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Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 09:00:50 PM
For some reason CNN.com is super slow on this computer. It loads fine on my other computer on same network. I used to think it was cnn.com just loading slow, then i realized that money.cnn.com doesn't load at all. Then finally after dealing with that for like a month i decided to try another subdomain of cnn. I tryed sportsillustrated.cnn.com and it didn't load at all eaither. It happens in both firefox and IE. Someone suggested that something on my computer is blocking port 80. Do you see anything in my HJT log on which it could be.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 9:06:53 PM, on 2/23/2008
Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.00.1904)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16609)

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exe
C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Users\Justin 2\Desktop\My Lockbox\flockbox.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\itype.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe
C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe
C:\Windows\ehome\ehtray.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe
C:\Windows\ehome\ehmsas.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\unsecapp.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Ventrilo\Ventrilo.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLLoginProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\HijackThis\Justin.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&a...&pf=desktop (http://\"http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=EN_US&c=71&bd=Pavilion&pf=desktop\")
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&a...&pf=desktop (http://\"http://ie.redirect.hp.com/svs/rdr?TYPE=3&tp=iehome&locale=EN_US&c=71&bd=Pavilion&pf=desktop\")
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896 (http://\"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896\")
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896 (http://\"http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896\")
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = *.local
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O1 - Hosts: ::1 localhost
O2 - BHO: Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {53707962-6F74-2D53-2644-206D7942484F} - C:\PROGRA~1\SPYBOT~1\SDHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\GRA8E1~1.DLL
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe -hide
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RtHDVCpl] RtHDVCpl.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Software Update] C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HP Health Check Scheduler] C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Health Check\HPHC_Scheduler.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvSvc] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\system32\nvsvc.dll,nvsvcStart
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\Windows\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [flockbox] C:\Users\Justin 2\Desktop\My Lockbox\flockbox.exe /a
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [itype] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\itype.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelliPoint] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG7_CC] C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe /STARTUP
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ehTray.exe] C:\Windows\ehome\ehTray.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AdobeUpdater] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater5\AdobeUpdater.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Skype] "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /nosplash /minimized
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [AnyDVD] C:\Program Files\SlySoft\AnyDVD\AnyDVDtray.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: S&end to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\nlaapi.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\napinsp.dll
O11 - Options group: [INTERNATIONAL] International*
O13 - Gopher Prefix:
O15 - Trusted Zone: *.netzero.com
O15 - Trusted Zone: *.netzero.net
O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} -
O16 - DPF: {48DD0448-9209-4F81-9F6D-D83562940134} - http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab (http://\"http://lads.myspace.com/upload/MySpaceUploader1005.cab\")
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shoc...ash/swflash.cab (http://\"http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab\")
O16 - DPF: {D4323BF2-006A-4440-A2F5-27E3E7AB25F8} - http://a532.g.akamai.net/f/532/6712/5m/vir...l/installer.exe (http://\"http://a532.g.akamai.net/f/532/6712/5m/virtools.download.akamai.com/6712/player/install/installer.exe\")
O16 - DPF: {E87F6C8E-16C0-11D3-BEF7-009027438003} (Persits Software XUpload) - http://upload.mediamax.com/Upload/XUpload.ocx (http://\"http://upload.mediamax.com/Upload/XUpload.ocx\")
O18 - Protocol: grooveLocalGWS - {88FED34C-F0CA-4636-A375-3CB6248B04CD} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office12\GR99D3~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: livecall - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: ms-help - {314111C7-A502-11D2-BBCA-00C04F8EC294} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Help\hxds.dll
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\MSGRAP~1.DLL
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL
O18 - Filter hijack: text/xml - {807563E5-5146-11D5-A672-00B0D022E945} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE12\MSOXMLMF.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: avgwlntf - C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\avgwlntf.dll
O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Update Service (Avg7UpdSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe
O23 - Service: AVG7 Resident Shield Service (AvgCoreSvc) - GRISOFT, s.r.o. - C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgrssvc.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\ehome\ehstart.dll,-101 (ehstart) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: FLEXnet Licensing Service - Macrovision Europe Ltd. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FLEXnet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe
O23 - Service: HP Health Check Service - Hewlett-Packard - C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Health Check\hphc_service.exe
O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\1050\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe
O23 - Service: iPod Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service (LightScribeService) - Hewlett-Packard Company - c:\Program Files\Common Files\LightScribe\LSSrvc.exe
O23 - Service: LogMeIn Maintenance Service (LMIMaint) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\LogMeIn\x86\RaMaint.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Nero BackItUp Scheduler 3 - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero8\Nero BackItUp\NBService.exe
O23 - Service: NMIndexingService - Nero AG - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Nero\Lib\NMIndexingService.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\qwave.dll,-1 (QWAVE) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Cyberlink RichVideo Service(CRVS) (RichVideo) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\CyberLink\Shared files\RichVideo.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\seclogon.dll,-7001 (seclogon) - Unknown owner - %windir%\system32\svchost.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Spyware Terminator Realtime Shield Service (sp_rssrv) - Crawler.com - C:\Program Files\Spyware Terminator\sp_rsser.exe
O23 - Service: stllssvr - MicroVision Development, Inc. - c:\Program Files\Common Files\SureThing Shared\stllssvr.exe
O23 - Service: Streamload Service (StreamloadService) - Streamload - C:\Program Files\Streamload\EMBARQ Media Safe\StreamloadService.exe
O23 - Service: @%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: XAudioService - Conexant Systems, Inc. - C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\xaudio.exe
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 09:21:38 PM
Can you update your version of Hijackthis and post a fresh log
First uninstall Hijackthis 1.99.1 from add/remove programs
Then from my link in my signature download and install the latest version

