ok well i stopped beening able to access TGO when the attack was happening. figured thats why, but now from my computer i just plain cant access it. nothing comes up, just keeps saying internet explorer cant display this page at this time. but on my moms computer, on the same router, can access it just fine. both are using IE8. any suggestions?

 

Can your computer access any websites?

 

sorry for the late reply, but yes i can access any other site but TGO from my computer. ive also done the basic trouble shooting things that IE8 says. it just seems like TGO wont load on my comp, and for the life of me i dont now why. none of the settings have been changed in any program (anti virus/malware/spyware) is it possable that the attack did something to my ip address for this site? such as block it or something?

 

So the answer to your question would be no. If we were blocking, your mom's computer would have the same issue - which you've stated is not the case.

I'd probably start simple. Restart the router. Routers can error and cause strange issues, though this one is a bit less likely. Then I'd focus on the computer. Do a traceroute from the computer to ThirdGen.org. This will see if it's resolving correctly, as well as seeing a response from the server. Really, I'd install FireFox browser (for several reasons) and see if that works.

There is something wrong with your network (ie: router), IE, or security software. This is not something we (TGO) have control over.

 

ok thanks JT im hopeing its the router, bc ive checked the settings on all my comp software and all the settings where the same. ill check the router then do a traceroute...and hopefully get some answers. im just finding it a coincedance(sp) that after the attack i have problems, its wierd but ill try the router now.

 

Also try deleting the IE cache.

As I've said, since you said you can access TGO from your mom's computer, behind the same router, it's apparent the issue is local to you and on your end.

 

ok cache cleared, router reset, and here are the ping/tracerroute results. i still cant access the site, this is killing me! thanks for all the hel;p to.

PING thirdgen.org (67.201.17.216) : 32 data bytes
Reply from 67.201.17.216: icmp_seq=0 bytes=40 time=163ms
Reply from 67.201.17.216: icmp_seq=1 bytes=40 time=84ms
Reply from 67.201.17.216: icmp_seq=2 bytes=40 time=85ms
Reply from 67.201.17.216: icmp_seq=3 bytes=40 time=83ms
Reply from 67.201.17.216: icmp_seq=4 bytes=40 time=84ms
------ PING :thirdgen.org Statistics------
Packets: Sent=5 , Received=5 , Lost=0 (0% loss)
round-trip: min/avg/max = 83/99/163 (ms)



Tracing route to thirdgen.org( 67.201.17.216 )
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 * * * Request timed out.
2 7 ms 8 ms 8 ms 98.172.172.37
3 8 ms 18 ms 8 ms 98.172.172.13
4 14 ms 13 ms 14 ms 68.1.1.25
5 55 ms 58 ms 61 ms 69.174.120.53
6 49 ms 57 ms 49 ms 69.174.120.49
7 89 ms 98 ms 83 ms 69.174.120.37
8 94 ms 88 ms 83 ms 69.174.120.33
9 88 ms 94 ms 84 ms 64.235.224.181
10 87 ms 84 ms 90 ms 216.193.255.98
11 84 ms 83 ms 85 ms 67.201.17.150
12 85 ms

after it just goes tracer complete.

 

You cut off your traceroute on hop 12, but I can see it did resolve correctly and you are receiving ICMP requests from the server.

It looks like something to do with your IE or some security software you're using. Have you tried installing FireFox web browser or any other browser? You could also try resetting IE 8 settings.

There isn't a lot we can do, since this is something on your end and we have no control over your environment.

 

actually it cut it self off lol. ive reset my IE settings to defualt, lol it goes faster now but still cant access it. i installed firefox, and guess what, still cant access it! ive checked windows fire wall, routers fire wall, avg firewall, spybot s&d, malware bytes, and all of them say TGO is allowed.

is it me or is this crazy?

 

Please post a screen capture of the error in FireFox.

Thanks.

 

umm not sure how to get a screen shot but this is what it says, sorry for the late reply to


The connection was reset

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

 

SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN gives you a screen capture. Then open paint, hit CTRL+P, then it will paste your screen capture. Save the image like any other.

 

Although it is unlikely, you should try checking your hosts file to make sure that it hasn't been tampered with by any errant malware / viruses / etc. A quick Google search should tell you how to access your hosts file based on what version of Windows you are running, and you should also be able to find a copy of a default hosts file that you can replace yours with if you suspect any trouble.

- Justin

 

ok thanks. but if it was my host file wouldnt it affect more then just 1 website?

 

No. A host file can, and frequently does, contain many website addresses and is commonly used to redirect nasty websites to 127.0.0.1 (your local machine) to prevent them from loading.

 

well well well guess where im posting from? my computer!!!! thats right my host file got fed up, so i deleted everything in it and now im here but whats got me is i found a guide to lock it, to make sure nothing happens to it. but hes the interesting part, i followed the guide and everything it says to do has been done... so maybe this host file is just corrupted? and this is a temp thing? but thanks for the tip on the host file.

 

Glad it got you back online! I had mine messed up pretty badly by some mal-ware once, and it setup the host file to block me from getting to the websites of all the sites in my browsing history, as well as all of the popular antivirus pages.

- Justin