Hi p.
The 209.68.48.119 is the IP address of mvps.org.
When you type in a web address (mvps.org) in your browser it is converted to
an IP Address (209.68.48.119) (behind the scenes, a thing called a dns
lookup) which is machine readable and is used by the routers (your ISP,
Satellite up and downlinks and phone and fibre networks) to find the web
page you want on a server in some distant building somewhere in the world.
You can even find out which rack on which floor in a building the server is
located at from this IP address.
What I am say is that as well as looking for the 'mvps.org' address in your
Registry and Hosts file, you should also search for the IP Address
(209.68.48.119) as well, because either 'mvps.org' or 209.68.48.119 could be
used as the address of the site in your Registry or Hosts file.
Robears suggestion to do a Malware scan is probably the best advice as the
scan will essentially do the same searches (above) for you and may also find
anything in your Windows Startup list that may be hijacking your settings
and changing them back in your Registry or Hosts file
Regards.
"pqt2" <> wrote in message
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> "rob^_^" <> wrote in message
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>> Hi p,
>>
>> You can post on the thread you started. We will see when you append a
>> post... but since you started this new one, continue here.
>>
>> If mvps.org is in your Restricted sites zone then either
>
> It is not listed in the Restricted Site list and I have added it to the
> Trusted Site list but the task bar continues to display "Restricted Site"
> anyway.
>>
>> There is an entry in your registry for it. Search the registry for mvps
>
> Not sure how to go about doing this.
>
>> or
>> There is an entry in your hosts file for *.mvps.org that maps to another
>> site that is already in your restricted sites zone. (hidden from users in
>> the HKLM node)
>
> Could not find any entry in the host file. My host file is the most
> current mvps.org host file.
>>
>> mmm. You will also need to know the IP address of mvps.org and also
>> search for it in both your Registry and Hosts file.
>>
>> Start>Run>cmd
>>
>> ping www.mvps.org
>
> Not sure what ping means but I did the start>run>cmd and entered
> www.mvps.org a the prompt and got responce that it was not a valid
> command, or something to that effect.
>>
>> 209.68.48.119
>>
>> You may also like to inspect your Windows startup (Start>Run>msconfig -
>> startup tab) for anything suspicious that may be re-writing your hosts
>> file or altering the registry.
>
> Found nothing suspicious in misconfig/startup.
>
> Thanks for your help, but I'm still at a loss.
>
>
>> Regards.
>>
>> "pqt2" <> wrote in message
>> news:hi1b30$pku$...
>>> WinXP/SP3/IE8
>>>
>>> For some reason when I go to some pages of the MVPS.ORG stie
>>> (HostFile
>>> page specifically, but also others) the task bar displays "Restricted
>>> Site"
>>> and IE8 will not let me download the host file.
>>>
>>> The Restricted Site list (tools/internet options/security tab) has no
>>> entry for mvps.org that I can find but the Trusted Site list has the
>>> mvps
>>> host file page specifically listed.
>>>
>>> Can any one give me a means to correct this problem.
>>>
>>> P.S. I've made no entries into either site, AdAware and SpyBot must
>>> have
>>> made all entries. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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