THE INTERNET IS USELESS WITHOUT GOOGLE.

[m4rkie23]

FFS.
Google will not work on ANY browser.
Every other site works fine if the address is input into the browser itself, but Google won't work. Nor will searching into the address bar of Chrome.

Any ideas? I'm on the verge of insanity/throwing the pc out of the window/drinking coffee.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Do other sites work?

 

[Tom]

Virus.

 

[mugglesquop]

drinking coffee.

MARK + COFFEE = DESTRUCTION!!!

 

[m4rkie23]

Do other sites work?

You still asleep? Or bumming?

 

[Magic Johnson]

Bumming.

Just read your thread title lol.

 

[mugglesquop]

u run CCleaner yet? might be cookies

 

[DMS]

Virus.

Probably this.
Sounds like your hosts file might have been tampered with.

 

[Magic Johnson]

I had a virus the other day which did the exact opposite.

It set all browsers to run through a proxy, set to a port the fake antivirus used. So only google and banking websites worked.

 

[m4rkie23]

u run CCleaner yet? might be cookies

So I gotta delete all my cookies.

/sigh.

 

[mugglesquop]

So I gotta delete all my cookies.

/sigh.

might not be tho. run McAfee *que flaming*

 

[m4rkie23]

Virus scan just finished. Didn't produce anything.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Clear all your history, cookies etc

Reset your browsers settings.

 

[m4rkie23]

will do. cheers mate.

 

[Craigus]

Format your hard drive to be safe.

 

[m4rkie23]

Its a work PC mate. All my stuff is saved on the network. If the PC dies, f**k it.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Give yout IT guys a call.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

are you working from home or at work? the tech guys may have blocked google to encourage you to do work rather than scan the internet if this is the case you can get round it by going to www.hidemyass.com this site is a proxy and will allow you to search sites not allowed by the network administrator. i used to use it for looking at facebook at work.

There are plenty of other possibilities for google not working but the result of this will give us some info to work with.

 

[Magic Johnson]

That's a ridiculous business decision.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

my last work only let us search around 10 websites but because we were all computer genius's we quickly found ways around the blocks put in place, dumping the safari.plist for example and even writting an address in the address bar then dragging the address and dropping it into the opened help window!! trying blocking that lol (only works on mac)

 

[m4rkie23]

Out IT dept are all above 55.
Their stance is that we ALL have to use IE (I use chrome) and their contact details are as follows.

If you have an issue with emails - please email us
If you have an issue with your phone - please call us on 2366

I put the form in to have my phone connected (their end) 5 weeks ago. I'm still phoneless
You get the idea.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

then they thought they had got clever by locking the delete history but oh we can just dump the history.plist in the bin employee 1 employer 0 lol

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

i feel your pain as ive been there in past jobs, but there are usually ways around blocks put in place. but do you think its been blocked or its an actual technical issue?

 

[m4rkie23]

looks like a technical issue. others that work here arent having problems.
and blocking google would need an ounce of techincal knowledge. something the dept dont have.
we did get upgraded to office 2007 the other day mind.

 

[Cookie]

then they thought they had got clever by locking the delete history but oh we can just dump the history.plist in the bin employee 1 employer 0 lol

You'd be surprised what can constitute a sacking for gross misconduct

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

looks like a technical issue. others that work here arent having problems.
and blocking google would need an ounce of techincal knowledge. something the dept dont have.
we did get upgraded to office 2007 the other day mind.

Hmmm so if its local to your computer and only effecting google it can only be a software issue within the browser ive not used chrome much but in ie i would just go to tools/internet options/hit delete under the browsing history section then keep all the options ticked and hit delete. then i would restart the computer for good measure. is your machine a desktop or laptop? you could try moving to someones desktop pluggin in their ethernet and if it still wont search google then it can literlaly only be your browser at fault.

You'd be surprised what can constitute a sacking for gross misconduct

they were impressed with our ingenuity but yes in theory it was a sackable offence.

