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Server 2003 standard sp2 can not connect to microsoft websites or antivirus sites.

Server 2003 standard sp2 can not connect to microsoft websites or antivirus sites. I had a similar issue with a windoes vista business machine. I updated the vista machine to IE 8 and it fixed the issue. I have read up on this issue and most threads point to virus or malware or something like that. I really want to avoid reinstalling because this is a new server build with Exchange 03 running on it. Any ideas? I am wanting to run our Trendmicro AV server on this machine but it is usless with this issue because the virus defs will not be able to update.

Mal Osborne

Check your hosts file, located at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\HOSTS Just open it with Notepad. It should be small, under 1K. Spyware often adds bogus entries here, preventing AV sites from being reachable.

PeteJThomas

This could be malware, but could be various other things as well... To confirm, you can get to most websites no problems, just not specific AV and MS sites?

What actual error do you get? Just the standard 'This page cannot be displayed'? Can you ping the sites from this server?

Just some useful info really, to get the ball rolling... :)

Pete

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Worked like a charm! thanks so much!