Can ping but can't browse WIndows XP

[noeleon]

I can ping the router, google, yahoo but I cannot browse the internet..web site found...waiting for reply. Even the localhost cannot be browsed, even opera cannot browse
Anybody who has an idea...

Xp is on the first partition and trial windows 2003 on the second WIndows 2003 works with the same config but xp dont

IP:192.168.102
Gateway:192.168.1.1
DNS:192.168.1.1

DHCP client disabled

 

[bcastner]

This indicates a serious issue with your HOSTS file, and likely more.

Look first to the HOSTS file in c:\windows\system32\etc
You can use Notepad to open the file.

It should look like this:

# Copyright (c) 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

If it does not, copy and paste the above as a new file called HOSTS (no file extension).

Reboot and see if things improve.

It is possible you have been hit with qhosts:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.qhosts.html

 

[ITschoolGuy]

Hello-

Another possibility is missing or corrupted Winsock components. I have found the following to be very helpful in this kind of situation:

"XP WinsockFix" available from:

http://tntmax.com/Download/Software/WinsockXPFix.exe/view

Good luck.

Chris

 

[noeleon]

Thanks a lot for your response I did bcastner and chris. Actually I have done both but to no avail. Norton did found 5 viruses and deleted it but it did not fixed the problem. I will be doing now is to find out if there's really a qhost virus...Thanks again..

noeleon...

 

[noeleon]

I did symantec manual removal but did not find qhost...i can ping any website by ip or by name, can tracert but the problem is i cannot browse the internet either ie or opera and even the localhost (Website found...waiting for reply).
I deleted winsock and winsock2 registry and replaced it with one from my other computer with same os and replace winsock.dll and wsock32.dll as well, host file is okay. Did run WinsockXPFix and still it doesnt go through. Anymore ideas please...thanks a lot...


noeleon

 

[linney]

If you want some ideas try these.

http://www.google.com/search?source...&q=web+site+found...waiting+for+reply+windows

http://groups.google.com/groups?sou...&q=web+site+found...waiting+for+reply+windows

 

[bcastner]

Do the Troubleshooting Trinity:

Spybot 1.2
AdAware
HiJack This!

Stop after each to see if the issue has been resolved.

You can obtain all three from:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/#removal

 

[LeonBar]

can you surf the net with ip addresses not names? if you can the problem is with the DNS server.
Leon

 

[bcastner]

In IE, Tools, Internet Options, Connections, LAN Settings, make sure none of the boxes are checked.

 

[noeleon]

Did surf using ip just the same, did sypbot, adaware , highjackthis nothing found...Sisoft Sandra cannot run winsock info or network info...it dont go through...but the microsoft Network Diagnostic (Support Tools)says passed


router: 192.168.1.1
dhcp:disabled
wan:auto
others:default

works fine

dhcp client disabled
dns client enabled
computer1 xp :ip 192.168.1.100
subnet 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns 192.168.1.1

problem: Website Found Waiting for reply....
dhcp client disabled
dns client enabled
computer2 (partition1)
xp:ip 192.168.1.200
subnet 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns 192.168.1.1

works fine
dhcp client disabled
dns client enabled
(partition2)
computer2 w2003 ip 192.168.1.201
subnet 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns 192.168.1.1
Anybody got idea...well appreciated.Thanks

Noel

 

[bcastner]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=6F7244DF-3BD7-48B3-A19E-3DCADF913045

 

[gpalmer711]

If none of the above is working for you then you should seriously consider performing a In-place upgrade (Repair) installation of windows xp. See :

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341&Product=winxp

This will allow you to reinstal the important o/s files but will not lose your settings.

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

 

[noeleon]

Thanks for all the advices hope I really need to consider repair installation...i'll update everybody after this...thanks again...

noeleon...

 

[gpalmer711]

Also take a look at

http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.