IE and Maxthon not working, but Firefox is?

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FIREFOX work - I can surf etc, BUT I cannot load IE or Maxthon at

all. It brings up a page that says :



Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage



Most likely causes:

You are not connected to the Internet.

The website is encountering problems.

There might be a typing error in the address.



What you can try:

Check your Internet connection. Try visiting another website to

make sure you are connected.



Retype the address.



Go back to the previous page.



This is weird because I haven't changed anything in my system - any

ideas?
 
On 20 Feb 2010, daviddschool wrote in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:



> FIREFOX work - I can surf etc, BUT I cannot load IE or Maxthon at

> all. It brings up a page that says :

>

> Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

>

> Most likely causes:

> You are not connected to the Internet.

> The website is encountering problems.

> There might be a typing error in the address.



Check in Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings

and make sure it's not set up to use a Proxy. Some programs, such as

virus scanners, or even malware, can redirect your internet traffic

through other (internal or external) servers.



Unless you have some specific reason for it, "Automatically detect

settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN" should be UNchecked.
 
On 20/02/2010 15:11, daviddschool wrote:

> FIREFOX work - I can surf etc, BUT I cannot load IE or Maxthon at

> all. It brings up a page that says :

>

> Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

>

> Most likely causes:

> You are not connected to the Internet.

> The website is encountering problems.

> There might be a typing error in the address.

>

> What you can try:

> Check your Internet connection. Try visiting another website to

> make sure you are connected.

>

> Retype the address.

>

> Go back to the previous page.

>

> This is weird because I haven't changed anything in my system - any

> ideas?



What page are you trying to access? One of the Microsoft pages? Can't

you access any page at all anywhere?



When you say you cannot load IE, I presume you mean that you cannot open

websites with it. I imagine the program is actually loaded - i.e. installed?



Rob Graha
 
> Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

>

> >    Most likely causes:

> > You are not connected to the Internet.

> > The website is encountering problems.

> > There might be a typing error in the address.

>

> Check in Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings

> and make sure it's not set up to use a Proxy. Some programs, such as

> virus scanners, or even malware, can redirect your internet traffic

> through other (internal or external) servers.

>

> Unless you have some specific reason for it, "Automatically detect

> settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN" should be UNchecked.



The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.

I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that

something malware or a virus might do?
 
On Feb 20, 11:15 am, daviddschool wrote:

>  > Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

>

>

>

> > >    Most likely causes:

> > > You are not connected to the Internet.

> > > The website is encountering problems.

> > > There might be a typing error in the address.

>

> > Check in Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings

> > and make sure it's not set up to use a Proxy. Some programs, such as

> > virus scanners, or even malware, can redirect your internet traffic

> > through other (internal or external) servers.

>

> > Unless you have some specific reason for it, "Automatically detect

> > settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN" should be UNchecked.

>

> The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.

> I wonder why it changed?  It was working fine before - is that

> something malware or a virus might do?



When in doubt:



Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining

issues:



Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware

detection programs:



Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/

SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/



They can be uninstalled later if desired.
 
"daviddschool" wrote in message

news:ed686a59-4cae-4e67-8e94-6e7565aecbf3@z25g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...

> > Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

>>

>> > Most likely causes:

>> > You are not connected to the Internet.

>> > The website is encountering problems.

>> > There might be a typing error in the address.

>>

>> Check in Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings

>> and make sure it's not set up to use a Proxy. Some programs, such as

>> virus scanners, or even malware, can redirect your internet traffic

>> through other (internal or external) servers.

>>

>> Unless you have some specific reason for it, "Automatically detect

>> settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN" should be UNchecked.

>

> The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.

> I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that

> something malware or a virus might do?



To reiterate what Jose said in his post, a few minutes right now of checking

for malware could save you years of aggravation down the road. Even if

nothing is found, at least your mind is eased somewhat knowing your system

is clean.

--

SC Tom
 
On 20 Feb 2010, daviddschool wrote in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:



> The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.

> I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that

> something malware or a virus might do?



Yes! That's one method the recent spate of bogus "your computer is

infected, download my virus scanner now!" malware uses to prevent you

from going to legit antivirus sites - it routes your browser traffic

through itself. You should do a thorough virus/trojan/malware scan

ASAP. You may be surprised what you find.
 
daviddschool wrote:

>> Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

>>

>>> Most likely causes:

>>> You are not connected to the Internet.

>>> The website is encountering problems.

>>> There might be a typing error in the address.

>>

>> Check in Control Panel | Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings

>> and make sure it's not set up to use a Proxy. Some programs, such as

>> virus scanners, or even malware, can redirect your internet traffic

>> through other (internal or external) servers.

>>

>> Unless you have some specific reason for it, "Automatically detect

>> settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN" should be UNchecked.

>

> The LAN settings was the problem. Thanks for that.

> I wonder why it changed? It was working fine before - is that

> something malware or a virus might do?



Yes, and if you've been dealing with a hijackware infection, you probably

have much more work to do since you've not been able to installed SP3 (which

should have been installed almost 2 years ago); cf.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/77518cf95b1a486c

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
 
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