Don't run a scan yet

Instead, Download [color=\"#008000\"]Deckard's System Scanner (dss.exe)[/color] (http://\"http://deckard.geekstogo.com/dss.exe\") to your desktop.
Close all applications and windows.
Double-click on dss.exe to run it and follow the prompts.
When the scan is complete, two text files will open; main.txt, which will be maximized and extra.txt, which will be minimized.

Post back just the Whole contents of Main.txt

In addition, after that log is posted
supply an uninstall list from Hijackthis
Open Hijackthis>>Open MISC TOOLS SECTION>>Open UNINSTALL MANAGER
Click the SAVE LIST... button
Save the list to your desktop then copy>>Paste back here the Whole contents
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 09:36:37 PM
Edited to take name out
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 09:46:43 PM
Darn, I didn't mean for you to post the uninstall list
Actually I want to see a log from the Host files

Can you do this again
Open Hijackthis>>Open MISC TOOLS SECTION>>Open Hosts File MANAGER
Click the Open in Notepad... button
Copy>>paste back here the whole contents of the text file that opens

NOTE:
O23 - Service: ZI - Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com - C:\Users\JUSTIN~1\AppData\Local\Temp\ZI.exe

May be related to Rootkit Revealer, did you just recently run it?
If so, do you have a log from it you can post?
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 09:56:30 PM
yes i recently ran it but i don't think it ran right....
# Copyright © 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost
::1             localhost




EDIT: I am currently re-running it and i will show you the file when it is done.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 10:01:39 PM
I've had problems with Rootkit revealer in the past
Might of been me
but the log by default saved to the System32 folder

You may want to check there when it's done
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 10:08:24 PM
it didn't work the first time i ran so now i am running it and it is processing c files right now... i don't know how long this will take. But i got it working right this time.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 10:18:10 PM
Ok, I just installed Spyware Terminator on my test rig
To see if may be interfering, but I can access Cnn.com ok and money.cnn.com

After you post the log from Rootkit Revealer

With your browser windows closed
Can you run CCleaner and clean temp files, cookies, etc..

Then clear DNS cache
Here's a link that explains, I suggest that you do this with browser closed also
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1600/vista_dns_cache_flush (http://\"http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1600/vista_dns_cache_flush\")

Let me know if you can access those sites afterwards
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 10:29:41 PM
HKU\S-1-5-21-1551338622-933286600-3860495544-1000\Software\SecuROM\!CAUTION! NEVER DELETE OR CHANGE ANY KEY*   5/17/2007 2:49 PM   0 bytes   Key name contains embedded nulls (*)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG\Seed   2/23/2008 10:07 PM   80 bytes   Data mismatch between Windows API and raw hive data.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Service\Scheduler\Heartbeat   2/23/2008 10:07 PM   8 bytes   Data mismatch between Windows API and raw hive data.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WSMAN   11/2/2006 7:54 AM   0 bytes   Security mismatch.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WSMAN\Client   11/2/2006 7:54 AM   0 bytes   Security mismatch.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WSMAN\Listener   11/2/2006 7:54 AM   0 bytes   Security mismatch.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WSMAN\Service   11/2/2006 7:54 AM   0 bytes   Security mismatch.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Perflib\009   11/2/2006 5:33 AM   0 bytes   Security mismatch.



