Yahoo network error 44
We have a client that is having and issue since 9-26-13 using yahoo web mail. Whenever he logs in, every message that he opens gives him the following error:
"Network Error Yahoo! Mail was unable to connect.
Please reload the page or verify that
your network connection is active"
If i try to log in using my personal yahoo mail account, it give an error code 44. It will intermittently give the error 44 on his account.
His account is accessed perfectly from another computer on the same network, as well as a computer on a different ISP (my office). We have narrowed it down to his computer specifically. It has the same problem in every browser (IE and Chrome)
On his computer we have done the following: reset both IE and Chrome, used IE in safe mode, released and renewed its DHCP lease, ensured that his computer has the same DNS settings as the others (which it does), disabled our managed AV and was able to verify that is was disabled, checked to see if there was any other security software installed (there is not), Doing a virus scan and malware scan tonight but they have both been done recently 9-25-13. no updates have been installed since 9-15-13.
This is a weird one, Thanks in advance!
"Network Error Yahoo! Mail was unable to connect.
Please reload the page or verify that
your network connection is active"
If i try to log in using my personal yahoo mail account, it give an error code 44. It will intermittently give the error 44 on his account.
His account is accessed perfectly from another computer on the same network, as well as a computer on a different ISP (my office). We have narrowed it down to his computer specifically. It has the same problem in every browser (IE and Chrome)
On his computer we have done the following: reset both IE and Chrome, used IE in safe mode, released and renewed its DHCP lease, ensured that his computer has the same DNS settings as the others (which it does), disabled our managed AV and was able to verify that is was disabled, checked to see if there was any other security software installed (there is not), Doing a virus scan and malware scan tonight but they have both been done recently 9-25-13. no updates have been installed since 9-15-13.
This is a weird one, Thanks in advance!
Steven Harris
Have you checked the host file to make sure there are no erroneous entries?
ASKER
Host file is empty. After running a AV scan it looks like there is some infection. Once I resolve this, I'll post back with a status.
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Glad you got it fixed!
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ASKER
Resolved issue myself. Thanks to ded9 for pointing us towards malware.