Have you checked your hosts file to see if some sites are being redirected?  Have you checked your system for spyware and removed all that is found?  Are you running any pop-up stoppers or ad-blockers?  Can you give an example of a site that you can't reach?

Steve

Message Edited by volcano11 on 06-04-2004 08:54 PM

How do i check my host file? I do have Pop-up stopper on my computer, but its not running, and i do a spy ware check about once every week!!!

Use the Windows Search function to search for the file named hosts (it has no extension and it is not the file named hosts.sam).  When you do the search, make sure that you include hidden files and system files in the search.  When you find the hosts file, open it in notepad.  If you see the URL of any of the sites you cannot reach listed in the hosts file, then you should close the file and rename it to hosts.old. 

Steve

It would not be the hosts.old file causing the problem.  Do you still have a hosts (no extension) file?

Steve

I already have the files Hosts.Old. The sites not on there, so what else could it be?

I dont have a host (no extension)!

I have:

Host.old

Host.sbs.sig

hosts.20040316-222756.backup

hosts.20040136-222814.backup

hosts.bak

imhosts

hosts

imhosts

Most of the time, its forums that i either cant reach or it freezes up before the page loads. Also, on some pages i get the message "you are not authorized to view this page" or as i think i already stated "Pages cannot be displayed".

I have:

Host.old

Host.sbs.sig

hosts.20040316-222756.backup

hosts.20040136-222814.backup

hosts.bak

imhosts

hosts------That's the one!

imhosts

Jim

When opened with Notepad:

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

billshar,

The contents of hosts are correct. Malware of some sort is the commonest cause of symptoms like this.

If you haven't already done so, download, install, update and run Ad-Aware and Spybot as described in this article by ChrisRLG. If you continue to experience problems, the next step is to download HijackThis, a malware analysis and removal tool, install it as described ChrisRLG's article, and submit a log to the good folks in the Virus Information and Removal board for review. Be sure to post the log in a new message, and describe the problem you're experiencing.

Jim