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I downloaded the various patches before the recent virus
attacks and then had my computer upgraded about a week
after the attacks. I was told by the upgraders that they
had installed all XP patches. When I took the computer
home and hooked it up to my dsl router, I could access the
internet until I needed to access a secured page. Suddenly
I began receiving an error message "the connection was
refused when contacting ..." I had this error on both IE 6
and netscape 7. I have checked firewalls, security, talked
to my ISP, and even gone thru google and read the
newsgroups trying to find the answer. Several people said
I needed to change my HOSTS file. The only one I found was
empty but I renamed it anyway. I still cannot find a way to
connect to these sites.
I have even run a washer program on temp files but no avail.
I know enough to be dangerous but not enough to follow all
of the discussions. Any help in this matter would be
appreciated and please, plain english.
Thanks in advance
attacks and then had my computer upgraded about a week
after the attacks. I was told by the upgraders that they
had installed all XP patches. When I took the computer
home and hooked it up to my dsl router, I could access the
internet until I needed to access a secured page. Suddenly
I began receiving an error message "the connection was
refused when contacting ..." I had this error on both IE 6
and netscape 7. I have checked firewalls, security, talked
to my ISP, and even gone thru google and read the
newsgroups trying to find the answer. Several people said
I needed to change my HOSTS file. The only one I found was
empty but I renamed it anyway. I still cannot find a way to
connect to these sites.
I have even run a washer program on temp files but no avail.
I know enough to be dangerous but not enough to follow all
of the discussions. Any help in this matter would be
appreciated and please, plain english.
Thanks in advance