IE 6 errors "action cancelled"...

[JT]

have done everything except wipe-out my computer (Win 2K,)
I have the most current updates and security patches.

I don't have Norton's NIS, I do have NAV 2003 and a D-link
hardware firewall/router. I've reset all my security
levels within IE, even as low as "low" and still no
difference. I do/did have Google's toolbar 2.0 with the
add blocker and I've also un-installed that as well. It's
only been doing this now for a couple of weeks now, but I
CAN NOT make it go away.
As I enter a web page, the adds or pages within a page,
constantly shows a...
"Action Cancelled" followed by "Internet Explorer was
unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page
might be temporarily unavailable."

This stops be from accessing certain pages and limits my
browsers functionality. This has been most frustrating in
places like MS's GameZone, my browswer never lets me enter
a lobby now. As I click on a lobby, it ALWAYS says "Please
wait for the page to finish loading before clicking on a
lobby." I've waited for 15 minutes, I've re-installed zone
files, I've tried with the "https:"...nothing has worked.
The problem seems so simple but yet I'm stuck, am I
missing something too obvious or is there a deeper issue
that I'm not able to find or detect?

Any help would greatly be appreriated.

Thanks.

 

[Rob Parsons]

Look to see if you have a HOSTS file (no extension) on your computer. It
will be in either the Windows or Windows\System folder
This file contains the addresses of sites and a moniker for the dns lookup.
IE uses this file to resolve site names locally instead of doing a dns
lookup. It is common practice to use this file to block web page
advertisements or known malicious or offensive sites.

Close all IE Windows and use the file find utility to look for and find
'HOSTS'. Use the 'Open with' option to select notepad to open this file and
look for and delete the entries that you want to allow or just delete the
HOSTS file completely from you computer to allow all sites to load. (you may
have to change the attributes of the file from Read-only before you can do
this though).

I trust this was the cause of your frustrations and that my suggestion
resolves your issues.

 

[JT]

Great suggestion Rob, thank you. You've seemed to help me
fix my ever so nagging problem.

What I did was rename the file "hosts" to "hosts1." Is
that a problem and will Windows re-create that file name
automatically or should I create a new file name with no
entries and let Windows re-build the blocked or ignore
sites?

Thanks again!

JT

 

[H Leboeuf]

Unless you created that file it was build by a parasite.

Check to see if you have any.

Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm


a HOSTS file can be used. This is the one I use.
The best way is to block the server from tracking you in the first place
Blocking Ads with a Hosts File and AdShield. Under the Security Tab download
the hosts.zip file.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm