Re: Very strange problem....

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From: AG (here_at_thecrib.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:47:14 GMT

I still can't get to a particuliar site.
Everytime I try to go there I get the MSN
"We can't find "www.yoursite.com" page. That
was why I was sure it was DNS, but, as stated
below, I've ruled that out. Your advice with the
hosts file helped with the other page, but this
one will still not come up. I've asked at least
four or five friends, (though none with the same
ISP), to try to bring the page up and they can.
Any chance this is a proxy thing with my ISP? I'm
on DSL with Verizon. That is the only web page
that I can't pull. Email, VPN, FTP, telnet and
TFTP work fine. I've tried pulling the site on
my 2000 box, my XP box and my openBSD box, and
no luck. I thought maybe my router was goofing with
me so I went straight to my 2000 and XP box, and still
no luck. Any help would be appreciated. TIA.

>> I still can't get this other site up
>
> Share some details if you still need help.
>
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> "AG" <here@thecrib.com> wrote in message
> news:k5W8d.10730$Xk1.8407@trnddc02...
>> Robert,
>> Thanks for the help. I forgot to mention that I did the whole
>> malware/spyware and the hosts thing. When I checked hosts, it only
had
>> the old loopback entry so I didn't think anything of it. Took your
>> advice and did a full hosts scan and didn't find another one. Checked
>> registry and it's pointing to the correct spot. (Although I have no
>> idea why the hosts file is dropped in /drivers/etc). Renamed the
file,
>> and bingo, one of the sites worked! Can't begin to image how that
>> cleared it up, but thanks! I still can't get this other site up, but,
>> I'll take any small victories I can take! :)
>>
>>
>>> That symptom could also occur if you have a HOSTS file
>>> with that entry in it. If the HOSTS file entry is incorrect
>>> it would explain your problem symptom.
>>>
>>> Try renaming your HOSTS file (i.e. get rid of it entirely)
>>> and then do another /flushdns. Then retest.
>>>
>>> BTW sometimes malware has been known to hide the HOSTS file
>>> in a nonstandard directory, perhaps even leaving a supposedly clean
>>> HOSTS file in the usual directory. The following command line
>>> could show you if this is the case:
>>>
>>> netsh diag show adapter /v | find /i "DataBasePath"
>>>
>>> Or just search your registry for the DataBasePath value name
>>> and verify it is pointing where you thought it was.
>>>
>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>> Robert Aldwinckle
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>> "AG" <here@thecrib.com> wrote in message
>>> news:szI8d.11791$na.2398@trnddc04...
>>>>I have a problem where several sites will not come up in
>>>> IE6. I talked to a friend and the sites come up no problem.
>>>> List of what I have tried:
>>>>
>>>> - Repaired IE6
>>>> - Cleared cookies/temp file/history/etc
>>>> - pinged website. (one site pinged ok, the other failed)
>>>> - tried using IP address
>>>> - flushed DNS
>>>> - tried using public root DNS instead of ISP
>>>> - tried using Opera/Mozilla
>>>> - followed the normal Microsoft fixes for "page will not display"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This problem is happening on my XP box and my 2000 box. Both
>>>> are patched (up to date) with all patches for OS, IE6 and Office
>>>> products. The weird thing is that if /displaydns, it is showing
>>>> the records as found and gives the IP, so it's not DNS. TIA!
>>>
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