 

[PinkoCommie]

my last work only let us search around 10 websites but because we were all computer genius's we quickly found ways around the blocks put in place, dumping the safari.plist for example and even writting an address in the address bar then dragging the address and dropping it into the opened help window!! trying blocking that lol (only works on mac)

I can think of 3 or 4 ways of blocking that off of the top of my head :rasp:

Anyway, back to the issue at hand.

goto a command prompt.

type
ping www.google.com

you should get a reply something like:

C:\Windows\system32>ping www.google.com

Pinging www-tmmdi.l.google.com [66.102.9.106] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.102.9.106: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.102.9.106: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.102.9.106: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.102.9.106: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 66.102.9.106:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 21ms, Maximum = 24ms, Average = 22ms

Post the results back here.

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

^^^ i would find a way round it

 

[m4rkie23]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\mhc>ping www.google.com

Pinging www-tmmdi.l.google.com [66.102.9.103] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.102.9.103: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=51
Reply from 66.102.9.103: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=51
Reply from 66.102.9.103: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=51
Reply from 66.102.9.103: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 66.102.9.103:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 23ms, Maximum = 30ms, Average = 24ms

C:\Documents and Settings\mhc>

 

[mugglesquop]

problem with the PC or browser(s) then, not the internet connection

 

[PinkoCommie]

Well you're resolving googles address fine, so that's not the issue.

try this

telnet www.google.com 80

this will load up into a blank screen, then type

GET /index.html

(this will not appear on the screen as you type it)

You should get a result like:

HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://www.google.co.uk/index.html
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Set-Cookie: PREF=ID=ff32c1e9ec39346d:TM=1280756863:LM=1280756863:S=UNIFtK8QHDNhT
1z6; expires=Wed, 01-Aug-2012 13:47:43 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com
Set-Cookie: NID=37=MU0yw20j4xRiBYqXN6FIUszfVfeSjtXufO27kgsYOq_6APAsloP7e9gDXXVf9
iCtLDBHWrT2gH5gNF1Qi94qGzBvBo3LWUEQZnP92oD3eZww4KbjlF5nKhEipmf6IMMa; expires=Tue
, 01-Feb-2011 13:47:43 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; HttpOnly
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:47:43 GMT
Server: gws
Content-Length: 231
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block

<HTML><HEAD><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<TITLE>302 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<H1>302 Moved</H1>
The document has moved
<A HREF="http://www.google.co.uk/index.html">here</A>.
</BODY></HTML>

Also, repeat the ping from above but do
ping www.google.co.uk

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

You could delete chrome and download it again but im sure therre is a way of rectify the issue

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html

 

[Magic Johnson]

Why don't you just use IE like everyone else?

 

[Cookie]

they were impressed with our ingenuity but yes in theory it was a sackable offence.

Sounds like they're a bunch of thickos then

 

[mugglesquop]

Why don't you just use IE like everyone else?

its sh*t

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Why don't you just use IE like everyone else?

why kick the black dog when there a perfectly good white dog to kick? its all down to personal preference i spose

 

[m4rkie23]

From the first instruction:

HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: http://www.google.co.uk/index.html
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Set-Cookie: PREF=ID=430efc8820298f17:TM=1280757121:LM=1280757121:S=CFOZi00aut_Li
FJF; expires=Wed, 01-Aug-2012 13:52:01 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com
Set-Cookie: NID=37=r6UU6m6ZY5wlw1c0Y7eDyvxX7RsrOdz0l3PpgtFzmu1eqeQom2fOBeiNQ2l5j
cAz86DPay2gP1t6LHGfga0n9VkXDQFHIE5beFNUbq5K407Lj1HD_XJWMtVt3fUMm3tM; expires=Tue
, 01-Feb-2011 13:52:01 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; HttpOnly
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:52:01 GMT
Server: gws
Content-Length: 231
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block

<HTML><HEAD><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<T
ITLE>302 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<H1>302 Moved</H1>
The document has moved
<A HR
EF="http://www.google.co.uk/index.html">here</A>.
</BODY></HTML>


Connection to host lost.

C:\Documents and Settings\mhc>

 

[m4rkie23]

Why don't you just use IE like everyone else?

Its not working.

 

[m4rkie23]

You could delete chrome and download it again but im sure therre is a way of rectify the issue

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html

Why are the other browsers affected though?

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Why are the other browsers affected though?

Good question, when you say google doesnt work do you mean it wont show google the home page or it wont complete a search from google? can you see and use the link i added?