[TriLUG] what is blocking a website in winxp?

[James Jones]

Source               	Suggestion	result	other comments
Glenn Hennessee	is it spyware?		still to determine ( std )
Glenn Hennessee	Can you ping the site	using her pc, I can ping the
site 	dns provides correct ip address for the website when pinging –
confirmed ip address by using dig on my linux laptop
Glenn Hennessee	telnet to port 80 on the site		std
Sean Leinart 	Any differences in the DNS Servers that either system is
using?		std
Neil L. Little	how about a different dns server like opendns or
4.1.1.1		refer to above ping comments
Neil L. Little	.NSLOOKUP		
Carl Crider	Have you checked the HOSTS file?	confirmed that hosts file
exists without any additions that may block any site	Also searched the
system for hidden hosts file
Carl Crider	Clean the machine ASAP.	I have done several norton scans	Suggestion


On 4/21/09, Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com> wrote:
> "nslookup"
>
>
>  On 4/21/09, Neil L. Little <nllittle at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>  > I think you can query the DNS using...LOOKLNS from CMD on a winders machine.
>  > That might not be right. Its been a while.
>  >
>  > Carl Crider wrote:
>  >> Have you checked the HOSTS file? Also check for a hidden copy of it.
>  >> Sounds like a case of xx_ware to me. I second looking at DNS on the
>  >> box Vs your laptop. Clean the machine ASAP.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> On 4/21/09, James Jones <jc.jones at tuftux.com> 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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