IE Cannot Reach Certain Pages, tracert succeeds

[Guest]

Brand new, home-built computer with WinXP Pro. For the last couple of weeks,
I've been having problems connecting to certain pages, or some pages will
only half-load. The pages that I can't connect to give me a standard DNS
error, and it appears to be consistently certain pages. When I tracert the
site in question, I get a fully complete route to the site with typical
speeds. I've also tried different browsers with no success, so I'm reluctant
to blame IE.

VOIP is also unaffected during the "outages".

Please help!

TsyrPhlame

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

For advice specific to problems with secure sites, have a look at the first
link - for general advice, have a look at the second:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#secure_sites
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#dns


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[Guest]

Sandi,

Thanks for the links...let me walk you through what I've done.

ipconfig /flushdns --- Didn't work.
Cleaned out cache, history, and cookies.
msconfig - startup --- removed everything but antivirus
msconfig - services --- removed all non-microsoft services
reboot --- Didn't work.
ipconfig /flushdns again --- Didn't work.

reran tracert to www.adp.com (one of the problem sites). Tracert is still
okay. From tracert, I copied the IP address for adp.com and pasted that in
my browser window...still didn't work.

Trying to access adp.com never gives me anything, it just "could not be
found". Other sites, like Ebay, load half the page and then never finish.
Still other sites pause for 5-10 seconds before loading, and then they load
fine.

I'm at my wits end!!!
HELP!!

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

Check this out - the pause you mention brings it to mind:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#connection_freeze

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[Guest]

Fixed! And for all those others out there with the same problem, just
because your hosts file LOOKS fine doesn't mean it is. I just ran
http://www.greyknight17.com/spy/Hoster.exe and selected to restore hosts
file, and voila, that did it.

 

[PA Bear]

Now, how did your hosts file get that way???

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm

 

[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

I *know* that the links I originally provided specifically mentioned the
HOSTS file.

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