[akabowers]

I'm getting this error message every time I try to enter certain web-sites (ie. Amazon, Ebay and a few others). Everything worked fine until a few months ago...All of the sudden my wireless got all wacked out, I called my local DSL provider and they couldn't figure it out so they just got my regular DSL to work. But then I discovered that Amazon and EBAY wouldn't load. They couldn't fix it

I'm running Win XP and have run several scans (Eusing Registery scan, Spybot, Ad-Aware and I'm running AVG anti-virus).

When I ping ebay and amazon it gets a reply from me (127.0.0.1) not them??

Please help.
Natasha Bowers

[dondari]

Did you try Delete Browsing History under Tools in IE? You can also try deleting all files under the 2 folders found under c:\documents and settings\<user>\local settings...
\Temp\*.*
\Temporary Internet Files\*.*
Note that you have to be an Administrator and be able to see system files. One particularly annoying file seems to be DNSERROR.

[akabowers]

I deleted all of the temp file stuff and the file under Temp. Internet Files but it still won't load the pages. Any other suggestions???
Natasha

[Byteman]

Hi, This sounds like a HOSTS file problem- let's try setting the HOSTS file back to the default:

Download HostsExpert: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Hoster_d4626.html

Choose one of the servers at Majorgeeks....save the file on your desktop...

• Unzip HostsXpert 4.2 - Hosts File Manager to a convenient folder such as C:\HostsXpert 4.2 - Hosts File Manager
• Run HostsXpert 4.2 - Hosts File Manager from its new home
• Click on "File Handling".
• Click on "Restore MS Hosts File".
• Click OK on the Confirmation box.
• Click on "Make Read Only?"
• Click the X to exit the program.
• Note: If you were using a custom Hosts file you will need to replace any of those entries yourself.

*Now, try those sites that were having the problem again....post back if they still do not work.