Why can't I access the casalemedia website?

[zeus]

I dont get it, I just cant access there site its blocked somehow, i think its a browser thing, but I have now tried IE7, Firefox and safari, I can only access over a proxy, Im also sure they dont block any countries.

[eljefe3]

Could it be some sort of cookie issue? have you shut down your machine and rebooted. I've had this type of thing happen before on other sites, and usually a cookie cleaning and a reboot work for me.

[zeus]

no tried that also, I in the begining thought it was be cause some browser blocks the site, ut I have removed the sites in the bad list of the browser

[zeus]

Im going nuts here, I just can not access casalemedia, through a proxy it works somewhat ok, It dossent matter which browser i use opra,firefox or IE7 I just ca not get to the site.

What is the problem here, I us XP

[LifeinAsia]

It sounds like they're blocking your specific IP address (or a range of IPs that you're is in). It comes right up for me. Contact them and let them know your IP address- ask them if you're being blocked for some reason and if they can unblock you.

[zeus]

well I have talked with them they are not blocking any IPs and they also dont understand what could be th reason, so I think on my computer something is blocking them

[soudou]

You'r on a personal computer to which you have administration right? Not public or college/uni networked one?

You could temporarily disable your internet security software (antivirus, blocker plugins, firewalls), just for a moment to check if you can access the site whilst its all off . Windows XP also has a inbuilt firewall apparently although I've never had conflicts with it or needed to seek it out you could investigate that too. If it is one of these only thing I can think of is to try and add it to their safe-lists/trusted lists or reduce the security settings (but be careful with that last one).

If you Google casalemedia you get alot of blurb about spyware etc. so I'm guessing their site has been blacklisted across a lot of security software/hardware etc. I can access the site but alot of areas appear blank.

[encyclo]

When you say "can't access", do you mean it times out, that you get a 403 error, or what exactly? That may help identify the possible cause.

[zeus]

Yes im on a personal Computer and i get a 303, I have had my firewall shotoff, but still nothing, I have also added the site to allow access. Its wierd.

[jdMorgan]

A 303 is a "See Other" redirect, and should result in your browser rendering a page, but from a different URL than what you typed.

You might also want to check your 'hosts' file to see if a hijacker has mapped that domain to their own IP address. The hosts file is usually at c:\\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts -- It is a plain-text file with no filetype extension, and can be edited in Notepad or any other plain-text editor.

Jim

[zeus]

ohh I ment 304, you know a normal error page when nothing is on that domain

[jdMorgan]

304-Not Modified (OK to display the copy of the page previously saved in the browser's cache)

You might want to check this again, since the answer will determine the path of investigation.

Jim

[zeus]

Unable to connect

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.casalemedia.com.

thats what i get, but I also think something is blocking, but what is the question.