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Cant See Images On One Website

skulkingghost

skulkingghost

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So this is weird,
I cant see any images or css on http://www.macrumors.com/ this has been going on for a week now. I have tried firefox, ie, ie64bit, safari, and chrome and none load the page, instead the page looks like this:

http://www.danielhellerman.com/mac.jpg

All other sites display normally, I have tried the following:
Clearing cache / history / etc
Turning on and off adblock / checking blocked sites
Resetting security settings
Turning off firewall
Checked hosts file


None of it works, what could I be missing?
 
Some websites require Adobe/Macromedia Flash. Suggest you contact Hellerman and ask.
 
I agree with corkyg. Most of the "images" on that site are actually flash videos, and it looks like they are all links to other sites (mostly YouTube). Also, while there are some actual images, many of them are links to other sites and your browser could be blocking the redirection.
 
Yeah, all those images and css formatting settings are coming from images.macrumors.com. For some reason, it seems you aren't able to access that server at 74.86.132.183.

Since it's only happening to your one PC, it sounds like some sort of firewall or security software on that PC that's blocking that site. It seems like you already checked a lot of stuff, but it sounds like you missed something.

Check your name resolution for that site ("ping images.macrumors.com") and do an NSLookup to see where your name resolution is coming from. Also, do a "telnet images.macrumors.com 80" to see if you get a connection.

If all that doesn't work, I'd temporarily remove all third-party security or firewall software.
 
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GaryJohnson said:
I think he is Hellerman. Or are you intentionally asking him to email himself? 😛

@Op
From comparing the image you posted to the page, it looks like all the images and css that are being blocked are coming from the same subdomain: images.macrumors.com

Can you open: http://images.macrumors.com/article/2010/05/12/032913-4600744570_a2417cd60f_o_500.jpg (if not it may give you a useful error)?
Click to expand...

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at images.macrumors.com.


* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.



So I think you are right now I just have to figure out where its being blocked
 
RebateMonger said:
Yeah, all those images and css formatting settings are coming from images.macrumors.com. For some reason, it seems you aren't able to access that server at 74.86.132.183.

Since it's only happening to your one PC, it sounds like some sort of firewall or security software on that PC that's blocking that site. It seems like you already checked a lot of stuff, but it sounds like you missed something.

Check your name resolution for that site ("ping images.macrumors.com") and do an NSLookup to see where your name resolution is coming from. Also, do a "telnet images.macrumors.com 80" to see if you get a connection.

If all that doesn't work, I'd temporarily remove all third-party security or firewall software.
Click to expand...

I get a general failure pinging it
 
skulkingghost said:
I get a general failure pinging it
Click to expand...
That still sounds like a firewall on your PC is stopping it. I can ping images.macrumors.com just fine.

Also, in Internet Explorer, check the "Tools/Internet Options/Connections/Locan Area Network (LAN) Settings to see if a Proxy server is being used and, if so, what the Proxy server is.
 
Now working:

Reset firewall to default
Uninstalled Malwarebytes
Restarted

I had malwarebytes scanning a infected hard drive in safe mode a week or two ago, and I was browsing around I guess somehow it blocked macrumors images.
 
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