Re: Internet Explorer 403 Forbidden message - how do I resolve?

In news:D2CA3FB2-9374-455B-B1DF-C6172C9A0CA0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Sky <Sky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hello everybody - we recently got bulldog broadband and ever since,
> anytime we click on internet explorer we get a "403 Forbidden
> message - You were denied access because: Access denied by access
> control list."
>
> Firefox works just fine, but can't get onto the internet via explorer
> - just get the message above.
>
> Also Norton Antivirus is now unable to do a liveupdate and protect my
> pc - I've read that Norton uses some components of explorer and that
> the problem with Internet Explorer is the cause of the Norton problem.
>
> Any suggestions on whether there's a broadband issue that my ISP aint
> told me about and what I need to do to fix the Internet Explorer 403
> message problem and get back online with Internet Explorer - and
> fingers xd - norton antivirus?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sky

Do you have something left in your proxy settings that was left over from
your old ISP? Did you install some sort of software to connect to their
services? If so did you uninstall that software? I'd look and see if maybe
you have setup a proxy. Firefox would, I think, ignore the proxy unless you
specifically had added it. IE would fail if it was no longer valid. Norton,
well, I can't speak for them, but they may use the proxy settings they cull
from the registry. That's where I'd look at any rate.

Galen
--

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward."

Sherlock Holmes


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