I cleared the DNS cache and ran ccleaner didn't work.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 10:40:17 PM
What happens if you try and access this link?
http://money.cnn.com/?cnn=yes (http://\"http://money.cnn.com/?cnn=yes\")
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 10:41:29 PM
Doesn't load at all after about three minutes it says connection timed out
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 10:44:02 PM
It loads fine with a proxy.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 10:47:31 PM
I'm kind of curious, can you access that link to money.cnn.com if you run thru an online proxy?

Try this link
http://money.cnn.com (http://\"http://money.cnn.com\")

Here maybe
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 10:50:09 PM
Quote
It loads fine with a proxy.

That's what I was about to post above  /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

Can you try something
In Firefox, type in
about:config
in the url location

In the next window look for
network.dns.disableIPv6

If set to False, double click on it to set to TRUE

Restart firefox and see if you have access
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 23, 2008, 10:53:18 PM
Changing it to true did not work
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 23, 2008, 11:14:28 PM
Are the realtime protections enabled in Spyware Terminator

If they are can you try the following

Run Spyware Terminator
Click on INTERNET PROTECTION>>IMMUNIZE
If you have used the Immunize feature>>DEIMMUNIZE

Under Realtime Protections>>Shield Settings
Untick everything and save changes

Do the same in ADVANCED

Exit out of there

NEXT: Open Spybot 1.4
Click on the IMMUNIZE button
Let it finish it's quick scan then click on UNDO if you have used the Immunization feature earlier
Then exit Spybot

Windows Defender:
Open Windows Defender.
Click on Tools, General Settings.
Scroll down and uncheck Turn on real-time protection (recommended).
After you uncheck this, click on the Save button and close Windows Defender.

In Firefox click on TOOLS>>Clear Private Data, ensure cookies is also selected and then click
Clear Private Data now
Close Firefox

Again, run CCleaner and clear DNS cache

This time reboot the computer

In Firefox
Try this link afterwards, see how it loads
http://money.cnn.com/ (http://\"http://money.cnn.com/\")

Then try this link as see if it loads http://64.236.16.20/money (http://\"http://64.236.16.20/money\")
and here
http://64.236.16.20/ (http://\"http://64.236.16.20/\")
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 24, 2008, 09:00:02 AM
I did all that but none of those links still seem to not work.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 24, 2008, 09:40:34 AM
You can't get this link to work??
http://64.236.16.20/ (http://\"http://64.236.16.20/\")

That's strange

Can you check your connections in your browsers
In Firefox, select Tools>>Options>>Advanced>>Network>>Settings
How's it selected?

In IE, select Tools>>Internet options>>Connections>>LAN Settings

It appears that Embarq is your ISP, is that correct?

Can you check your DNS settings
Open Network connections>>Click Start>>In the search field type ncpa.cpl

Right click your connection and select Properties>>
Hightlight Internet Protoco(TCPIP ) and select Properties
Under the General tab what settings do you use for DNS server?

Edit>>Do you have any proxy configurations set?
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 24, 2008, 01:25:28 PM
[quote name=\'guestolo\' post=\'422487\' date=\'Feb 24 2008, 09:40 AM\']You can't get this link to work??
http://64.236.16.20/ (http://\"http://64.236.16.20/\")

That's strange[/quote]
No i couldn't get that link to work. Something popped up and said the server is taking to long to respond.
 [quote name=\'guestolo\' post=\'422487\' date=\'Feb 24 2008, 09:40 AM\']Can you check your connections in your browsers
In Firefox, select Tools>>Options>>Advanced>>Network>>Settings
How's it selected?

In IE, select Tools>>Internet options>>Connections>>LAN Settings

It appears that Embarq is your ISP, is that correct?[/quote]
Yeah Embarq is my ISP. Everything looks fine it firefox it says direct connection to internet.

 [quote name=\'guestolo\' post=\'422487\' date=\'Feb 24 2008, 09:40 AM\']Everything looked fine and yes Embarq is my ISP.

