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Topic # 97652 18-Feb-2012 20:58 Send private message

So ive somehow lost internet on my computer is was working fine this morning ive done all the diag's I can get on the net through TOR i can ping google.com but cant get chrome or firefox to connect IE still works fine anyone got any suggestions ive checked my firewall etc no luck .

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  Reply # 583303 18-Feb-2012 21:38 Send private message

Proxy settings? And why on earth are you using TOR?

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  Reply # 583307 18-Feb-2012 21:52 Send private message

Have you installed anything new just before it stopped working?





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  Reply # 583309 18-Feb-2012 22:02 Send private message

The only thing that has been installed was windows updates could it be windows defender blocking the connection?
I was using tor to check the connection its called troubleshooting hence why I am here..

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