[TriLUG] what is blocking a website in winxp?

[Carl Crider]

Wow. Although the birth of another linux box is always good new, this
is too weird an issue to leave unresolved.

Have you unplugged and restarted the router(s)?

Before you reinstall. Type "msinfo32" into the Start, Run and hit
enter. Note the NIC type and driver so you can update it (now or
later). I'd reinstall and update the NIC for sure.

Also use "msconfig" in the Run box, enter, and see what you find in
the Start, or Startup tab.
You can google the unfamiliar entries. Remove (uncheck) any
unfriendlies and apply.

Of course, a fresh lin install would be nearly finished in the same
amount of time. ;)

On 4/23/09, James Jones <jc.jones at tuftux.com> wrote:
> Patrick and all,
>
> I have used a guest account on the same box. It provides the same results.
>
> Here is my results from today's activities.
> 1. checked for malware with spybot-S&D .. Plenty of "problems" but
> when all problems were removed, the block website still existed as
> blocked.
> 2. Used autoruns, process explorer to find any unusual startups -- none
> found
> 2. The day before I had inserted a knoppix cd in the machine and
> booted to it. I could reach the website from konqueror within knoppix.
> Based on this, I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on her pc today. THE BLOCKED
> WEBSITE WAS STILL BLOCKED when using firefox on ubuntu.
> Note: I again inserted the knoppix cd and booted to it and COULD
> access the website -- no blocking!!!
>
> The internet service provider is road runner and the cable modem/wifi
> router is a Netgear model number cg814wg. I don't see any place in
> it's administration for blocking external ip addresses and no firewall
> on the router.
>
> I am nearing the point of blowing winxp away and re-installing,
> something I don't like to do. It means that I haven't found the
> problem.
>
> Perplexed -- jc jones
>
> On 4/22/09, Patrick Brewer <patwbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>  While I would first expect malware, I have had heard of issues similar
>> that are resolved by blowing away the browser config.  A simple test for
>> that would be to create a new user or try to connect from a guest account
>> if one exists on the box.
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