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Problem with hifi and vinyl engine?

Punker X

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Getting a forbidden page on hifiengine and vinylengine is pulling up Googles page. Tried a two different computers. Anyone else getting the same thing.. Problem with the sites? or is Comcast doing something goofy again?
 
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Both are working fine here right now. Maybe a DNS change that some servers haven't caught yet?
 
www.hifiengine.com
www.vinylengine.com

Tried resetting modem and router, different browsers.. Same thing standard 403 forbidden error on hifiengine and even doing a google search on vinylengine and clicking it shoots you back to Google's home page.. strange. No other problem with any other of the regular sites I visit.
 
I clicked on both of your links and got to both with no problems. I am located in Oklahoma. Maybe you need to look at your blocked list. I had the same type of problem a year ago. Virus and level changed on the computer due to some maleware. You might want to try malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware. Both of those after running got me back into action. But then again you said you tryied two different computers.
 
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Both work fine for me right now but I did have the same problem with one of those 'engines the other day.
 
Works for me.

Do you let the router default to the Comcast DNS (meaning nothing specified in static DNS fields in router), or do you put in addresses for those such as Level3's DNS or OpenDNS DNS?
 
Start -> Run -> type "ipconfig -flushdns" in the box and hit Enter. That should solve any DNS caching issues.
 
I clicked on both of your links and got to both with no problems. I am located in Oklahoma. Maybe you need to look at your blocked list. I had the same type of problem a year ago. Virus and level changed on the computer due to some maleware. You might want to try malwarebytes and SuperAntiSpyware. Both of those after running got me back into action. But then again you said you tryied two different computers.

Ran Malwarebytes this morning.. SuperAnitSpyware running now. Happens on my main computer and laptop both running Win7 and on the wife's laptop running XP.
 
Start -> Run -> type "ipconfig -flushdns" in the box and hit Enter. That should solve any DNS caching issues.

Tried this.. same problem. Got rid of cookies and history. Reset modem and router. Using the default "get settings automatically". Strange.. sure it's something with Comcast.. Like have problems emailing Canada.. Go figure.
 
Start -> Run -> type "ipconfig -flushdns" in the box and hit Enter. That should solve any DNS caching issues.

I think you will find that is "ipconfig /flushdns"

And - you are absolutely right it normally does.

EDIT: just tried the other switch "-" and that seems to work too !

You learn a new thing every day :D :smoke:
 
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Comcast Suffers Major Midwest Outage

http://consumerist.com/2010/12/comcast-suffers-another-major-outage.html

Another major outage hit Comcast customers, this time in the Midwest. Like the outage that occurred exactly a week ago on the East Coast, this one too started on a Sunday and involved their DNS servers being down.

The outage hit customers in Chicago, Northwest Indiana, and parts of Minnesota and Michigan. Cable and phone service was not affected.

Like last week, customers could circumvent the issue by switching their DNS server to a public one, like Google's 8.8.8.8. (If that makes you go "huh," read here. )
 
Thanks for that.. was chatting with a comcast tech an he had no clue, told me to call the local office. These are the only sites I seem to be having issues with. I'm patent.
 
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