Can you check your DNS settings
Open Network connections>>Click Start>>In the search field type ncpa.cpl

Right click your connection and select Properties>>
Hightlight Internet Protoco(TCPIP ) and select Properties
Under the General tab what settings do you use for DNS server?


Edit>>Do you have any proxy configurations set?[/quote]
On IPv6 and IPv4 it has obtain automatically from ISP.

No i don't have any proxy configurations.

Does look normal to you?
<Removed image containing IP addy, etc>

edit: I just noticed today now that i get an alert that says the server at ads.cnn.com is taking to long to respond.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 24, 2008, 06:37:41 PM
Everything appears fine, addy's from router

Quote
edit: I just noticed today now that i get an alert that says the server at ads.cnn.com is taking to long to respond.

Do you have Adblocker installed for firefox?
You could try this filter and see if it's some help
http://ads.cnn.com*


and/or
Can you try adding the following to your hosts file and see what happens

127.0.0.1 ads.cnn.com

Place that right under
::1 localhost

1)  Browse to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2)  Right click "Notepad" and select "Run as administrator"
3)  Click "Continue" on the UAC prompt
4)  Click File -> Open
5)  Browse to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc"
6)  Change the file filter drop down box from "Text Documents (*.txt)" to "All Files (*.*)"
7)  Select "hosts" and click "Open"
8)  Make the needed changes and close Notepad.  Save when prompted.

restart Firefox, see if it's any help
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 24, 2008, 07:22:24 PM
i added it to the hosts the ad thing doesn't come up but it made the site load a lot slower even worse than before...
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 24, 2008, 07:26:30 PM
Remove that entry from the hosts file then

Afterwards, can you try running firefox in safe mode enviroment

In a Run command window copy>paste the following

firefox -safe-mode

Don't click OK or Go yet
Instead close Firefox and click OK

Try cnn.com, any difference?
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 24, 2008, 07:28:35 PM
no i already tryed that and got rid of every add on. Even uninstalled and reinstalled. And also tried firefox 3 beta.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 24, 2008, 09:20:07 PM
Are you on Cable or Dsl?

Can you post the MTU settings, may be of some help

I'm not using Vista, but try the following
Run a command prompt window as admin

Type in
netsh interfaces ipv4 show subinterfaces
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 25, 2008, 03:00:54 PM
I am on DSL

Here is what i think you asked for. When i put what you wanted in cmd prompt nothing came up so i took off the s in interfaces.
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6558/screenhunter002hv2.png)

EDIT: A tech specialist just suggested i try it in safe mode. I did and it still doesn't work.


EDIT2: Now i do remember something. I download tweakvista. http://www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautility/download.aspx (http://\"http://www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautility/download.aspx\").

Awhile back i downloaded it and used
Internet Optimization - TweakVista can improve your Internet surfing performance by changing the underlying Internet settings on Windows Vista to fit the capabilities of your PC. http://www.stardock.com/products/tweakvista/ (http://\"http://www.stardock.com/products/tweakvista/\")

I can no longer use the free version to attempt to fix what i did. If that is what is causing the problem. I have a feeling it isn't but i know that messed with my internet settings so it could be. It says i already used the free trial. And the only way to fix it is to restore my computer. Well my restore points go back that far.
Do you think something from that might of caused the problem? Oh that is right you don't have vista so you wont be able to download and see what settings that i could have changed.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 25, 2008, 10:29:48 PM
Geesh, I hate when I hear used tweaking programs when there unsure what they are changing
It get's diffucult
If at all possible, save any files you to disk or USB

Then restore to a point before you had problems, see if it helps
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 02:54:55 PM
True...
But anyways i am going to do what i did on this computer on my other vista machine to see if i can recreate the problem.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 03:10:49 PM
Good news... I have successfully recreated the problem on my other computer and successfully fixed the problem at the same time. Tweak vista is definitely what i had cause it. I am going to find a way to be able to use the trial again.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 03:14:21 PM
Sorry, didn't mean to imply you didn't know what you were doing
Just meant that you may have changed a setting by mistake and a reversal may be needed

