[TriLUG] what is blocking a website in winxp?

[Glenn Hennessee]

Are you sure there isn't spyware/malware on the system? Norton doesn't 
look for spyware as far as I know. I like Ad-aware from LavaSoft; Spybot 
Search and Destroy; and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. They all have free 
versions you can download and install and use. Make sure you get those 
names and not a "sound alike" program. Try 
http://download.cnet.com/windows/spyware-removers/?tag=bc for downloads. 
NC State just switched to Trend Micro from Symantec Corporate antivirus 
because they think it's better software. Can you ping the site from her 
computer? or telnet to port 80 on the site? I have seen proxy servers 
installed that the user didn't know about that created problems but 
nothing quite like this.

glenn


James Jones wrote:
> All,
>
> A friend of mine has a winxp-home pc with sp-3 installed. Using any of
> 3 browsers, ( opera, IE6, firefox ), she cannot go to one website that
> she used to visit regularly. She receives a timeout. I can hook my
> laptop into her network and using any browser on either winxp or
> ubuntu, I can access the website with no problem.
>
> From her winxp, I can ping the site and do a tracert to the site with
> no problem.
>
> I can disable her norton anti-virus and windows firewall and there is
> no change. There are no entries in restricted areas of ie, no entries
> in hosts file.
>
> I have even tried to use the system restore, but system restore is
> always incomplete -- no changes.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> The website is http://www.healthjobsusa.com  ( she is looking for a
> nursing job and needs to connect ).
>
> If I don't have a solution soon, I guess I can always install ubuntu
> as a dual boot so she can get to the site --
>
>
>   

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Glenn Hennessee
Department of Chemistry
NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27606
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