be at [C:\Windows]
In Win 2K, at [C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers\etc]

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

sy said:
I can get the page I link to, but I get this error in the advertising
sections. I've checked my settings and everything is ok. Also, when I click
Back it might take 4 times before I get to my original page. Any suggestions?

syport
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Are you *sure* that you don't have a HOSTS file? I think I heard that that
Spy Sweeper creates one.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]

sy said:
No Host file. I do have Ad-Aware, Webroot Spy Sweeper, and Advanced Spyware
Remover. But no Host. Anything else I can check? Thanks.

syport
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Don Varnau said:
Hi,
Sounds like the work of a HOSTS file. Spybot and several ad-blocking /
spyware-blocking programs create a HOSTS file.
Locate and rename the HOSTS file as a test.

To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file
at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
More on the HOSTS file at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#Button
and http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and

In Win 9x, the file will be at [C:\Windows]
In Win 2K, at [C:\WINNT\System32\Drivers\etc]
sy said:
I can get the page I link to, but I get this error in the advertising
sections. I've checked my settings and everything is ok. Also, when I click
Back it might take 4 times before I get to my original page. Any
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suggestions?
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