strange access problem on XP

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by marjwyatt, May 13, 2012.

  1. marjwyatt

    marjwyatt Private E-2

    I have an account at co.cc (mostly free registrar)

    I can login to the site from my notebook running XP Professional. I cannot access the site from my desktop, which is XP Home.

    Both machines are using the same router to get on the internet so, the way that I view it, it cannot be related to a router or ISP. That leads me to believe that there is some bizarre setting that is misconfigured on the desktop.

    Here's what is even weirder. Using a free proxy (like hidemyass.com) from the desktop, I am unable to view co.cc . Using that same service from my laptop, I can. (!)

    This is more of a puzzle than a show stopper, since I can access the registrar from my laptop but I can't even begin to imagine where/what to look for so I'm posting my plea here. :-o

    This is not a block that affects all .co.cc domains because I have been using those for development and I can access them in the browser just fine.

    I've ensured that my internet settings are not using a proxy. I've flushed my DNS.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction to resolve this weird thing, or tell me what else to look for as cause?
     
    Last edited by a moderator: May 14, 2012
  2. handygal

    handygal First Sergeant

    Can you ping the site?

    Are you using a firewall program?
     
  3. marjwyatt

    marjwyatt Private E-2

    Only Windows Firewall. There does not appear to be any granular settings there to enable access to ONE domain, which is the problem.

    I did have website blocking enabled via Malwarebytes. Disabling that permitted access to the site so the mystery is now solved. I wonder why Malwarebytes would consider it to be a site it ought to block?
     

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