Some weird shit is happening. I cannot access google from IE or Firefox plus i can't ping it. What gives? Also fileh.com is not working.

2/4/2006 1:25:10 AM

checked your HOSTS file and ran a virus scan?

2/4/2006 1:29:38 AM

where is the hosts file?

2/4/2006 1:38:46 AM

What OS are you running?

2/4/2006 1:40:32 AM

XP SP2

2/4/2006 1:41:05 AM

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

2/4/2006 1:44:28 AM

its empty

2/4/2006 1:48:16 AM

symantec/ad-aware/spybot S&D no luck finding anything.

2/4/2006 1:49:12 AM

Try resetting your router and cable modem, and/or restarting your computer.



[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 1:51 AM. Reason : ]

2/4/2006 1:51:00 AM

problem solved. Thanks moron and everybody else. i reset modem and restarted at it worrks now.

2/4/2006 1:56:29 AM

thats probably the first thing you should have done...common comp knowledge.

2/4/2006 10:51:00 AM

the HOSTS file!?! you people must spend a lot of time troubleshooting simple problems if you check for some random fucking website in the HOSTS file first when you can't ping something. does the word "improbability" mean anything to you?

maybe before checking the HOSTS file he should have checked... the network interface?

this is not directed at you redneck350, I'm just not sure if they were trolling or honestly that far off base... I have never in my life encountered an accidental case of HOSTS poisoning-- if you're trying to intentionally detour name resolution, there are ways to do that whereby the user can't edit a text file to repair it. it's just so far off base it hurts me inside.

[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 12:36 PM. Reason : *]

2/4/2006 12:31:15 PM

I neve said it was he hosts file. He asked where it was and I told him.

2/4/2006 2:44:29 PM

there are definitely cases of spyware putting stuff in your hosts file to redirect common sites like google (since when is google a "random fucking website")

i think it was an appropriate suggestion

[Edited on February 4, 2006 at 4:25 PM. Reason : not a lot]

2/4/2006 4:23:28 PM

^

2/4/2006 4:51:43 PM

Quote :

"Some weird shit is happening. I cannot access google from IE or Firefox plus i can't ping it. What gives? Also fileh.com is not working."

but the rest of the internet worked?

2/4/2006 8:26:56 PM