Yahoo hates me

jimninja

So a few days ago, I stopped being able to log into Yahoo messenger, which was kind of weird, but it had happened before so I wasn't too worried. Except it's been going on since, and, on further inspection, I'm not even able to get to Yahoo.com. I tried getting there by connecting a different computer to our wireless, but that one wouldn't load it either.

So I'm stumped. Any ideas why this happened, or what I could do to fix it? I kinda need to check my mail.

fightinfilipino

possible spyware? i'd run scans with adaware and/or spybot...

jimninja

Okay, so I ran Spybot and Adaware (which I can't believe I didn't do in the first place, but I'm thick), and still no go on the messenger or the site. I'm at a loss.

skeldare

Are you getting a specific error? Can you get to Yahoo.com and just not login? Or does the page itself not load at all?

Unidentified Coward

Start at a lower level. Try an nslookup (I am assuming you are on a wintendo) and then do a tracert. If you fail at the DNS issue, your hosts file has either been manipulated or falsified or your DNS source is suspect (ISP). If the traceroute works and a simple ping verifies connectivity, it is a higher-level issue and may be as simple as some esoteric plug-in or config value in your browser. Have your considered that possibly your wireless router's cache is full and a simple reset might resolve the issue? Especially if you are using bittorrent?

Full details of your attempts and the response/error codes would go a long way.

$ dig yahoo.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> yahoo.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23712
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 7, ADDITIONAL: 7

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;yahoo.com.                     IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
yahoo.com.              300     IN      A       216.109.112.135
yahoo.com.              300     IN      A       66.94.234.13

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
yahoo.com.              163500  IN      NS      ns8.yahoo.com.
yahoo.com.              163500  IN      NS      ns9.yahoo.com.
yahoo.com.              163500  IN      NS      ns1.yahoo.com.
yahoo.com.              163500  IN      NS      ns2.yahoo.com.
yahoo.com.              163500  IN      NS      ns3.yahoo.com.
yahoo.com.              163500  IN      NS      ns4.yahoo.com.
yahoo.com.              163500  IN      NS      ns5.yahoo.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.yahoo.com.          124921  IN      A       66.218.71.63
ns2.yahoo.com.          124919  IN      A       68.142.255.16
ns3.yahoo.com.          124921  IN      A       217.12.4.104
ns4.yahoo.com.          124919  IN      A       68.142.196.63
ns5.yahoo.com.          124921  IN      A       216.109.116.17
ns8.yahoo.com.          163500  IN      A       202.165.104.22
ns9.yahoo.com.          163500  IN      A       202.160.176.146

;; Query time: 118 msec

jimninja

Skeldare has it on the money - I can't even get the page to load. I just get a Firefox can't connect page, and on Messenger I get a popup window that says Yahoo is having a "problem".

Unidentified Coward I wish I could help you to help me but what in the sweet monkey christ is all that moon code (I'm on a computer by the way, sorry, not a Wii). I cleared the cache and gave it another run, but no luck.

Unable to connect

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.yahoo.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.

Pretty much your standard 'wutever' page.

skeldare

Do you have another browser to check it with? Like IE?

You can also try going to Yahoo's IP address: 209.131.36.158

If that loads it's probably a DNS problem.

Lewisham

Try 'ping www.yahoo.com' from your command line.

jimninja

Okay, so I checked it with IE, and that's a no go, same with the IP address, so I guess it's not a DNS problem. Pinging yahoo.com resulted in four timed out packets.

skeldare

Damn. Well, I'm not sure what else to say...

Did you check the hosts file to make sure it's not blocked?

Also, if you're running on a network with a router/modem you might try resetting it/restoring to factory defaults.

Ruckus

What kind of ISP service do you get, and have you manually configured DNS (eg manually put DNS server IP's in your Windows settings, or in your home router settings)?

Can you ping 209.131.36.158?

Etelmik

If you set your privacty settings too high, yahoo won't load at all. Is it your cookies settings?