Paypal is not loading! Help!

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ps3guru03

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Agg..I hate to post up a thread like this, but I have too, even if I hate paypal. :D

Anyways, I am going to receive some payments shortly so I need to get into my account, but its not loading up. I have already checked my wires and repaired the connection. I have tried loading paypal on firefox and IE but they both do the same.

I also checked my internet, and all other webpages load fine instead of paypal.

Can one of yall help me?

PS - Why is the paypal always super slow, even with a comcast cable connection?
 
I will assume Windows, correct me otherwise.

Have you tried:
1.) Flushing your DNS resolver cache? (ipconfig /flushdns)
2.) Going to Paypal via its IP address?
3.) Shot in the dark: Do you have a modified hosts file? This file is in \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and tells the system where to direct IP requests.

On another note...Paypal loads fine for me on Comcast. However, I don't use Comcast DNS servers because of the problems I had with those in the past when they'd be going down very often.
 
bashPenguin said:
I will assume Windows, correct me otherwise.

Have you tried:
1.) Flushing your DNS resolver cache? (ipconfig /flushdns)
2.) Going to Paypal via its IP address?
3.) Shot in the dark: Do you have a modified hosts file? This file is in \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and tells the system where to direct IP requests.

On another note...Paypal loads fine for me on Comcast. However, I don't use Comcast DNS servers because of the problems I had with those in the past when they'd be going down very often.
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Thanks for you quick response. :) I did step 1, but I don't know how to do 2 and 3. Sorry, I am a complete newb at this type of stuff.
 
ps3guru03 said:
Thanks for you quick response. :) I did step 1, but I don't know how to do 2 and 3. Sorry, I am a complete newb at this type of stuff.
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2.) Well, you probably won't trust some IP addy link from a random stranger on the net. :p

Open a 'cmd' prompt, and type in 'nslookup paypal.com'

Code: 
> nslookup paypal.com
Server:       <blah blah my servers>

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:   paypal.com
Address: 216.113.188.64
Name:   paypal.com
Address: 216.113.188.34

And it will query your DNS servers for what IP paypal.com resolves to.

As you can see, it's 216.113.188.64, but you can try it yourself if you don't trust me. :)

Then just type in the IP address into the URL bar, like http://216.113.188.64

3.) Open up notepad, and open the file:

Code: 
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

The default contents of the file look something like this:

Code: 
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost

Does yours look very different?
 
Be warned this could be indicative of a malware infection. I would be very careful and do a few scans before logging into your account.
 
XOR != OR said:
Be warned this could be indicative of a malware infection. I would be very careful and do a few scans before logging into your account.
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Are you serious??...omg...I am going to do a scan right now. Thanks for letting me know..;)
 
What turned out to be the problem? Was your hosts file modified???
 
I seem to have a different issue: I can access paypal with Internet Explorer, but with Netscape (which I mostly use) is gives me an error - 'this site is a phishing site blah blah blah' and it wont load.

Sorry for the browser n00b questions - Any quick fix?
 
Did you follow the steps in this thread? Did you check all the things listed here?
 
not1germ said:
I seem to have a different issue: I can access paypal with Internet Explorer, but with Netscape (which I mostly use) is gives me an error - 'this site is a phishing site blah blah blah' and it wont load.

Sorry for the browser n00b questions - Any quick fix?
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Check for spyware. Anytime you start seeing this kind of funkiness from financial websites, assume some sort of malware infection and procede from there.
 
not1germ said:
I seem to have a different issue: I can access paypal with Internet Explorer, but with Netscape (which I mostly use) is gives me an error - 'this site is a phishing site blah blah blah' and it wont load.

Sorry for the browser n00b questions - Any quick fix?
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I don't think netscape is a good browser to use. I have never used it, but barely anyone uses it. I don't even use IE anymore once the release of Firefox appeared. I rec. using firefox. Forget about netscape.
 
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