I'm able to browse a few websites but not most. What's wrong?

Question

First, i thought it might have been a virus because I'm a frequent downloader. And my wife opened a suspicious program the same day it started to mess up. So, I ran the 3 different types of virus scan I had (about 2-3 each). It took out alot of viruses. I tried browsing but no luck.

Then I spent about 2 hrs on the phone with my internet provider trying diff things(ip address change, safe mode) and basically they told me that they didn't know what was wrong.

The sites that work is blackboard(college site), nfl forum site, and water.com.

Sites that dont work is yahoo(Im on a campus comp), google, espn basically everything else.

I dont know what to do any suggestions?

Answer 1

Perhaps it regards the enabling or disabling of Java or ActiveX controls.

When I read a message that the site requires ActiveX to function properly, I copy the URL to the clipboard, open Internet Explorer (I usually use Firefox), and paste the URL into the address bar and press "Enter". It usually begins working then, so that's the only remedy I've tried for ActiveX.

If the issue is Java, make sure you have it and that it's working. One good site is

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

You might also want to try different browsers:

Opera:

http://www.opera.com/

Mozilla Firefox:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Netscape 8.1.3:

http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/

Older Netscape browsers:

http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/download/archive.jsp

Good luck.

Answer 2

If you are able to browse some, you might have your security too high, plus, many sites require you to accept cookies.
I'm concerned about having 3 virus programs. One good one plus common sense is sufficient. Multiple antivirus programs might recognize each other as threats. Go to:

Tools
Internet Options
Review the Security, Privacy, and Content tabs.
You probably don't want smut -- I have Security and Privacy set to medium, and in Content, I have garbage set to 0. I get by just fine.

Answer 3

It's called ( your school is blocking the darn sites ) SON