Re: All sites - The page cannot be displayed

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"Rick K" <RickK@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sometime during the last several days, IE started displaying "The page
> cannot be displayed" for all web sites that I have tried to visit. Also, OE
> stopped displaying graphics called from web sites. (Inserted JPGs display
> OK.) I tried Firefox, and it works fine.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that the IE and OE problems are caused by the same
> thing?


Perhaps. The fact that Firefox is working discounts the idea of an DNS
issue and suggests the likelihood that the symptom is caused by malware.
I suppose msimn.exe could be targeted by malware just as easily as
iexplore.exe. Have you tried testing with a different mail reader too?
In fact, I think it would be interesting to trace what requests are generated
to render an HTML E-mail message with external graphics. E.g. what
User-Agent is given? If it is the same as IE and the malware had
implemented a filter on the TCP/IP stack it probably wouldn't matter which
app was issuing the request.


FWIW

Robert Aldwinckle
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>
> I'm using Win2kPro and IE 6.00.2800.1123. I haven't updated Windows lately.
>
> Just in case ... I deleted cookies and files, cleared history, then
> Properties-Advanced-RestoreDefaults, then Add-RemovePrograms-Repair.
>
> Is it time to re-install IE 6? If so, do I uninstall something first? Will
> I lose my OE account settings?
>
> Thanks, Rick
>
>


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