Microsoft Websites, Can Anybody Help (1 Viewer)

[Soundman]

My desktop PC seems to have taken a dislike to Microsoft Pages.
I get an error message saying it cannot check for updates.
I can't access the Microsoft download pages and frequently when I google anything Microsoft I get a Yahoo homepage.
My default search engine is Google.
I have tried turning off my firewall and anti virus but it makes no difference.
I am running Windows 7 and everything has been OK until a couple of weeks ago.
When I do anything similar on my laptop pc everything is fine.
Any help appreciated


Soundman

 

[reader]

I would say your pc was being very sensible,

Seriously, clear the browser history,cache etc and see if any of the ms sites are blocked, worth checking your firewall settings as well. Might be worth putting on Malwarebytes if you dont have it to give the pc the occasional check up. (runs ok in Win7)

 

[Soundman]

I would say your pc was being very sensible,

Seriously, clear the browser history,cache etc and see if any of the ms sites are blocked, worth checking your firewall settings as well. Might be worth putting on Malwarebytes if you dont have it to give the pc the occasional check up. (runs ok in Win7)

Tried all this, no success
If I google microsoft updates and click on their site I get
"http://uk.yahoo.com/?p=us"
Turned off firewall and antivirus and tried.
Microsoft's help pages don't cure any of the problems!

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[Soundman]

Update on Problem

It seems when I click on any of the Google search results it sends me off the Yahoo page.
Not just Microsofts sites

 

[scotjimland]

Does this shed any light ?

http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3586

 

[ArenqueRojo]

Hi Soundman,
It sounds like either there is corruption on the DNS cache or you are being blocked by a blacklist. My money would be on the former.
Two suggestions:
1. Try going for one of the websites you can't reach via a proxy server. (Link Removed will get you hundreds. Just choose one and then put the web address you want into their URL window. I'm guessing you will get through that way)
2. Do a factory reset on your router. I'll bet that is the culprit. Is it DLink btw?

Patrick

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[Soundman]

It seemed that I had picked up a virus or something nasty!

(I ended doing a complete re installtion of Windows 7 and everything is OK now.
Incidently I do have a Dlink router but my laptop on the network worked OK)

Many thanks everybody

Soundman