Can't view certain websites....the firewall maybe?

[Brian]

Hello,
I'm running WinXP and a week ago I found out that I can't get to this
certain website. Whenever I try to, it just comes up saying that the "page
cannot be displayed." And I know that it IS working because I already asked
some people to go to that page and it's working just fine. So, what could it
be? I have ZoneAlarm... could that be the cause? But before I could get into
that page just fine... :/ If you have any ideas, please let me know.

Thanks a lot,
Brian

P.S.: Another little problem... I have iTunes, and after installing
ZoneAlarm (some months ago), I can't get into the Music Store anymore... it
says "Make sure your network connection is active and try again." Any ideas?
Thanks.

 

[Paul]

I would like to know this as well. I am having the exact
same problem.

 

[Guest]

I am having this problem also. I think it was because of Zone Alarm but I uninstalled it and it still is not working. I believe it is because the pop-up box to ask permissions for ActiveX etc, is not working. I am at my wits end on this.

 

[Guest]

I just wanted to let you know that I got mine fixed. There is a post below from PA Bear. It is under the thread, can't access Symantec website. Hope you have the same good fortune with his instructions as I did.

 

[Guest]

I may have given you the wrong thread, but now I can't find it. You might want to search these discussions by PA Bear, he seems to know what he is talking about.

 

[Brian]

Thanks. I found the threat, and I already did all that... but no luck.
Thanks again.

| I may have given you the wrong thread, but now I can't find it. You might
want to search these discussions by PA Bear, he seems to know what he is
talking about.

 

[Mike]

I have been having the same problem as you have had. I tried everything such
as hosts file, restricted sites, Internet Options configurations, spyware,
removing the firewall, Anti Virus software etc.... and still I couldn't
connect to my certain website (principal.com). I always had the "request
time out" through pinging the website. Upon desperation, I even re-formatted
my hard drive and re-installed windows after partitoning my hard drive and
backing up my data.Upon completion with nothing but Windows installed fresh,
I still couldn't connect to my certain website (all othe test sites worked
fine)! I have a feeling it is a hardware problem with my SBC/DSL modem.I
even replaced the filter the DSL line, network card etc.... I finally
connected to the website in question through the DUN modem connection.

Still can't connect through the DSL line though. A friend of mine that lives
in the same apartments as i can access the site usinf the Same DSL service.

 

[sst_hst]

-----Original Message-----
I have been having the same problem as you have had. I tried everything such
as hosts file, restricted sites, Internet Options configurations, spyware,
removing the firewall, Anti Virus software etc.... and still I couldn't
connect to my certain website (principal.com). I always had the "request
time out" through pinging the website. Upon desperation, I even re-formatted
my hard drive and re-installed windows after partitoning my hard drive and
backing up my data.Upon completion with nothing but Windows installed fresh,
I still couldn't connect to my certain website (all othe test sites worked
fine)! I have a feeling it is a hardware problem with my SBC/DSL modem.I
even replaced the filter the DSL line, network card etc.... I finally
connected to the website in question through the DUN modem connection.

Still can't connect through the DSL line though. A friend of mine that lives
in the same apartments as i can access the site usinf the Same DSL service.



because I already
asked fine. So, what could
it before I could get
into Store anymore...
it try again." Any
ideas?


.
Hi mike

i'm having the same problem. i have yahoo/sbc dsl and i
thought it was that too. my desktop computer has the
problem, but my laptop can access all the sites just fine.
i have followed all the suggestions from all people
adware, shredding, spybot, defragged, i've reformated,
i've done it all, nothing has worked. if you come across
anything sbc related please let me know. if i hear of
anything i'll post it here.
(e-mail address removed)
Thanks heidi

 

[Mike]

I had chatted online with a "tech" on sbc/yahoo's website and he was
useless. I had donw a tracert on principal.com and it has stopped hopping
before it hit the web site. Maybe one of SBC's computer centers are
down????? That is just a guess, dialup goes a differerent route than the DSL
connection does, that could be why I can access it through dialup. My
neighbor (with SBC yahoo) *might" go thru a differerent route to get to the
website in question. I guess I will wait a couple of days and see if it gets
resolved. I do believe it is the modem or SBC causing the problem.

Stay Tuned.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I had done a tracert on principal.com and it has stopped hopping

before it hit the web site.

Mike,

These days because of the morons who have abused the ping
command in their denial of service "exploits" many servers no longer
acknowledge ICMP requests. About the only thing ping is still
useful for is finding out what IP address a name is resolving to.

ping principal.com -n 1

Pinging principal.com [206.195.193.120] with 32 bytes of data:
</ping example>

corresponds with

<nslookup example>
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: principal.com
Address: 206.195.193.120
</nslookup example>

It is useful to do both because ping may be picking up its address
from HOSTS or from NTx's dnscache. If the address being used
by ping was different from the address currently being returned to
nslookup that could explain your symptom.


A more reliable way to test connectivity is to use your telnet client.

<telnet example>
telnet -f telnet.txt principal.com 80

when the screen clears type:
GET /
(GET <space><slash><Enter> You won't be able to see your typing.)
</telnet example>


Report your results from that if you need more help.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---

I had chatted online with a "tech" on sbc/yahoo's website and he was
useless. I had donw a tracert on principal.com and it has stopped hopping
before it hit the web site. Maybe one of SBC's computer centers are
down????? That is just a guess, dialup goes a differerent route than the DSL
connection does, that could be why I can access it through dialup. My
neighbor (with SBC yahoo) *might" go thru a differerent route to get to the
website in question. I guess I will wait a couple of days and see if it gets
resolved. I do believe it is the modem or SBC causing the problem.

