Guest Penang Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 To all ! Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back with an error. I can access google.com without any problem tho. I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease. At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail. Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping http://www.google.com -f -l 1500 - (also on http://www.google.com.au and http://www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the ip of 127.0.0.1 !! 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING. Dear all, Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC?? Please help !! Thank you !! PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and http://www.gmail.com return error !
Guest Leonard Grey Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? Do you think you cross-posted to enough newsgroups? Open your Hosts file with Notepad and remove the line that redirects those URLs to 127.0.0.1. --- Leonard Grey Errare Humanum Est Penang wrote: > To all ! > > Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access > gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access > these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back > with an error. > > I can access google.com without any problem tho. > > I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease. > > At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I > return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That > means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail. > > Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping http://www.google.com -f -l 1500 - > (also on http://www.google.com.au and http://www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the > ip of 127.0.0.1 !! > > 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer > system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan > it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING. > > Dear all, > > Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC?? > > Please help !! > > Thank you !! > > PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and > http://www.gmail.com return error !
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:04:10 -0400, Leonard Grey <l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote: > Do you think you cross-posted to enough newsgroups? I've removed the long list from this reply, and am posting only to XP general > Open your Hosts file with Notepad and remove the line that redirects > those URLs to 127.0.0.1. Right, but he should also be extremely concerned with how that line got there. It sounds very likely that it was put there by a malware infection that he has. > Penang wrote: > > To all ! > > > > Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access > > gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access > > these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back > > with an error. > > > > I can access google.com without any problem tho. > > > > I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease. > > > > At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I > > return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That > > means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail. > > > > Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping http://www.google.com -f -l 1500 - > > (also on http://www.google.com.au and http://www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the > > ip of 127.0.0.1 !! > > > > 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer > > system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan > > it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING. > > > > Dear all, > > > > Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC?? > > > > Please help !! > > > > Thank you !! > > > > PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and > > http://www.gmail.com return error ! -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? Penang <kalambong@gmail.com> wrote: >127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer >system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan >it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING. Had me scared with that statement, and I run a host file. Edit this file: X:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts It's a text file, search for and remove Gmail. Or replace the HOST file with this one http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts -- http://bomomo.com/
Guest ShadowTek Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? Penang <kalambong@gmail.com> wrote in news:98ab87df-fe8a-46bd-a44d- 4b831b6a121e@b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com: > To all ! > > Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access > gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access > these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back > with an error. > > I can access google.com without any problem tho. I have been having trouble with Google's various services over the past several days as well. Also, I should point out that I have always seen problems with reusing Google's cookies. I would suggest that you only allow them for sinlge session usage, or remember to try deleting them when you have problems using Google.
Guest Ray Parrish Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? Yep, sounds like somethings been writing entries into your hosts file since those sites return 127.0.0.1 That's what they would return if they were set to be blocked in your hosts file. Your hosts file can be edited with any text editor, so have a look in there and I'm sure you'll find entries for those two sites. It is located in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder. However, you also need to address the issue of how the sites got blocked in the first place. What wrote those entries to the hosts file? The following is a sample hosts file from my system which has no sites blocked - *start of file* # Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost *end of file* Later, Ray Parrish Penang wrote: > To all ! > > Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access > gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access > these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back > with an error. > > I can access google.com without any problem tho. > > I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease. > > At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I > return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That > means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail. > > Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping http://www.google.com -f -l 1500 - > (also on http://www.google.com.au and http://www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the > ip of 127.0.0.1 !! > > 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer > system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan > it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING. > > Dear all, > > Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC?? > > Please help !! > > Thank you !! > > PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and > http://www.gmail.com return error ! -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages
Guest Doug W. Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? Google has had problems for two days. Wait for them to be solved. Don't panic, their stupid forums will be updated eventually. Some of my Saturday postings just showed up today. Doug W. ----------- "Ray Parrish" <crp@cmc.net> wrote in message news:%23LqhaCHOJHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Yep, sounds like somethings been writing entries into your > hosts file since those sites return 127.0.0.1 That's what they > would return if they were set to be blocked in your hosts > file. > > Your hosts file can be edited with any text editor, so have a > look in there and I'm sure you'll find entries for those two > sites. > > It is located in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder. > > However, you also need to address the issue of how the sites > got blocked in the first place. What wrote those entries to > the hosts file? > > The following is a sample hosts file from my system which has > no sites blocked - > > *start of file* > # Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. > # > # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for > Windows. > # > # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host > names. Each > # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address > should > # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding > host name. > # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at > least one > # space. > # > # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on > individual > # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. > # > # For example: > # > # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source > server > # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client > host > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > *end of file* > > Later, Ray Parrish > > Penang wrote: >> To all ! >> >> Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't >> access >> gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried >> to access >> these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then >> come back >> with an error. >> >> I can access google.com without any problem tho. >> >> I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease. >> >> At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, >> when I >> return to my office, I can get into gmail without any >> problem. That >> means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail. >> >> Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping http://www.google.com -f -l >> 1500 - >> (also on http://www.google.com.au and http://www.google.co.uk ) and ping >> returns the >> ip of 127.0.0.1 !! >> >> 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a >> computer >> system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. >> So I scan >> it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING. >> >> Dear all, >> >> Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC?? >> >> Please help !! >> >> Thank you !! >> >> PS. I can access all other sites. Only >> http://groups.google.com and >> http://www.gmail.com return error ! > > -- > http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. > <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html> > Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows > http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web > pages
Guest Brian Cryer Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? "Ray Parrish" <crp@cmc.net> wrote in message news:%23LqhaCHOJHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Yep, sounds like somethings been writing entries into your hosts file > since those sites return 127.0.0.1 That's what they would return if they > were set to be blocked in your hosts file. > > Your hosts file can be edited with any text editor, so have a look in > there and I'm sure you'll find entries for those two sites. > > It is located in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder. <snip> This is the normal location, but it can be changed. If your hosts file looks okay then look in the registry at: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DataBasePath this gives the location of the hosts file, so if its pointing to anything other than %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc then either find and view the file in its new location or change the value in the registry back to what it should be. -- Brian Cryer http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
Guest Engineer Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups?? On Oct 27, 5:28 pm, "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote: > Google has had problems for two days. Wait for them to be > solved. Don't panic, their stupid forums will be updated > eventually. Some of my Saturday postings just showed up today. (snip) This happened to me, too. Tried a new test post and some test replies on the W/E - all appeared today. Tiresome! Cheers, Roger
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