Connection failure for one specific address: PCWorld
Hi, I have been having, for a week or two, the weirdest problem ever. Let's say I try to follow a link in PCWorlds newsletter, I then get an error message saying: "Connection Failed. Firefox cannot connect to the server at Reviews and News on Tech Products, Software and Downloads - PC World. - The site may be temporarily down, try again etc. etc. The message comes up immediately, no trying with subsequent time-out, just bang - head against the wall. Same difference with Internet Explorer . The weird thing is that it's only PCWorld.com I cannot connect to, all other sites (this one, for instance) work fine. I just can't remember what I might have done to exclude myself from PCWorld . Can anybody out there guess what's the matter? Thank you!Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now.
December 31st, 2009 11:05pm

can you go to www.PCWorld.com ???Ping it and see what get back, change your dns to 8.8.8.8 and test
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December 31st, 2009 11:39pm

In internet options/Security/Restricted Sites is pcworld listed? Remove itMCSE, MCSA, MCDST [If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.]
January 1st, 2010 5:41am

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