Huge Annoyance

Hi there, I haven't been here in awhile as I have been trouble free since earlier this year, thanx to this site As usual, I take things for granted, and I apologize for that, but there isn't much I can do to help here yet, So I am still dependent on help, and I could use some now. I use Netscape instead of IE now and keep getting this error window popping up all the time, that says "Domain Name Could Not Be found" mostly when I try to open a new page. It comes up twice each time and I can't move until I close it. This happens regularly, but not always, and is super frustrating. I glanced through the latest threads and did a general search for the phrase in the box, but got lost, and am hoping to get quicker results with a new thread. That said, I'll post and if anyone can help, please do, thanx again MG and when I can help, I will too.

 

No problem, sorry for the lack of info.
IE works fine, just don't trust it after hyjack.
Win XP Pro SP2, updated auto.
Clear temp on browser exit, + CCleaner and Clean It
My homepage comes up, but I can't move until I close the windows
I have 8.0.4, based on Firefox
not sure on the HOSTS file, did some playin before, but not modified to my recollection
I use Sygate PF, Avast AV, MS Anti Spyware running and Adaware SE, Spybot S-D and Webroot Spysweeper, and others as needed.
Hope this helps, Thanx for the reply, Ray.

 

Are you on a PROXY?

 

Not that I know of, meaning I haven't set it up, but I don't have much knowledge of this so unless another program has set one up, no proxies.