Re: Browser hangs Web site cannnot be displayed

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 12:42:01 -0700, Matt S <MattS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>After the full restore I have not put any Anti-virus software back on my
>computer. I have turned off the Windows XP firewall. I can't ping websites
>with either my laptop or desktop. Verizon said they disabled ping function
>for websites because of some sort of virus in the ping function. Although I
>can ping 127.0.0.1 with no packet loss.

Matt,

OK, "127.0.0.1" is on your LAN, so whatever Vz did to "disable ping function"
won't have an effect there.

Did you un install any antivirus software? Did you un install any firewalls?
Read the first two articles, and check the MTU situation.

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