Neither live.com or hotmail.com working or pingable. No malware found.

[shamrin]

Well, if you get Host Not Reachable when you ping 65.55.237.32 (Hotmail) but can reach and ping any other site, then I am really cheering for you to find the solution (not N&P) because I want to hear it. The Live CD test should be interesting.

[jft135]

Originally Posted by Vicenarian

If firefox can access the websites, but not IE, that's really strange. Did you check the Internet Options (IE) "Connections) tab? Check for any erroneous dial-up/VPN settings, check the LAN settings for a proxy, ensure "Automatically Detect Settings" is the only thing that's checked, etc. Maybe IE Parental controls? Internet zone/privacy settings? Cookie settings? Maybe try clearing the IE cache?


Just random ideas; but maybe, just maybe one of them will work

I just reset everything to default. It is really weird. Normally I don't post questions like this, but it is one of the stranger things I've come across lately.

[Vicenarian]

I didn't bother re-reading the thread, but have you tried Safe Mode with Networking? See if the issue persists there? If everything works in Safe Mode, fire up your favorite autoruns manager and filter down the list to determine the culprit.

[iladelf]

Wonder if the utility mentioned below (I haven't tried it; mentioned elsewhere here on the forums) could assist you in this situation?

http://www.rizonesoft.com/2011/compl...ternet-repair/

[colonydata]

Originally Posted by jft135

I totally agree when it is a consumer involved, but to consider nuking a mission critical business PC that is only exhibiting this one problem I like to try to get to the bottom of it. On the other hand, it is a good sign that the PC has been compromised in some way and should not be trusted.

i would probably nuke it at this point, just because it is business critical.

just a thought but have you tried a packet capture? it would be interesting to see what is going out from that pc.