My browsers won't work.
September 25, 2006 6:49 AM Subscribe
HELP! My computer is connected to the internet, but the browsers (I.E., Firefox) will not open and websites!? I know I'm connected because my google-talk thing is updating my incoming mail in the toolbar (and my LAN is showing connected). I have restarted my computer a few times to no avail. What to do?
Sounds like perhaps your DNS servers are missing/ screwed up-- other services, like e-mail and chat, work fine, but the web doesn't. What operating system are you using?
posted by hwickline at 7:14 AM on September 25, 2006
posted by hwickline at 7:14 AM on September 25, 2006
Do you have a router? If you do, unplug for a few seconds then plug it back in and try your browser again.
posted by ashbury at 7:22 AM on September 25, 2006
posted by ashbury at 7:22 AM on September 25, 2006
Response by poster: First of all, i am writing from my laptop...second of all i have already run ad-aware and not found anything too bad
posted by curiocity at 7:33 AM on September 25, 2006
posted by curiocity at 7:33 AM on September 25, 2006
Do you have your browser set to access the internet through a proxy server or have you failed to set it this way if in fact you do have a proxy server?
posted by caddis at 7:38 AM on September 25, 2006
posted by caddis at 7:38 AM on September 25, 2006
HWickLine's suggestion is an interesting one. The following two should load exactly the same page:
http://64.233.187.99/
http://www.google.com/
If the first one works but the second one does not, then the problem is that you haven't correctly set up to use your DNS server.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 7:45 AM on September 25, 2006
http://64.233.187.99/
http://www.google.com/
If the first one works but the second one does not, then the problem is that you haven't correctly set up to use your DNS server.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 7:45 AM on September 25, 2006
Response by poster: i tried that 64.233.187.99 thing and even that didn't work.
posted by curiocity at 7:47 AM on September 25, 2006
posted by curiocity at 7:47 AM on September 25, 2006
Response by poster: Problem solved! It was AOL,s active virus shield that was preventing sites from being able to load
posted by curiocity at 8:00 AM on September 25, 2006
posted by curiocity at 8:00 AM on September 25, 2006
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Spyware, adware, etc. Your machine is probably loaded with it. Do you have anti-virus? Have you backed up recently?
You will probably need to take your machine into a shop to have it serviced. Try the yellow pages.
posted by unixrat at 7:10 AM on September 25, 2006