This is a problem that has dogged me across multiple systems, and seems to always happen after a given computer has reached a certain "age".
Basically, when a computer I own is brand new, I never have any trouble with browsers. Everything runs great. But after a long while, I'll run into a phenomenon I don't understand. It'll happen suddenly, and all at once. An Internet connection will still exist, because net programs like Skype, Steam and BitTorrent will be uninhibited by the problem. This issue hits web browsing entirely. All browsers will become incapable of loading pages. And I don't just mean they'll load and load until they fail. They flash once when you hit "enter", and stop instantly.
This issue plagued me in Windows XP, is currently hitting my parents on Vista, and is now affecting my browsers in Windows 7. In nearly all scenarios, rebooting is the only possible fix, but even then it's no guarantee. I do notice, given I'm typing this right after such a thing occurred, that Windows 7 tends to fight this a bit more, and will creep it's way back to full functionality eventually.
I don't know what this is, or why it happens. Avast detects no foul play. Prior to this, my PC has recently been fully defragged, disk scanned on bootup for errors, registry cleaned and defragged, and I delete my browser history nightly to avoid temp-file accumulation. Not to mention that my PC is no lightweight.
Still the reason for this problem eludes me, as does a fix not requiring a reboot.
Has anyone else experienced this problem, or has any insight onto what it is and why it happens?
Do you have a proxy enabled on the browsers? Sometimes it does it automatically.
[QUOTE=TamTamJam;26771974]Do you have a proxy enabled on the browsers? Sometimes it does it automatically.[/QUOTE]
What's a proxy?
[QUOTE=J-Dude;26772454]What's a proxy?[/QUOTE]
Proxy is gate between you and target server
Do you use Avast!?
Disable web shields and whatever. Maybe it will work?
Check your system internet settings.
If that don't work:
Re-install the browsers.
If that don't work:
Hell, i dont know anymore solutions.
Sounds like a virus. What antivirus software are you using?
This sounds very much like a virus. Get MalwareBytes and scan in safe mode.
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