Internet Explorer will not display webpages beginning with www

I am using Windows XP Home 5.1 SP3 and Internet Explorer 8. For some
reason, starting today, I cannot access any webpages that start with "www"
names. I have confirmed I have network access, and I can display webpages
with non-www names, such as https://service.sap.com. But when I try any www
webpage, such as www.google.com, I get the "Internet Explorer cannot display
the webpage" message. I use TrendMirco and MalwareBytes for security, but do
not see anything in the settings that would cause www webpages to be blocked.
I also ran CCleaner recently to clean up registry settings, but I don't know
exactly what it cleaned up. Any ideas? Thx

We have seen some cases similar this one. You may want to re-apply SP3. Or
this case collections may help: IE can’t resolve DNS names -
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...php?f=3&t=7160

--
Bob Lin, Microsoft-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"Bob" wrote in message
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I am using Windows XP Home 5.1 SP3 and Internet Explorer 8. For some
reason, starting today, I cannot access any webpages that start with "www"
names. I have confirmed I have network access, and I can display webpages
with non-www names, such as https://service.sap.com. But when I try any
www
webpage, such as www.google.com, I get the "Internet Explorer cannot
display
the webpage" message. I use TrendMirco and MalwareBytes for security, but
do
not see anything in the settings that would cause www webpages to be
blocked.
I also ran CCleaner recently to clean up registry settings, but I don't
know
exactly what it cleaned up. Any ideas? Thx

We have seen some cases similar this one. You may want to re-apply SP3. Or
this case collections may help: IE can’t resolve DNS names -
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...php?f=3&t=7160

--
Bob Lin, Microsoft-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"Bob" wrote in message
...
I am using Windows XP Home 5.1 SP3 and Internet Explorer 8. For some
reason, starting today, I cannot access any webpages that start with "www"
names. I have confirmed I have network access, and I can display webpages
with non-www names, such as https://service.sap.com. But when I try any
www
webpage, such as www.google.com, I get the "Internet Explorer cannot
display
the webpage" message. I use TrendMirco and MalwareBytes for security, but
do
not see anything in the settings that would cause www webpages to be
blocked.
I also ran CCleaner recently to clean up registry settings, but I don't
know
exactly what it cleaned up. Any ideas? Thx

Another possibility is adware/spyware, leading to Winsock
corruption or other problems. This is quite widespread.

You could fill in the form at http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm and
follow the resulting advice.

Hans-Georg

Another possibility is adware/spyware, leading to Winsock
corruption or other problems. This is quite widespread.

You could fill in the form at http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm and
follow the resulting advice.

Hans-Georg