
Originally Posted by
max2extreme
hope you didnt format yet. the problem is most likely (id bet money) because you have multiple firewalls running at the same time. they dont like that. its possibly you got infected, but i dont think so. do this. turn off your windows firewall. decide if you want to use norton firewall or zone alarm. I personally use zone alarm. so for example, delete norton. and while you are at it, delete zone alarm too. fyi: dont take offense, i dont know how computer savvy you are. Dont just drag the icon to trash can. go to settings --> control panel --> add/remove programs. remove them there. all of it. dont repair, just delete. Now, go and download zone alarm again, re-install, you should be good to go. your firewall probably either auto-denied or you denied a connection and it remembered it and set it as permanent. one way to test this, turn off all firewalls, and make sure there are none running, then try to go to one of those websites. i bet you'll be able to. if this doesnt work, post steps youve done exact here and ill check back. i do computer forensics and deal with firewalls, viruses, hacks, etc every day for a living.