Stay Tuned.

....

 

[Mike]

Can you give a step by step procedure using Windows XP SP1?

I had done a tracert on principal.com and it has stopped hopping
before it hit the web site.

Mike,

These days because of the morons who have abused the ping
command in their denial of service "exploits" many servers no longer
acknowledge ICMP requests. About the only thing ping is still
useful for is finding out what IP address a name is resolving to.

ping principal.com -n 1

Pinging principal.com [206.195.193.120] with 32 bytes of data:
</ping example>

corresponds with

<nslookup example>
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: principal.com
Address: 206.195.193.120
</nslookup example>

It is useful to do both because ping may be picking up its address
from HOSTS or from NTx's dnscache. If the address being used
by ping was different from the address currently being returned to
nslookup that could explain your symptom.


A more reliable way to test connectivity is to use your telnet client.

<telnet example>
telnet -f telnet.txt principal.com 80

when the screen clears type:
GET /
(GET <space><slash><Enter> You won't be able to see your typing.)
</telnet example>


Report your results from that if you need more help.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---

I had chatted online with a "tech" on sbc/yahoo's website and he was
useless. I had donw a tracert on principal.com and it has stopped hopping
before it hit the web site. Maybe one of SBC's computer centers are
down????? That is just a guess, dialup goes a differerent route than the DSL
connection does, that could be why I can access it through dialup. My
neighbor (with SBC yahoo) *might" go thru a differerent route to get to the
website in question. I guess I will wait a couple of days and see if it gets
resolved. I do believe it is the modem or SBC causing the problem.

Stay Tuned.

...

 

[sst_hst]

-----Original Message-----
I had chatted online with a "tech" on sbc/yahoo's website and he was
useless. I had donw a tracert on principal.com and it has stopped hopping
before it hit the web site. Maybe one of SBC's computer centers are
down????? That is just a guess, dialup goes a differerent route than the DSL
connection does, that could be why I can access it through dialup. My
neighbor (with SBC yahoo) *might" go thru a differerent route to get to the
website in question. I guess I will wait a couple of days and see if it gets
resolved. I do believe it is the modem or SBC causing the problem.

Stay Tuned.





.
hi everyone!

i finally figured my problem it was the provider that i
had when i chaneged over to sbc/yahoo/dsl. netzero has
some problems and it seems i was infected with a virus
from their mess. if any of you are running the program
form sbc/yahoo that transfers your mail for 30 days from
your previous e-mail accounts it "could" be that. i
deleted every thing that had to do with the two (netzero
and the transfer program), then i went to
http://forum.auhma.org/ and followed pa bears exact
procedures, i also ran a couple of the online scans the
panda scan is good but takes a long time--very thorough.
my ie works now--yeah
heidi

 

[Guest]

Wow, I thought it was just me having this problem.... i.e. certain website just coming back "The page can not be displayed...." but I guess not...

And it is nice to know I am not the only one having NO help from SBC tech support MORANS...

Well I use SBC DSL at home and for abotu 2 weeks now one site I frequent has been getting the "The page can not be displayed...." error. Except for one night it worked. All other sites come up fine. I call friends (local ad half a contry away) and they can access the page fine at the same time I am trying...

The site is www.mp3car.co

And this is cool, I saw a link below for the PA Bear site that people say has help http://forum.auhma.org/ and that gets the "The page can not...." crap....

Jeeze..... I have three computers in my house all running off the same DSL line and Linksys router.... all three get the same error and on the one night the site came through, I tried on two computers and it worked, now all three computers are not getting it again..

SBC says it has to be a Windows problem.... on three different computers... fixes it self on the computers and breaks again at the same time????? I don't think so...

Couild anybody post the PA Bear steps to fix this here.... hopefully I will still be able to access this site once you do...

God, I hate computers some times...

Any help would be most appreciated.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Can you give a step by step procedure using Windows XP SP1?

I don't do spoon-feeding. If there is something that you don't understand
explain your difficulty. About the only thing that might be obscure is that
I am assuming that you have a command window open because you
mentioned using tracert.

Did you try entering that telnet command in your command window?


Robert
---

I had done a tracert on principal.com and it has stopped hopping
before it hit the web site.

Mike,

These days because of the morons who have abused the ping
command in their denial of service "exploits" many servers no longer
acknowledge ICMP requests. About the only thing ping is still
useful for is finding out what IP address a name is resolving to.

ping principal.com -n 1

Pinging principal.com [206.195.193.120] with 32 bytes of data:
</ping example>

corresponds with

<nslookup example>
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: principal.com
Address: 206.195.193.120
</nslookup example>

It is useful to do both because ping may be picking up its address
from HOSTS or from NTx's dnscache. If the address being used
by ping was different from the address currently being returned to
nslookup that could explain your symptom.


A more reliable way to test connectivity is to use your telnet client.

<telnet example>
telnet -f telnet.txt principal.com 80

when the screen clears type:
GET /
(GET <space><slash><Enter> You won't be able to see your typing.)
</telnet example>


Report your results from that if you need more help.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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