Why can I not access certain web sites?

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the help from shampton was great. I just sufferred the w32.mytob.hg@mm virus and followed symantecs instructions to the letter. However I still could not access ebay and other websites. The note above fixed the problem immediately ( well almost, the list appears off the screen so unless you scroll ( which you dont think you need to) you will miss them.

Thank you

hi i love to play runescape but from last nite it wont let my on the web site it say my approl site list is stopping it but when i go onto it there not web site on there what can i do plzzzzzz help

There are some reasons when someone can't access a particular website:

- Your ISP does not allow
- You firwall settings does not allow
- Your Internet Explorer does not allow
- Nameserver not populated all over
etc.

Check these first...!

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SEO Power (http://www.seopower.com)

There are some reasons when someone can't access a particular website:

- Your ISP does not allow
- You firwall settings does not allow
- Your Internet Explorer does not allow
- Nameserver not populated all over
etc.

Check these first...!

All The Best From
SEO Power - http://www.seopower.com

Well I must say, I'm so glad i found this forum because i was having the exact same problem as many of the people here, i had problems accessing hotmail, ebay and amazon mainly, and now I've fixed it.

The solution was to lower the MTU as was said previously, except lowering it only to 1492 (i think it was) was not enough, I would suggest anyone who has tried changing the MTU without success to lower the value further I'm using a value of 1249 and can access all the websites i need now. Hope this helps.

My problem is basically like everyone else. Yesterday I was able to access two websites at two universities and now today I can't. Every other site works fine. I tried the MTU solution. Even went as low 1030. I have a laptop running Windows XP Professional running on a cable modem from Comcast. I've been at this for 17 hours straight. I turned off the firewall. I don't know where to go next.

Great ...! This will help others as well. Thanks for posting solution CJ.

SEO Power - http://www.seopower.net

Thanks SEOPOWER,

Now I am getting a typical problem, previously the problem I was not able to see the home page that is http://www.webisolutions.com but now the problem I am not able to browse the entire site..

that is http://www.webisolutions.com/link_directory/index.html
and other inner pages like http://www.webisolutions.com/link_directory/it_services_providers.html and others

please give some suggestion for this.

Regards

PDSCHAP

Okay, I am having similar issues as everyone has described. However, I'm only having an issue with one website in particular. Everything else works fine. It is a message board that I have been going to for a long time now and it suddenly stopped working for me but works for everyone else that goes there.

I have tried several solutions suggested over the net, none of which have worked. I've checked my IE security settings, even downloaded Firefox, changed the MTU settings to 1249, disconnected my router and plugged directly in to the box (I have a wireless ISP, Keyon, so there isn't a 'modem' per se), did a fresh install of Win XP Pro (corporate edition), then checked the host file and there's nothing in there but the local host. I can't ping or trace route the website. All packets sent fail and the trace route hops 30 times and then stops.

I am really at a loss here now. I've been working on this for the better part of a week now without any success at all. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. My email is macie48@yahoo.com if anyone has any possible solutions for me. Thanks in advance.

I can't access websites such as hotmail or ebay or even my bank account online, i also can't send e-mails and sometimes cannot delete them. I have had this problem for a while. Maybe its that MTU thing as stated in other posts? but what is MTU? i have not got a clue, please help me! cheers!

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