Firefox, IE8 and Safari all won't load Gmail, Google, and certain other (random) sites. No problems with facebook or bbc news/iplayer.

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14 years ago

28/6/2010 20:55

Firefox, IE8 and Safari all won't load google sites (inc. Gmail) and certain other random sites. Facebook and BBC sites don't have a problem for some reason. Can only access Yahoo mail via Safari, and Safari says Google etc. won't load because there isn't a response from the server.

URL of affected sites

http://www.google.co.uk; https://mail.google.com

Firefox, IE8 and Safari all won't load google sites (inc. Gmail) and certain other random sites. Facebook and BBC sites don't have a problem for some reason. Can only access Yahoo mail via Safari, and Safari says Google etc. won't load because there isn't a response from the server. == URL of affected sites == http://www.google.co.uk; https://mail.google.com

Answer 1 · 2010-06-28 20:55:38

AnonymousUser Question owner

29/6/2010 00:02

have the same problem - While eventually I can load gmail, it's very slow - when I click on various links, they don't load - I reinstalled firefox 3.6.6 to no avail - it didn't help - I'm not having a problem with IE Running windows xp

Answer 2 · 2010-06-28 20:55:38

AnonymousUser Question owner

29/6/2010 10:14

Me too, windows 7

Answer 3 · 2010-06-28 20:55:38

AnonymousUser Question owner

29/6/2010 10:48

Try uninstalling AVG. (Specifically the link scanner) Worked for me.

Answer 4 · 2010-06-28 20:55:38

AnonymousUser Question owner

4/7/2010 00:21

Rachelle, I'm in the same boat. Have you had any luck yet?

Answer 5 · 2010-06-28 20:55:38

AnonymousUser Question owner

4/7/2010 01:29

I have the same problem with gmail. the interest thing is when you switch to ie engine (via ie tab), everything is OK. At this point, if you switch back to Firefox, it works too.

Answer 6 · 2010-06-28 20:55:38

AnonymousUser Question owner

5/7/2010 10:17

Sorry for the delay, I'm abroad on holiday now and relying on net cafes to check my email...

I don't have AVG virus, so doubt this is the problem. In other news, my flatmate (who shares the same router connection) also says she's having problems with Google and certain other sites, so don't know if this means it's a router problem? I'm running Windows XP.

Frank - what's IE engine exactly? As I said, I've tried using IE normally and had exactly the same problems - am I missing a trick?