PC guru help needed

[Squeak 17]

My computer has started doing wierd stuff.
it will not connect to limewire, it will not retreive mail from on of my ISPs, it will not load a whole bunch of webpages.
It was fine until yesterday.
I've run Adaware, and Virus scan (with latest DATs) an nothing is found.I allows me to most pages, but stops me from getting to quite afew, it retreives mail from one of my ISP but not the other..
Any ideas?
I have not changed any settings

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[briguy 0]

do you have any network connectivity?

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[justinb138 0]

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My computer has started doing wierd stuff.
it will not connect to limewire, it will not retreive mail from on of my ISPs, it will not load a whole bunch of webpages.
It was fine until yesterday.
I've run Adaware, and Virus scan (with latest DATs) an nothing is found.I allows me to most pages, but stops me from getting to quite afew, it retreives mail from one of my ISP but not the other..
Any ideas?
I have not changed any settings

Are you running Norton Internet Security or anything like that?

I'd download Spybot S&D, it's a little more effective than Ad Aware at removing some stuff.

[Squeak 17]

running Mcaffee v8.0
with a Billion ASDL wireless modem

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[ChangoLanzao 0]

It's a DNS resolution problem. It should be easy to fix, but the method of fixing it depends specifically on how your networking is configured. Start by calling your ISP. Of course, I'm assuming that you have rebooted the machine and that didn't fix the issue.

[bob.dino 1]

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It's a DNS resolution problem.

It might be a DNS issue. If it is, try, in order:

• Open a command prompt, type "ipconfig /renew" (without the quotes) and press enter. Restart your browser, and try again.


• Turn off your ADSL modem. Turn it on again. Wait 2min. Restart your browser, and try again.


• Go into your ADSL modem webpage, run the diagnostic test and tell us if and where it's failing.

[Froggy 0]

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It's a DNS resolution problem.

It might be a DNS issue. If it is, try, in order:

• Open a command prompt, type "ipconfig /renew" (without the quotes) and press enter. Restart your browser, and try again.


• Turn off your ADSL modem. Turn it on again. Wait 2min. Restart your browser, and try again.


• Go into your ADSL modem webpage, run the diagnostic test and tell us if and where it's failing.

I agree, it sounds like most probably a DNS issue. Not to go way too deep into technical details, but you can try this:
1. Take a note of the domain name which you can't access (for example, yahoo.com)
2. Go to command prompt, and type (without quotes): "ping www.yahoo.com", then Enter.

Generally, you can get two types of a response:
"Ping request could not find host www.yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again", or
"Pinging yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] with 32 bytes of data:" (even if it times out afterwards)

The first type of response would confirm that it is definitely a DNS resolution issue. I rebooting your PC and/or ADSL modem doesn't fix it, call your ISP.

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[br0k3n 0]

I disagree. DNS wouldn't explain why Limewire doesn’t connect, this is usually caused by the ports that limewire uses being blocked, this could be done by your isp to try and prevent p2p'ing.

Most isp's will only allow you to connect to their mail server is you have an IP address that is in their range..

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[br0k3n 0]

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It's a DNS resolution problem.

It might be a DNS issue. If it is, try, in order:

• Open a command prompt, type "ipconfig /renew" (without the quotes) and press enter. Restart your browser, and try again.


• Turn off your ADSL modem. Turn it on again. Wait 2min. Restart your browser, and try again.


• Go into your ADSL modem webpage, run the diagnostic test and tell us if and where it's failing.

any easier way would be to goto the cmd prompt, type ping www.nameofsite.com.

you will then get a response:
server: www.nameofsite.com
address: 111.222.3.4

the goto your browser and in the address bar type:
http://111.222.3.4

if the site comes up, then you have a dns problem, if it doesnt you probably dont.

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[PhreeZone 20]

Also the local Host's table can be altered and that needs looked at.

Are you using the home or enterprise version of McAfee? If its home the current version is 10+, if its enterprise make sure you are on Patch 11 and have the Anti-Spyware module.

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[Misternatural 0]

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[Squeak 17]

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Also the local Host's table can be altered and that needs looked at.

Are you using the home or enterprise version of McAfee? If its home the current version is 10+, if its enterprise make sure you are on Patch 11 and have the Anti-Spyware module.

Checked that Host table was fine.
Got some help from one of the IT gurus at the DZ, he put me on the right trackHad my ISP change the IP and Sub net addresses and all works fine now.Thanks Andy

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