[TriLUG] what is blocking a website in winxp?

[James Jones]

Ooops,

Trying to tabulate all the suggestions.

Looks like tomorrow will be spent scanning for spyware.

I will tabulate you suggestions and my comments in a better form later tonight.

jcj

On 4/21/09, James Jones <jc.jones at tuftux.com> wrote:
> 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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