IE and Maxthon not working, but Firefox is?

[daviddschool]

FIREFOX work - I can surf etc, BUT I cannot load IE or Maxthon at
all. It brings up a page that says :

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

What you can try:
Check your Internet connection. Try visiting another website to
make sure you are connected.

Retype the address.

Go back to the previous page.

This is weird because I haven't changed anything in my system - any
ideas?

 

[Nil]

FIREFOX work - I can surf etc, BUT I cannot load IE or Maxthon at
all. It brings up a page that says :

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

Check in Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings
and make sure it's not set up to use a Proxy. Some programs, such as
virus scanners, or even malware, can redirect your internet traffic
through other (internal or external) servers.

Unless you have some specific reason for it, "Automatically detect
settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN" should be UNchecked.

 

[daviddschool]

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Check in Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings
and make sure it's not set up to use a Proxy. Some programs, such as
virus scanners, or even malware, can redirect your internet traffic
through other (internal or external) servers.

Unless you have some specific reason for it, "Automatically detect
settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN" should be UNchecked.

The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.
I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that
something malware or a virus might do?

 

[Jose]

 > Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage






The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.
I wonder why it changed?  It was working fine before - is that
something malware or a virus might do?

When in doubt:

Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining
issues:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

They can be uninstalled later if desired.

 

[SC Tom]

The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.
I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that
something malware or a virus might do?

To reiterate what Jose said in his post, a few minutes right now of checking
for malware could save you years of aggravation down the road. Even if
nothing is found, at least your mind is eased somewhat knowing your system
is clean.

 

[Nil]

The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.
I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that
something malware or a virus might do?

Yes! That's one method the recent spate of bogus "your computer is
infected, download my virus scanner now!" malware uses to prevent you
from going to legit antivirus sites - it routes your browser traffic
through itself. You should do a thorough virus/trojan/malware scan
ASAP. You may be surprised what you find.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.
I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that
something malware or a virus might do?

Yes, and if you've been dealing with a hijackware infection, you probably
have much more work to do since you've not been able to installed SP3 (which
should have been installed almost 2 years ago); cf.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/77518cf95b1a486c