How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

[Penang]

To all !

Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access
gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access
these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back
with an error.

I can access google.com without any problem tho.

I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease.

At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I
return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That
means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail.

Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping www.google.com -f -l 1500 -
(also on www.google.com.au and www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the
ip of 127.0.0.1 !!

127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer
system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan
it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING.

Dear all,

Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC??

Please help !!

Thank you !!

PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and
http://www.gmail.com return error !

 

[Leonard Grey]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

Do you think you cross-posted to enough newsgroups?

Open your Hosts file with Notepad and remove the line that redirects
those URLs to 127.0.0.1.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est

Penang wrote:
> To all !
>
> Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access
> gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access
> these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back
> with an error.
>
> I can access google.com without any problem tho.
>
> I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease.
>
> At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I
> return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That
> means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail.
>
> Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping www.google.com -f -l 1500 -
> (also on www.google.com.au and www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the
> ip of 127.0.0.1 !!
>
> 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer
> system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan
> it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING.
>
> Dear all,
>
> Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC??
>
> Please help !!
>
> Thank you !!
>
> PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and
> http://www.gmail.com return error !

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:04:10 -0400, Leonard Grey
<l.grey@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Do you think you cross-posted to enough newsgroups?


I've removed the long list from this reply, and am posting only to XP
general


> Open your Hosts file with Notepad and remove the line that redirects
> those URLs to 127.0.0.1.



Right, but he should also be extremely concerned with how that line
got there. It sounds very likely that it was put there by a malware
infection that he has.



> Penang wrote:
> > To all !
> >
> > Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access
> > gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access
> > these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back
> > with an error.
> >
> > I can access google.com without any problem tho.
> >
> > I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease.
> >
> > At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I
> > return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That
> > means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail.
> >
> > Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping www.google.com -f -l 1500 -
> > (also on www.google.com.au and www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the
> > ip of 127.0.0.1 !!
> >
> > 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer
> > system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan
> > it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING.
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC??
> >
> > Please help !!
> >
> > Thank you !!
> >
> > PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and
> > http://www.gmail.com return error !

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

[Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

Penang <kalambong@gmail.com> wrote:

>127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer
>system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan
>it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING.

Had me scared with that statement, and I run a host file.

Edit this file: X:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
It's a text file, search for and remove Gmail.

Or replace the HOST file with this one
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts


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[ShadowTek]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

Penang <kalambong@gmail.com> wrote in news:98ab87df-fe8a-46bd-a44d-
4b831b6a121e@b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> To all !
>
> Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access
> gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access
> these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back
> with an error.
>
> I can access google.com without any problem tho.

I have been having trouble with Google's various services over the past
several days as well.

Also, I should point out that I have always seen problems with reusing
Google's cookies. I would suggest that you only allow them for sinlge
session usage, or remember to try deleting them when you have problems
using Google.

 

[Ray Parrish]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

Yep, sounds like somethings been writing entries into your hosts file
since those sites return 127.0.0.1 That's what they would return if they
were set to be blocked in your hosts file.

Your hosts file can be edited with any text editor, so have a look in
there and I'm sure you'll find entries for those two sites.

It is located in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder.

However, you also need to address the issue of how the sites got blocked
in the first place. What wrote those entries to the hosts file?

The following is a sample hosts file from my system which has no sites
blocked -

*start of file*
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
*end of file*

Later, Ray Parrish

Penang wrote:
> To all !
>
> Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't access
> gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried to access
> these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then come back
> with an error.
>
> I can access google.com without any problem tho.
>
> I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease.
>
> At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today, when I
> return to my office, I can get into gmail without any problem. That
> means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail.
>
> Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping www.google.com -f -l 1500 -
> (also on www.google.com.au and www.google.co.uk ) and ping returns the
> ip of 127.0.0.1 !!
>
> 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a computer
> system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC. So I scan
> it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING.
>
> Dear all,
>
> Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC??
>
> Please help !!
>
> Thank you !!
>
> PS. I can access all other sites. Only http://groups.google.com and
> http://www.gmail.com return error !

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[Doug W.]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

Google has had problems for two days. Wait for them to be
solved. Don't panic, their stupid forums will be updated
eventually. Some of my Saturday postings just showed up today.

Doug W.
-----------
"Ray Parrish" <crp@cmc.net> wrote in message
news:%23LqhaCHOJHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Yep, sounds like somethings been writing entries into your
> hosts file since those sites return 127.0.0.1 That's what they
> would return if they were set to be blocked in your hosts
> file.
>
> Your hosts file can be edited with any text editor, so have a
> look in there and I'm sure you'll find entries for those two
> sites.
>
> It is located in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder.
>
> However, you also need to address the issue of how the sites
> got blocked in the first place. What wrote those entries to
> the hosts file?
>
> The following is a sample hosts file from my system which has
> no sites blocked -
>
> *start of file*
> # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
> #
> # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for
> Windows.
> #
> # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host
> names. Each
> # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address
> should
> # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding
> host name.
> # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at
> least one
> # space.
> #
> # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on
> individual
> # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
> #
> # For example:
> #
> # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source
> server
> # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client
> host
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> *end of file*
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
> Penang wrote:
>> To all !
>>
>> Over this weekend (since last Friday), my computer can't
>> access
>> gmail.com and also groups.google.com ! No matter how I tried
>> to access
>> these two places, the browser will churn and churn, and then
>> come back
>> with an error.
>>
>> I can access google.com without any problem tho.
>>
>> I can also get into google.com.au and google.co.uk with ease.
>>
>> At first I thought that it was gmail at fault. But today,
>> when I
>> return to my office, I can get into gmail without any
>> problem. That
>> means, it's my PC that is preventing me from accessing gmail.
>>
>> Went back home, did a "ping job" - ping www.google.com -f -l
>> 1500 -
>> (also on www.google.com.au and www.google.co.uk ) and ping
>> returns the
>> ip of 127.0.0.1 !!
>>
>> 127.0.0.1 supposed to be the virtual loopback interface of a
>> computer
>> system, that means, something is terribly wrong with my PC.
>> So I scan
>> it for virus / trojan but found NOTHING.
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Can you please tell me what has gone wrong with my PC??
>>
>> Please help !!
>>
>> Thank you !!
>>
>> PS. I can access all other sites. Only
>> http://groups.google.com and
>> http://www.gmail.com return error !
>
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> <http://www.rayslinks.com/Troubleshooting%20and%20fixing%20Windows.html>
> Trouble shooting and Fixing Windows
> http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web
> pages

 

[Brian Cryer]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

"Ray Parrish" <crp@cmc.net> wrote in message
news:%23LqhaCHOJHA.648@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Yep, sounds like somethings been writing entries into your hosts file
> since those sites return 127.0.0.1 That's what they would return if they
> were set to be blocked in your hosts file.
>
> Your hosts file can be edited with any text editor, so have a look in
> there and I'm sure you'll find entries for those two sites.
>
> It is located in the c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder.
<snip>

This is the normal location, but it can be changed. If your hosts file looks
okay then look in the registry at:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DataBasePath

this gives the location of the hosts file, so if its pointing to anything
other than %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc then either find and view the
file in its new location or change the value in the registry back to what it
should be.
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian

 

[Engineer]

Re: How come my PC can't get to Gmail and google-groups??

On Oct 27, 5:28 pm, "Doug W." <stand@attention> wrote:
> Google has had problems for two days. Wait for them to be
> solved. Don't panic, their stupid forums will be updated
> eventually. Some of my Saturday postings just showed up today.

(snip)

This happened to me, too. Tried a new test post and some test replies
on the W/E - all appeared today. Tiresome!
Cheers,
Roger