Internet Connection Issues

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ChrisF

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Hopefully someone out there can help me with this.

I am not sure how this has suddenly happened but I can not access certain websites at the moment on my home PC. The process seems completely randon, some websites are ok, some are not, i don;t see any difference between any of them. I have read on previous posts that this could be the work of some form of Malware, but the links to the possible solutions do not seem to work. I spent the weekend searching for help on this but all webiste, like this one, were uncontactable on my home pc, it's almost like whatever is ailing my computer knows where i can get help from and bars me from entering the sites!

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated!
 
What is your browser telling you? i.e. connection failed or refused stuff like that. Are you getting any error messages? Anything?
 
Can not remember explictly ( sorry at work at the moment) but it is like it can not find the web address. i don't think it's a security issue as I have not had any in the past. I'll try again this evening and let you know tomorrow exactly what is being said
 
Sounds like something's messing with your hosts file.
Go to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc and check the hosts file.
 
The message I get is "Can not display page".

What websites I managed to get onto last night suggested that the host file had been played around with; mentioning the same directory as Buzz does. It also said that I should only have had one file in this directory..........so being the novice that I am, I deleted the excess (all the wern't called Hosts)...........and now I can not boot my PC up; not even in Safe mode. It gets hung with the nice windows XP screen, I can see my mouse cursor, but it won't develop into the log on screen. I have looked at my PC at work and realise that there are 5 files in this folder, not one as was mentioned on the website I looked at. I have opened all of these files in Notepad and copied this into a word document, printed it off, and will compare with my home pc this evening. Trouble is now, I can't log in.

Anyone got any suggestions on how to get my PC to boot up...feeling like a bit of a knob at the moment?

Thanks for your suggestions so far.
 
So you deleted everything from the etc folder? Can you get to the safemode menu? If you can, try "last known good configuration".
 
yes, unbeleivably. everything that the website said, clearly i mis understood. i can not get into safe mode, and last known configuration doesn't work either.i have just been informed that i can do a disc boot? so i will try to re-store from this tonight
 
im having a similar problem

I get this

The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

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Please try the following:

Click the Refresh button, or try again later.

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.

To check your connection settings, click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options. On the Connections tab, click Settings. The settings should match those provided by your local area network (LAN) administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).
See if your Internet connection settings are being detected. You can set Microsoft Windows to examine your network and automatically discover network connection settings (if your network administrator has enabled this setting).
Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options.
On the Connections tab, click LAN Settings.
Select Automatically detect settings, and then click OK.
Some sites require 128-bit connection security. Click the Help menu and then click About Internet Explorer to determine what strength security you have installed.
If you are trying to reach a secure site, make sure your Security settings can support it. Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options. On the Advanced tab, scroll to the Security section and check settings for SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0, PCT 1.0.
Click the Back button to try another link.



Cannot find server or DNS Error
Internet Explorer


I cant get onto hotmail or flashline.kent.edu
both sites will let me put in my name and password but then when i click enter they both display the above

I checked my settings and tls 1.0 wasnt clicked so i clikced it but nothing has changed
 
try adding the site to your trusted zone in the Internet Options on the security tab.....you could also try clearing you ssl certificates on the content tab
 
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