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> OT: computer problem, can't access some sites
gopack
post Jan 21 2005, 11:56 AM
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I know a bunch of you guys are computer (and otherwise) geeks, so I thought i would ask it here. A few months ago, when I was out of town on buisness, my wife complained she couldn't buy something online. So when I got home I investigated. everytime you go to a website logi n page, or to our bank online banking page, or even yahoo messenger, where you have to log in, it comes up with a web site not found error. A red icon also appears on the bottom of IE, like it is a unauthorized site or sumpthing. I tried to set the security settings as low as possible, but this didnt work either. Any ideas before I wipe the drive and reload EVERYTHING? Oh yeah, I used to run Norton Firewall, but I had some process that seemed to be linked to that program using 100% of my system resources when ever I opened IE, so I deleted it.

TIA for the help.
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post Jan 21 2005, 11:57 AM
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have you done a scan for spyware?
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post Jan 21 2005, 12:00 PM
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i have used spy bot search and destroy. bought the full version. get rid of them regularily, but they all come back
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post Jan 21 2005, 12:01 PM
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Are you running windows XP. Has it automatically downloaded Service Pack 2. Sounds like the Login Popups are being automatically blocked.

Menu Item at top... TOOLS/POPUP BLOCKER/POPUP BLOCKER SETTINGS.

Give it a look..
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post Jan 21 2005, 12:02 PM
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download the mozilla firefox browser for the heck of it and try that instead of IE.
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post Jan 21 2005, 03:08 PM
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make sure your cache is empty that can do it sometimes esp if you go to that site alot
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post Jan 21 2005, 06:51 PM
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can't connect? as in ... connection refused?

are you behind a proxy? behind a firewall? have you replaced/edited your hosts file? using peer guardian?
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post Jan 21 2005, 10:17 PM
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I just upgraded to XP today and had a similar problem. After logging in I'd get another window which just sat there (not really a website not found). It turned out that behind all the open windows was this little warning saying "you are now entering/leaving a secure web site". I disabled this warning and everything works normally now.
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post Jan 22 2005, 10:57 AM
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Give this a quick read and see if there's anything in here you haven't tried yet...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;813444

Hope it helps.
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