11-04-2011, 07:58 PM
(10-31-2011, 12:04 AM)RTM Wrote: I've run into the same exact issue on one of our work laptops. The strange thing is, it seems to be bound to the connection, not anything on the laptop. If the user hooks up to his home RoadRunner connection, Google/Yahoo/etc searches work fine. If he runs through his work connection (a Netscreen router device that plugs into his RoadRunner connection), all his searches are blocked. I gave him a different laptop to take home and test, and the same thing happened on that one.
We're baffled, to say the least.
That's fascinating. I wonder if somehow his router got a virus (I've never heard of that before), or at least, his computer got a virus that changed some settings on the router, maybe opened some ports for backdoor fun or something. I would have him hard reset his router to factory settings, apply the latest firmware upgrade, unplug all other network devices that may have the virus in them, then see what happens. If his computer is still blocking searches, then that is truly baffling. If not, then I think you got your answer.
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