Certain websites redirect to 127.0.0.1. How do I fix this?
- by Dian
Facebook and Youtube in particular.
Tried nslookup the address shows as 127.0.0.1.
Checked the HOSTS file, it's fine.
Ran Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (didn't find any problems) and SpyBot Search and Destroy (found 1 problem).
(Not sure if the Spybot made this improvement) now pinging youtube shows the correct address (74.125.71.91) but the browser still says:
Connection to 127.0.0.1 Failed
The system returned:
(111) Connection refused
Tried ipconfig /flushdns but there are no changes.
Switched to another user but the results are the same.
hosts file:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 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
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
ipconfig all:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
DNS Servers: 10.1.1.30
208.67.220.220
