Antivirus web sites are blocked! Where do I go to fix?

Safemode wont let me go to symantec web site either

did you run the rrt tool to remove the admin restrictions?
also have you uninstalled the symantec product before running the removal tool which you downloaded.

Try placing those AntiVirus websites in trusted sites. Might be there is problem with the username you are logged in with. Create another User with Administrative privilege. Try these sites from the new user.

Try an alternate browser like firefox or opera, and or try to access via IP
http://206.204.52.31
My best suggestion however is that you remove the HD from the PC, plug it into another PC as a secondary drive and then scan it using your preferred AV and anti-spyware software. Something no one should be without is a USB hardrive adapter, I like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119152
It's cheap, requires no software to install, works on all HD types except SCSI, and make doing this sort of thing a breeze, it's also ideal for making back-ups of your important data, just buy another HD to back the data up to. If you don't have a second PC, see if you can use a friends to plug in the usb adapter, or place the HD into their PC. As long as the drive is made a secondary and not booted off of, you will not infect others PC's, and make sure you don't run anything on the (infected)HD itself, just run scans on it to make sure you've cleaned it all. If you still have issues after that, with the handy usb adapter you can make backups of the important data, then reinstall the OS. After your all clean, have a look at: http://xinn.org/win_bestpractices.html and
http://www.xinn.org/annoyance_spy-ware.html
-rich

I have already hooked this hdd to another pc and scanned it.

The virus is gone it seems.  BUT it left some changes in the OS.

I added symantec.com to the trusted sites but no go.

Have you tried SUPERAntiSpyware (http://downloads2.superantispyware.com/downloads/SUPERAntiSpyware.exe)? Also, see if you can send us your HijackThis (http://danborg.org/spy/hjt/alternativ.exe) log. You can also try downloading SUPERAntiSpyware (http://downloads.superantispyware.com/downloads/SUPERAntiSpyware.exe) by

If you see any antivirus sites in the hosts file, delete them.

You can use HostsXpert to restore your hosts file.

http://www.funkytoad.com/download/HostsXpert.zip

It is very common for malware to do this and there are good tools to fix these issues without re-installing your OS. As orangutang mentioned, give us a Hijackthis log so we can see what is going on. Just because a virus scanner comes back clean does not mean it it by any chance.

Orangutant  that was it.  They listed damn near every AV site out there.

Only thing listed in that file was av sites.  I deleted  all contents and it seems fine now.