browser problems

Headshot

somthing wrong with my surfing

cant access most sites

yahoo and wiki are dead to me and other sites

its the same problem with all my browsers,what could be wrong?

boards is working ok

the full page doesnt upload altogether,takes a few seconds for the bottom of the page to catch up

video is top and go,top and go

Headshot

youtube not even opening up,actually it is but barely,it's like the connection stops why it's loading the page

could it be a virus ?

ronkmonster

try go to some security sites. norton. trend. some virus/malware block those sites too

if you can get to malwarebytes.com download the free version and do a quick scan

James T Kirk

Right click the connection icon, select 'repair', then try browsers again. Might do the trick.

Headshot

ronkmonster wrote: »

try go to some security sites. norton. trend. some virus/malware block those sites too

if you can get to malwarebytes.com download the free version and do a quick scan

one of the best around

scanning while we speak

just thinking back to when it started,my firefox page minimise and maximise rapidly

sounds like a virus alright,I just scanned my laptop 2 days ago and only the usual spyware nothing else

Headshot

cant even go into Nortan website and trend

James T Kirk wrote: »

Right click the connection icon, select 'repair', then try browsers again. Might do the trick.

thanks mate but no luck

ronkmonster

maybe the vundo trojan. i've seen before where it stops from going to security sites. google would work but couldn't even search for clean programs/mcafee etc

can you try safe mode with networking?

Headshot

ronkmonster wrote: »

maybe the vundo trojan. i've seen before where it stops from going to security sites. google would work but couldn't even search for clean programs/mcafee etc

can you try safe mode with networking?

ill try that mate after the scanning

atm im getting alot of adware

onzlo

Headshot wrote: »

somthing wrong with my surfing

cant access most sites

yahoo and wiki are dead to me and other sites

its the same problem with all my browsers,what could be wrong?

boards is working ok

the full page doesnt upload altogether,takes a few seconds for the bottom of the page to catch up

video is top and go,top and go

im new to boards but i had the same prob after thunder and lightning but it was grand the next day my isp is eircom

owlwink

onzlo wrote: »

im new to boards but i had the same prob after thunder and lightning but it was grand the next day my isp is eircom

Is was not the thunder and lightning, hackers have been attacking the Eircom lines all week.

onzlo

Are you serious? so should i just do a full scan on my computer, just in case?

ronkmonster

Can't hurt. But they were attacking eircom dns server i think.
So you could have been redirected to the wrong site (and infected site)

OP, have you got it sorted yet?
You should clear your system restore points too cause they can be resurrected from them.

Headshot

got my browser stuff going last night

avg picked up 70 virus's and

super anti spyware picked up 16

ronkmonster

I generally prefer avast these days for a free antivirus

Also has the option (on 32 bit windows) to schedule a boot time scan, so it'll do a full scan before windows starts. helps with difficult virii

JackF

norton 360 is good , it blocks all virus' and sets backup

ronkmonster

JackF wrote: »

norton 360 is good , it blocks all virus' and sets backup

yeah I heard that norton was supposed to be good this year. not as sluggish as previous versions

8ofSpades

AVG is good

it also has a useful function to scan every day X amount of minutes after startup.
I have mine set to this, and its something I'd reccommend rather than scanning on a whim.

if your PC is on 24*7 theres also a 'time' option

squod

Headshot this sounds a lot like the same contention issue I have with vodafone.
Had it before with eircom before I moved to BT.

Contact your ISP about it. Betcha yahoo etc. worked fine for you at 2am or something. I might have to go back to BT because of this, uuuhhhhhhh.

Headshot

(Sorry bumping this thread )

but wtf is happening with my laptop

iv having the same problem again

no yahoo mail,no betfair but other sites such as boards and eircom work perfectly

iv done a whole computer virus scan and picked 2 viruses and there deleted but I still have the same problem

kwalshe

This is happening to me now, yahoo hit and miss , boards and others ok, no facebook all day? on perlico, through eircom i presume

could be be dns hacked issue?

Headshot

kwalshe wrote: »

This is happening to me now, yahoo hit and miss , boards and others ok, no facebook all day? on perlico, through eircom i presume

could be be dns hacked issue?

im using vodafone 3G broadband

kwalshe try betfair

also facebook doesnt work for me either

kwalshe

Headshot wrote: »

im using vodafone 3G broadband

kwalshe try betfair

also facebook doesnt work for me either

betfair is working but only 50%, formatting is all dodge

Headshot

kwalshe wrote: »

betfair is working but only 50%, formatting is all dodge

doesnt even come up for me

edit found out what it is

vodafone are having nationwide problems with their 3G broadband atm

squod

Headshot wrote: »

doesnt even come up for me

edit found out what it is

vodafone are having nationwide problems with their 3G broadband atm

I reckon vodafone are having trouble full stop.
My vodafone ''broadband'' through the phone line is next to useless.

sparky360

Laptop isnt recognising facebook address and when i try to get to the malwarebytes.com page it says that the page could not be found either.

I'm on perlico and internet has been a bit dodgy for the last 2 days. Not sure whether this was down to perlico or a virus. Can someone please reccommend a solution if it is a virus. I have no idea what scans or what i should download. I have little (or no) anti-virus or anti-spyware software. I did a scan with superantispyware and ran ccleaner and im still having problems

There are a few sites not being recognised and im tearing my bloody hair out.

Thanks for any help!!

lucernarian

Perlico (owned by Vodafone) and Vodafone DSL are having problems with websites outside of the british isles. Only microsoft, google and a bunch of others which are hosted with a particular company (e.g. nvidia, amd, intel) will work. American and EU websites in general won't work. Some lucky customers are getting normal service during this, so it's a bit of a lottery really.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=61314839

ebay.ie is hosted in america and won't work.

Vodafone mobile internet are having big problems, probably related to the DSL problems. Same thing again, no US websites accessible.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055631429


If you're on DSL, turning off the modem and turning it back on sometimes works. If you're on mobile, sit back and enjoy what Ireland and the UK have to offer on the net:)

mehmeh12

In relation to avast boot time scan, how effective is this in catching viruses? Also how long does is normally take to scan this way? I have a 500 GB drive and it takes about i dunno a lot of hours to do this..i fell asleep and left the laptop on all night.

Abelloid

I've had a lot of problems recently with Vodafone DSL, ebay and photobucket simply didn't exist. I switched to opendns and it solved the problem.

lucernarian

I switched FROM Level3 DNS a month ago when I was having the problem and it "fixed the problem".

The only way changing DNS helps, is by resetting the router and giving you a working IP address. Vodafone/Perlico have fixed their problems about an hour ago. Changing the DNS now, looks like it made a difference when in fact it didn't.

In other words, OpenDNS didn't fix the problems with Vodafone/Perlico. But it doesn't matter as everyone is happy eh?:p

rco2000

I'm Perlico. Cannot get facebook & many other sites all day.Weird. Google owrks though:mad:

Abelloid

To_be_confirmed wrote: »

I switched FROM Level3 DNS a month when I was having the problem and it "fixed the problem".

The only way changing DNS helps, is by resetting the router and giving you a working IP address. Vodafone/Perlico have fixed their problems about an hour ago. Changing the DNS now, looks like it made a difference when in fact it didn't.

In other words, OpenDNS didn't fix the problems with Vodafone/Perlico. But it doesn't matter as everyone is happy eh?:p

I don't know how or why but when I switched ( nearly a week go now) my problems went away, resetting the router didn't help up to that point.