The page cannot be displayed

[John Cluster]

Running Windows XP. Using browsers: Internet Explorer, Farefox. Accessing
web pages fine, but all of a sudden the ability to access web pages (by any
of the browsers) fails with the error message "The page cannot be
displayed". The Internet connection seems to be fine -- I can still receive
e-mails and send them out. To restore my ability to browse web pages, I
have to re-start the computer -- and everything would be fine again for some
time (for hours or even days), and then again this behavior re-occurs...
This is going on for about 2 months already. Any idea, suggestion,
advice?.. [The computer is virus free] Thanks!

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Running Windows XP. Using browsers: Internet Explorer, Farefox.
Accessing
web pages fine, but all of a sudden the ability to access web pages (by
any
of the browsers) fails with the error message "The page cannot be
displayed". The Internet connection seems to be fine -- I can still
receive
e-mails and send them out. To restore my ability to browse web pages, I
have to re-start the computer -- and everything would be fine again for
some
time (for hours or even days), and then again this behavior re-occurs...
This is going on for about 2 months already. Any idea, suggestion,
advice?.. [The computer is virus free] Thanks!

I would guess that there's a malware infection.
So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

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