I.E. won't open a webpage, why???

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Eric Dunn - 21 Jun 2008 19:26 GMT

Spybot-SD inserts this line into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

127.0.0.1 www.baidu.com

This prevents this site from openning. After I deleted this line and
restarted Windows, Firefox now can open this site but not I.E. still. Why?

Besides Windows host file, any other settings (Windows or I.E.) that can
prevent a site from being opened?

Thanks in advance!

Eric

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PA Bear [MS MVP] - 22 Jun 2008 02:26 GMT

Please post here for assistance:

Spybot Support Forum
http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=4

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> Spybot-SD inserts this line into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
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> Eric

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM - 22 Jun 2008 03:03 GMT

> Spybot-SD inserts this line into C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
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> Besides Windows host file, any other settings (Windows or I.E.) that can
> prevent a site from being opened?

In a Cmd window, enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.

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