Spyware, viruses, & security forum: Cannot Access Google

Am I correct in understanding that you have a utility called "Always clean cookies"?

If so it occurs to me that you may be deleting cookies you need.

Try this:

Put Google in "favourites" again (my wife, for some reason, won't use IE where Google has the toolbar and so uses "favourites" in MSN for access).

Before shuting down, open Spybot S&D in advanced mode, then open "cookies", go through the list and transfer those you want to keep to the save list.

There are other ways to do this, but that is the simplest I have found ... and it might solve your problem.

Hi Frank
I don't know too much about this type of problem but I'm assuming that it might have something to do with the hosts file which I do not know enough about to give you advice on so hopefully someone else more knowledgable will be able to help. Sorry.

Over here there is no problem accessing Google.com and https://gmail.google.com/. It's loading normal in IE and Firefox.

@FrankG,

Check the host if it has been altered.
Use hoster from http://members.aol.com/toadbee/hoster.zip to view your Host file.

Check for suspicious entry. If there is suspicious entry, use Hoster to restore original host.

Or you might want repair your IE.

I would try the usual tools first such as Ad-Aware SE, Spybot S&D and Cwshredder but I think you are going to have to use HijackThis for this problem if the others don't take care of it. I'm going to supply you with some links but do NOT try to fix this yourself. HijackThis is dangerous if not used correctly. Download it so you have it and then go to one of the 3 forums that are among the ones that handle these logs. Make sure you follow the directions at whichever forum you choose or they will not help you. They will tell you how to create a log and where to post it. If you need links for the first 3 that I mentioned, I will get them for you. The rest of this is for HijackThis. The HijackThis Forums are ALWAYS busy so you have to patient, not to mention that it is Christmas Eve. Good luck.

Download link
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html

HijackThis expert forums
http://castlecops.com/HijackThis.html

http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?b=1

Its strange, more and more people have same problem with MSN, Google and Yahoo on Win XP.

A few months back, I'm unable to search using Google, Yahoo and MSN, I can not click some link in Yahoo, MSN or google...

There are no cured available, so I reinstall windows (clean installed) ...

Before installing anything else... Just windows XP pro, I cannot click (atleast) one of the link in msn.com home.. (if I'm not mistaken its the AUTO link, on the left coloumn)...

Since everything else is working, I ignore the problem (for now)...

Checked with Online scan, NAV (and tried AVG7 free ed.) using Adaware, Spybot SD, Spywareblaster... run CWShreder, Hijackthis . found nothing bad that should be fix... (Yes, all with the latest update)

Someone said it has something to do with Java(?).. I don't know..


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...