Why can't I access one specific website (www.yahoo.com)?

Question

I am having an odd problem with one computer. It can get browse the web fine in most cases, but it cannot go to www.yahoo.com. Here are the pertinent bits of info that I can think of:

Windows XP Home Edition
Connecting through a DSL router
Norton AntiVirus 2006
Windows Firewall is off
- Go to www.yahoo.com, using IE7. It says “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.”
- Go to www.yahoo.com, using Firefox 1.5. It says “The connection has timed out”
- Go to my.yahoo.com, mail.yahoo.com, calendar.yahoo.com using any browser and it works ok.
- Go to any other site and these other sites can be viewed without a problem.
- Other computers connected to that same DSL router work ok.
- Tried accessing www.yahoo.com through an anonymous proxy site. Works fine.
- Tried taking the computer to another network in a different location. No change.
- Tried clearing temporary Internet files, cookies, history, and form data. No change.
- Tried adding www.yahoo.com to Trusted sites. No change

Answer 1

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http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

don't worry about this it's free any time but you want to upgrade then need to pay some.Hope it useful.

Answer 2

Yahoo site uses Java script for pages which is in beta stage.

You have to clean the old cookies and temporary files.

Go to this site and download the Internet Washer freeware:



www.eusing.com



Do not register that product. Do not look for upgrades.



There are a few other web browsers which can cope up

and give good access to Yahoo. Try NetCaptor, AM,

Avant and Maxthon:

http://www.allcertifiedcoins.com/browsersim.html

http://www.trustmeher.net/freeware/browsers.htm

http://www.iomx.com/download/internet_browser.htm

Answer 3

geez calm down.



you don't need to list your specs.



you probably have a virus you got somewhere in a yahoo service (games, answers, email, etc) if you clicked a link that will be enough for a virus to stop your access to yahoo. i've seen this before and it was confirmed as a virus.



norton antivirus is terrible. get Panda or NOD32.

Answer 4

In tools, internet option, privacy, click on sites and make sure yahoo.com is not in the block list.

Answer 5

i am also a student in middle school.



when god closes a door, he opens a window.



http://www.openawindow.net



good luck , best wishes !