Garry's mod won't connect to ANY servers, i think its not even connected to the INTERNET!

[djjkxbox360]

[QUOTE=RedHann;44607080]I have the same problem and I've never downloaded any pirate version of a game. GMod was the 1st game on my computer.
I use Norton, could the antivirus be the problem?[/QUOTE]

Oh my god, I don't know where to start. Norton and Windows XP is like the worst combination. You need to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8, and when you've done that, don't use Norton

[ElGrifuz]

I have the same problem, I fixed it with tf2 by changing my download region, but Gmod is a no-no.
I've tried everything, firewall exception, uninstalling steam and installing it back again, if anyone could help, that'd be greatly appreciated.

[RedHann]

[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;44617142]Oh my god, I don't know where to start. Norton and Windows XP is like the worst combination. You need to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8, and when you've done that, don't use Norton[/QUOTE]

My windows is Windows 7 Home Premium.

I'll try to deactivate Norton and see if it works

[editline]24th April 2014[/editline]

[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;44617142]Oh my god, I don't know where to start. Norton and Windows XP is like the worst combination. You need to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8, and when you've done that, don't use Norton[/QUOTE]
Holy Sh*t, it worked!!!

IT FINALLY WORKED!!!

[photoshoplol]

I've given up on everything, I can't reset my hosts file, I can't uninstall my expired Norton antivirus, I can't uninstall AVG, malwarebytes is annoying me to update something every 5 minutes...

[Karmah]

I'd recommend formatting your computer.

To reset your hosts file, make a new blank text document, put 127.0.0.1 localhost within it, save it without .txt as it's it's extension and name it hosts.
copy and paste it into the folder with your actual hosts file to overwrite it.

[photoshoplol]

Nooope, didnt need to format my computer...

Heres the story:

I tried to stream using OBS on twitch.tv and it said "Cannot Connect to server! It may be a problem on your firewall or on your antivirus"

so i got mad and uninstalled, deleted, crushed, shredded all the files that had "antivirus" written on it.

I deleted AVG
I deleted Norton
I deleted everything
I reseted the host file

then i tried streaming again
BOOM
it worked

When i was done streaming I tried playing GMOD

BOOM

SERVERS WENT WLOWLWOLWOWL
HELLO THERE PHOTO
I SEE YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME GMOD
HERE YOU GO

OH YES BABY DARLING YES

End scene

Lock this thread please

Thanks to everyone that helped! Seriously, I should give you all a kiss or something *wink*

See you guys in game!

:)

[saksunaksu]

hey i know what is wrong basicly your connection to your internet is bad so you just need to keep trieing to get in don't remove your files in gmod or stuff like that

[Rash_xd]

Nice necro dude!