Cannot browse Amazon, ebay, downloadcom, etc.

Using IE 6 and Firefox

[Eugenios]

Don't know if it is the right place, but for about two months, I have not been able to navigate correctly through amazon, download.com, ebay and search.yahoo. The text shows, but no images and in some cases, images and css are blocked. I neither cannot login to webmasterworld supporters area.

I've tried almost everything:
-Deleted cookies
-loosened internet security settings
-Installed xpSP2 and configured the firewall
-Installed SpyBot
-Ran AdAware (about a month ago...)

I have a broadband router. I suppose that the router is not blocking these sites images. If it is possible, the how is this done? I cannot imagine how a firewall or router can block images from certain sites automatically.

Thanks,

Enrique

[kodaks]

What firewall/internet security are you using?

[Eugenios]

Now, XP sp2 firewall.

Prior to that, I believe that there was no firewall. But since my laptop is connected to a network, there must be a firewall on other part of the network.
Anyway, my machine is the only one affected by this problem.

Just for the records, my laptop is the only one with a static IP in the network.

Enrique

[chriswragg]

Find the folder

C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/

Open the file HOSTS which has No Extension with notepad.

There should only be one line saying:

127.0.0.1 localhost

If there is anything else delete it. Some malicious code or spyware can change this file so you can't access certain sites.

See if this helps