How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

[Guest Penang]

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]

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]

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

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[Guest Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov]

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

 

 

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[Guest ShadowTek]

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]

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 !

 

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[Guest Doug W.]

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.

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"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 !

>

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> pages

[Guest Brian Cryer]

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]

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