Was there an MTU setting in the program?
Just curious

EDIT>>Just seen this

Quote
Good news... I have successfully recreated the problem on my other computer and successfully fixed the problem at the same time. Tweak vista is definitely what i had cause it. I am going to find a way to be able to use the trial again.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 03:31:54 PM
I don't think it was just a trial version and i only had a few choices of what i could do. I will upload a screen shot soon.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 05:08:15 PM
According to TweakVista you should of created a restore point when you installed
Unless you unselected the option

Here's a screen shot of the Internet options
http://www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautilit...ta_Internet.png (http://\"http://www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautility/images/screenshots/TweakVista_Internet.png\")

Take note of the following
Enhanced and Aggressive settings may cause problems with some sites.....
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 05:20:27 PM
yeah i saw that on my other computer...
sadly my restore points only go back to February 14 and i did this way back in like december...
I guess i will just have to live with it until i can find a cracks opps i mean good version of tweak vista since i can't use it anymore because of the trial.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 05:26:33 PM
Since you have 2 Vista computers, and one works properly
I wonder what would happen if you checked your RWIN and MTU settings at Speedguide
Maybe we can see what is different in both computer comparisons

http://www.speedguide.net/sg_tools.php (http://\"http://www.speedguide.net/sg_tools.php\")

At the link click on SG TCP/IP Analyzer

The results should show after a few seconds
Edit>>The MTU settings you posted earlier >>1496
Which should be correct for dsl
It may be an Rwin setting that TweakVista changed
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 05:34:11 PM
let me install logmein so i can run the other computer from this one so i don't have to run up and down stairs... will take one min

K it is installed and running

Do you want me to run that on both computers?
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 05:39:12 PM
Here are results of pc where cnn loads.
SpeedGuide.net TCP/IP Analyzer

TCP properties for IP = <Edited guestolo>
Browser/OS = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Notes: Read the Analyzer FAQ if the above is not your IP address.
TCP options string = 020405b40103030201010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.
Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 17520
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 2 bits (scale factor of 4)
Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 4380

In Windows Vista, unless you have disabled "TCP/IP Auto-Tuning", readings in the Analyzer will only show the Current TCP Window, and the TCP Optimizer will have no effect.
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other RWIN values that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
 64240 (MSS x 44)
bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test):

Your TCP Window limits you to: 701 kbps (88 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your TCP Window limits you to: 280 kbps (35 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
Consider increasing your RWIN value to optimize TCP/IP for broadband.
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 112 hops
TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)


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here is where cnn does not load

TCP options string = 020405b001010402
MTU = 1496
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1456
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1456, which equals MSS.
Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 65520
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 65520

In Windows Vista, unless you have disabled "TCP/IP Auto-Tuning", readings in the Analyzer will only show the Current TCP Window, and the TCP Optimizer will have no effect.
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other RWIN values that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
512512 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256256 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128128 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
 64064 (MSS x 44)
bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test):

Your TCP Window limits you to: 2621 kbps (328 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your TCP Window limits you to: 1048 kbps (131 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 112 hops
TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 05:42:37 PM
Is this the computer that can access all of cnn.com?

I suggest that you actually go to that computer and visit Speedguide again and see if you get the same results
Bypassing Logmein

Quote
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.
Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 17520
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 2 bits (scale factor of 4)
Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 4380
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 05:44:30 PM
ok but yeah that was the comp i was using to access cnn.... brb
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 05:47:04 PM
Here it is with log me in not running and directly from the computer
TCP options string = 020405b40103030201010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which equals MSS.
Default TCP Receive Window (RWIN) = 17520
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 2 bits (scale factor of 4)
Unscaled TCP Receive Window = 4380

In Windows Vista, unless you have disabled "TCP/IP Auto-Tuning", readings in the Analyzer will only show the Current TCP Window, and the TCP Optimizer will have no effect.
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other RWIN values that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
 64240 (MSS x 44)
bandwidth * delay product (Note this is not a speed test):

Your TCP Window limits you to: 701 kbps (88 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your TCP Window limits you to: 280 kbps (35 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
Consider increasing your RWIN value to optimize TCP/IP for broadband.
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 111 hops
TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349) = 00000000 (0)
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 05:50:45 PM
Ok, at least we know the results are the same

Let's check and see if autotuning is enabled on both computers
I don't have Vista, so I'll leave the results to you

