Solve : Problem in accessing sites?

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Answer» I cannot access certain sites. There are [highlight]some sites[/highlight] i cannot access. And its happening repeatedly for past 3-4 days. Getting the message "could not LOCATE remote server". What's the problem? Is it due to any virus?If I reformat my whole HARD disk, should this problem be OVERCOME?Which sites in particular? for example this site also there is another site for which i can access that page but can't access its login pageQuote for example this site You're not missing anything... What browser are you using?I am using 3 browsers : I.E., Firefox and Opera. And from none of those browsers I am able to access that site.Are you running a firewall ? ? Are they listed in your HOSTS file ? ? Does this happen in all 3 browsers ? ? Much more info needed.Quote Are you running a firewall ? ? Yes, I am running Sygate Personal. Quote Are they listed in your hosts file ? ? Sorry, Don't know how to verify that. Quote Does this happen in all 3 browsers ? ? Yes. Quote Much more info needed. What type of info ? Try flushing your DNS cache.(i.e. ipconfig /flushdns at a command prompt) Have a look in th e hosts file. It's somewhere under C:\windows, and VARIES according to which Win version you're using.Just because you live in the Worlds Largest Democracy does not mean BIG-Brother ain't there too! Just kidding but you never know? Read 1984 or sumthin ~ The problem still remains. Yesterday I was able to access that site after running ipconfig /flushdns but today i cannot access he site again. I located the hosts file (it's at C:\Windows) but could not open it. The file type is SAM file. What is that? More information on this issue here

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I cannot access certain sites.

There are [highlight]some sites[/highlight] i cannot access. And its happening repeatedly for past 3-4 days. Getting the message "could not LOCATE remote server".

What's the problem? Is it due to any virus?If I reformat my whole HARD disk, should this problem be OVERCOME?Which sites in particular?
for example this site

also there is another site for which i can access that page but can't access its login pageQuote

for example this site

You're not missing anything...

What browser are you using?I am using 3 browsers :

I.E., Firefox and Opera.

And from none of those browsers I am able to access that site.Are you running a firewall ? ?
Are they listed in your HOSTS file ? ?
Does this happen in all 3 browsers ? ?

Much more info needed.Quote

Are you running a firewall ? ?

Yes, I am running Sygate Personal.

Quote

Are they listed in your hosts file ? ?

Sorry, Don't know how to verify that.

Quote

Does this happen in all 3 browsers ? ?

Yes.

Quote

Much more info needed.

What type of info ?

Try flushing your DNS cache.(i.e. ipconfig /flushdns at a command prompt)

Have a look in th e hosts file. It's somewhere under C:\windows, and VARIES according to which Win version you're using.Just because you live in the Worlds Largest Democracy does not mean BIG-Brother ain't there too!

Just kidding but you never know? Read 1984 or sumthin ~ The problem still remains.

Yesterday I was able to access that site after running ipconfig /flushdns
but today i cannot access he site again.

I located the hosts file (it's at C:\Windows) but could not open it.

The file type is SAM file. What is that?

More information on this issue here

Solve : Problem in accessing sites?

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