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On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:48:37 +0100 Simon Waters wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: > > > > On my Mum's XP PC she can't load up *any* webpages nor will most > > applications actually make a successful outgoing connection. I have > > installed LogMeIn onto it so I can remotely help her. She has Skype > > installed. Both of these run at startup. Both of these are working > > absolutely fine. > > > Any thoughts? > > Mangled browser proxy settings - unlikely if port 25 affected. > > Firewall or Antivirus software intercepting these requests and failing > to proxy. Try disabling if there is a NAT router to keep you safe. > > Malware installed. Thanks for all the suggestions. I phoned their ISP and it seems that their lodger has very kindly taken them over their (rather measly) 3GB data/month limit. *sigh* Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html