You can post them, it may be of some help, I'm not sure what Tweakvista changed
Check and see if autotuning is enabled on both

netsh interface tcp show global
As taken from this link

http://www.speedguide.net/faq_in_q.php?cat...=89&qid=247 (http://\"http://www.speedguide.net/faq_in_q.php?category=89&qid=247\")
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 05:52:47 PM
Quote
Ok, at least we know the results are the same
What do you mean?


they were different. The one computer has and mtu of 1500 and the other 1496.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 05:58:34 PM
Here is where Cnn does NOT load
(http://i27.tinypic.com/2dbs45x.jpg)

Here is where Cnn does load
(http://i30.tinypic.com/2rrxd2u.jpg)
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 06:00:22 PM
No, I meant that the results with logmein and when you were at the other computer were identical
I do notice the MTU are different, they should be the same

Do you know what the Router is set too?
I would think that a DSL you would want set to 1492, but that's the machine your having troubles with?

How were the autotuning results?
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 06:07:33 PM
[quote name=\'guestolo\' post=\'422701\' date=\'Feb 26 2008, 06:00 PM\']No, I meant that the results with logmein and when you were at the other computer were identical
I do notice the MTU are different, they should be the same

Do you know what the Router is set too?
I would think that a DSL you would want set to 1492, but that's the machine your having troubles with?

How were the autotuning results?[/quote]
I think these are the results.
Here is where Cnn does NOT load
(http://i27.tinypic.com/2dbs45x.jpg)

Here is where Cnn does load
(http://i30.tinypic.com/2rrxd2u.jpg)
Isn't that what you wanted.
No i do not know what the router is set to but i may be able to find out. But don't we know that router isn't the problem since i can access it from the other computer?

As you can see ECN capability is enabled on the computer that doesn't load cnn. Do you know how to turn that off?
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 06:09:48 PM
The differences I do see there are the ECN capabilities
If router doesn't support than it could be causing problems

Here's another link  /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />
Notice the following
Quote
By default Vista has ECN disabled

You can try the command to disable ECN in the machine that doesn't reach cnn.com's sub-addresses
From the link
netsh interface tcp set global ecncapability=disabled

I would reboot the computer afterwards to ensure the change is in effect
Check to see if it's set to disabled on reboot
netsh interface tcp show global
See if it's any help

Quote
As you can see ECN capability is enabled on the computer that doesn't load cnn. Do you know how to turn that off?
We're posting at the same time  /biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':D\' />

Woops, forgot to post the link
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/vistaTCPtweaks.htm (http://\"http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/vistaTCPtweaks.htm\")
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 06:12:49 PM
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Doing this netsh interface tcp set global ecncapability=disabled
Made money.cnn.com load!!!!
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 06:14:51 PM
Click around in cnn.com, like the business link and see if it works
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 06:15:14 PM
does that mean i shouldn't bother changing the MTU settings
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 06:16:56 PM
[quote name=\'Pureblood\' post=\'422706\' date=\'Feb 26 2008, 06:15 PM\']does that mean i shouldn't bother changing the MTU settings[/quote]
Yes all the links work
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 06:17:28 PM
Quote
Made money.cnn.com load!!!!
We're doing it again

Leave MTU settings for now, I wonder if TweakVista changed the other computer to 1500??
Although Vista should take care of it auto, I would think 1492 would be default
not sure what router configuration is at however?

If you don't experience problems leave settings alone
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 06:20:15 PM
I don't know but since everything works might as well leave stuff alone.
One positive out of it, When people google. Cnn loads slow it will bring them here bringing up TTG's traffic.
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: guestolo on February 26, 2008, 06:23:35 PM
I was wrong, Vista will auto RWIN from what I understand but not MTU

At the last link I gave you to ECN
There is a link to change MTU

As mentioned, I would think 14921496 would be a better setting for dsl
cable likes 1500

You could try the change in the other computer, create restore point ahead of time
Also look at Router configuration to see what it's set at
Up to you Pureblood  /wink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\';)\' />

EDIT>>Forgot to add, I would enable protections for Windows Defender
Not sure if I would also use realtime protections with Spyware Terminator
2 protections doing the same thing
If you keep Spyware Terminator, you can utilize the Immunization feature
Title: Cnn.com loads slow and discovered subdomains of CNN do not load.
Post by: Pureblood on February 26, 2008, 06:29:49 PM
oh yeah I disabled them to see if they were causing problems