Help, problems with link.

[Dana]

Its not working again. I briefly got their website and it said the page was being redirected. Then the same old message server not found.

[Jeff]

Redirected?  Hmmm, do you get the redirect with firefox as well?

[Fla._Deadheader]

 Page is working fine.

  Try THIS link  http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve

  I go to this page from my address bar, then go where I want from there.

[Warbird]

Disclaimer: Follow the below advice at your own risk.

Does this only happen with Internet Explorer?  Are you on dial-up or do you have a broadband connection?

Do you know much about how your computer gets its IP address and what DNS server(s) it uses?  The only two times I've seen behavior similar to this, the computer had either a proxy server set up that was redirecting and/or not allowing the user to browse to certain sites.  The other time was something similar but using DNS.  The system had been pointed to a DNS server that refused to do lookups for certain sites.  Both cases were versions of spyware/malware.

I'm not saying that is the case here.  It just reminds me of it.  I'm afraid I can't help you without a lot more information or without getting my hands on the system.  The information needed to properly troubleshoot this isn't stuff you want to post on the internet.  Do you have someone local who can come over and look at your computer for you?

If so, and if this is only happening in Internet Explorer, then have them check the proxy server settings (from within IE, click tools, then Internet Options.  In the window that opens, click the Connections tab, then click the LAN Settings button.  Make sure there is no Proxy server setup there unless there is supposed to be).

If this problem is happening in all browsers, then I recommend they run the following command from the command line:  ipconfig /all

Record that info and have them call your ISP to verify it is all correct.  The big things to check here are that your IP address is from your ISP's pool of IP's and that your DNS servers are set correctly.

The other quick thing to check is your hosts file.  I've seen lots of systems with hosts files so messed up, the system was freaking out (also a result of an infection).  Your hosts files, depending on which version of Windows you are running, is likely in C:\WINDOWS\systems32\drivers\etc\hosts.  That file can be opened/edited with notepad.  Unless you have something weird or extremely old school set up, this file should only have a single IP defined after all the comments at the top.  That line should be:  127.0.0.1       localhost

Lessee...  what else could be going on?  Someone at those forums is messing with you?    I dunno man.  This is all off the top of my head, so take it with a grain of salt.  Hope it helps.

[farmerdoug]

Dana,

I am just wondering, did that coma pop up in your link again?  If it did I would suspect some kind of virus or malware on your computer.

[Dana]

Redirected?  Hmmm, do you get the redirect with firefox as well?
The redirect was with Firefox.
Harold I have I have tried all links including the one you posted.

Warbird, No proxy connection is shown in the tools/lan setting. The problem happens with ALL browsers. I wrote down the info that ipconfig/all displayed. I need to call my provider to validate those numbers? 

The c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts wouldn't run from msdos prompt and I don't know where to find notepad. So I don't know if there is a single IP

Doug no comma is in the address bar.
 

[Dana]

I contacted my internet service provider. Their high speed connection went through fine. However, when he went to a different computer that ran at the same-speed-service they provide me, it wouldn't work. He used my ip address, as well as several others, and none would work.

He said the problem is with their service and not my computer.   He wrote up a service problem request and sent it to the department that fixes it. With any luck I should have access in a week or so.

Thank you all for responding to this thread. Sorry it didn't have a lot to due with the board discussion.
                                                                                   Dana

[Warbird]

It is very strange that you only noticed service degradation to a single site...  Glad you got it figured out, tho!