"Google" has disappeared!!

I've been unable to log on to "Google.com" on my PC for
several weeks. This P4 PC runs Win XP Home Edition and
Internet Explorer 6.0. I keep Symantec AntiVirus
(corporate edition) updated and running via a cable
modem.
Until a few weeks ago "Google" was accessible by typing
in the address or by using "Favorites". Suddenly, it
seemed, Google disappeared: a "404 Error" ("...the page
your browser has requested is not on this server..."),
or "The page cannot be displayed" page may appear, or
another strange page which I haven't seen for about a
week or so.
I'm having no trouble with other pages. All other
connections seem to work.
Several Symantec scans have yielded no virus, although
one did pick up a "worm" which it quarantined.
A tech aide for my ISP said I should clear out all the
cookies, but there are hundreds, some of which I'd like
to keep.
Anyone with similar experiences? Solutions?

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:19:03 -0800, Gerry wrote:

I've been unable to log on to "Google.com" on my PC for
several weeks. This P4 PC runs Win XP Home Edition and
Internet Explorer 6.0. I keep Symantec AntiVirus
(corporate edition) updated and running via a cable
modem.
Until a few weeks ago "Google" was accessible by typing
in the address or by using "Favorites". Suddenly, it
seemed, Google disappeared: a "404 Error" ("...the page
your browser has requested is not on this server..."),
or "The page cannot be displayed" page may appear, or
another strange page which I haven't seen for about a
week or so.
I'm having no trouble with other pages. All other
connections seem to work.
Several Symantec scans have yielded no virus, although
one did pick up a "worm" which it quarantined.
A tech aide for my ISP said I should clear out all the
cookies, but there are hundreds, some of which I'd like
to keep.
Anyone with similar experiences? Solutions?

Maybe its spyware. Try Spybot Search and Destroy or Adaware.
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Hi Gerry,

It sounds like you may need to adjust your firewall
security and/or ad-blocking software settings (you
could try temporarily disabling them to test for this).

Also, try deleting your temporary internet files (it
would be preferable to do this after performing the
above).

HTH.

--
t@k
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If it's just Google and no other URL's I'd check for a DNS problem. On
win98SE and earlier, you could enter the URL www.google.com in the
hosts fike and point it at 127.0.0.1 if you were using a proxy like
Proxomitron. When windows looked up the URL, to get it's numerical
equivalent, it would look in the hosts file to see if it was already
listed, for faster lookup. If it was pointed at 127.0.0.1, it would be
blocked.

I'm not sure if XP works the same, but it's worth looking in the hosts
file in system32/drivers/etc to see if Google is entered there. If it
is, remove that entry and save the hosts file. This would apply if you
are using a proxy.




On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:19:03 -0800, "Gerry"
wrotd:

I've been unable to log on to "Google.com" on my PC for
several weeks. This P4 PC runs Win XP Home Edition and
Internet Explorer 6.0. I keep Symantec AntiVirus
(corporate edition) updated and running via a cable
modem.
Until a few weeks ago "Google" was accessible by typing
in the address or by using "Favorites". Suddenly, it
seemed, Google disappeared: a "404 Error" ("...the page
your browser has requested is not on this server..."),
or "The page cannot be displayed" page may appear, or
another strange page which I haven't seen for about a
week or so.
I'm having no trouble with other pages. All other
connections seem to work.
Several Symantec scans have yielded no virus, although
one did pick up a "worm" which it quarantined.
A tech aide for my ISP said I should clear out all the
cookies, but there are hundreds, some of which I'd like
to keep.
Anyone with similar experiences? Solutions?

"Gerry" wrote in message
...
I've been unable to log on to "Google.com" on my PC for
several weeks. This P4 PC runs Win XP Home Edition and
Internet Explorer 6.0. I keep Symantec AntiVirus
(corporate edition) updated and running via a cable
modem.
Until a few weeks ago "Google" was accessible by typing
in the address or by using "Favorites". Suddenly, it
seemed, Google disappeared: a "404 Error" ("...the page
your browser has requested is not on this server..."),
or "The page cannot be displayed" page may appear, or
another strange page which I haven't seen for about a
week or so.
I'm having no trouble with other pages. All other
connections seem to work.
Several Symantec scans have yielded no virus, although
one did pick up a "worm" which it quarantined.
A tech aide for my ISP said I should clear out all the
cookies, but there are hundreds, some of which I'd like
to keep.
Anyone with similar experiences? Solutions?


Google went out of business, sorry. They couldn't compete against MSN
search... people loved the irrelevent results from MSN better.

Try flushing your dns table. Go to a command prompt. Type
ipconfig flushdns

then try it.
-----Original Message-----
Hi Gerry,

It sounds like you may need to adjust your firewall
security and/or ad-blocking software settings (you
could try temporarily disabling them to test for this).

Also, try deleting your temporary internet files (it
would be preferable to do this after performing the
above).

HTH.

--
t@k
(Invalid return address. Please reply to newsgroup).
.