No, I think it's just on your side, Frank. I can reach it easily.

 

I just tried again with both Internet Explorer 11.0.51 and Mozilla Firefox 52.6.0 ESR, but no luck.
It just started doing this about 3 days ago.

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I can't reach it either Frank. Windows 10 / Edge / Internet Explorer 11.0.50 / Firefox 58.0.2

 

2twenty2:

Thanks for confirming I'm not the only one having that issue.

lochlomonder:

What's the exact URL address that appeared when it loaded for you?

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fine using http://www.softpedia.com/ from UK
IE11 /chrome & FF all work fine

check your DNS servers Frank or see if MBAM or another security suite are blocking it "accidentally"

 

Yep....works for me as well.

 

You're welcome.

IsItDowmRightNow indicates its up.

Softpedia - IsItDown - http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/softpedia.com.html

 

dvk01:

MSE is the only security app that's running, and it's not blocking or excluding that site.
IE11 also isn't blocking or excluding it.
All other sites are loading fine.

2twenty2:

I saw that yesterday.
Thanks anyway.

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You're welcome.

I just tried my Windows 7 machine and same thing No Go! to Softpedia

Win 7 / IE / Chrome / Opera / Firefox

And I don't live in Florida. I am quite long way from there.

 

It's doing it in both my Windows 7 and Windows 10 computers.
It's got me stumped.

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It's doing it in both my Windows 7 and Windows 10 computers

Both of mine too!

 

what DNS servers are you using
try changing to Google DNS
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

 

Softpedia loads for me.

Firefox 56 on Tahrpup 606.
isp is Spectrum

 

works fine here as well.

 

Works fine for me using Edge and Windows 10

 

If you figure out the problem, please let me know.
crucial.com has refused to fully load on one computer (Win 7 32 bit) using several different browsers.

My status bar shows transferring assets from crucial.com but the page doesn't load.

 

If you figure out the problem, please let me know.
crucial.com has refused to fully load on one computer (Win 7 32 bit) using several different browsers.

Just to let you know Crucial not working for me either. Win 7 32bit / Win 10 64bit

 

I just tried this URL, Frank. Works for me at both work and home on different networks. For home, I'm using Google's DNS servers.

 

what DNS servers are you using
try changing to Google DNS
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/

dvk01:

My ISP is Spectrum(formerly Bright House Networks), and I'm currently on a wired ethernet connection.
This is what its IPv4 settings look like.

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dvk01:

My ISP is Spectrum(formerly Bright House Networks), and I'm currently on a wired ethernet connection.
This is what its IPv4 settings look like.

View attachment 262620

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Did you try changing your DNS servers to those suggested by dvk01 to see if this would work?

 

Frank, it might be worthwhile doing a trace on the IP address for the website, to see if there's a specific point of failure along the hops.

Just open up a command prompt and then enter tracert 64.225.158.189

 

This is the command prompt window with the results - which is gibberish to me.

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Perhaps this TSG link from last February can help?

https://forums.techguy.org/threads/certain-websites-wont-load.1185137/

 

This is showing your network comms are finding a route to the Softpedia server. I couldn't worry about the 15th hop with the time-out, since it may just be set up not to respond for security reasons.

For those who cannot reach the site, is there any commonality regarding anti-malware software? For example, what are you all using?

 

I am using Defender on Win 10 and MSE on Win 7

 

I did the commands to reset WINSOCK and IPv4 TCP/IP and IPv6 TCP/IP, then rebooted.
It didn't help in getting the SoftPedia site to load.
All other sites seem to be loading okay.

The only security app that loads and runs in the background in my Windows 7 computers is Microsoft Security Essentials 4.10.209.0

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Hey Frank, have you tried a reboot of your modem router by unplugging it for a few minutes then plugging it back in? Can you log in to your web based router page?

 

I'm not going to mess with Spectrum's server settings and risk killing the network for my computers and wireless printers, just for the sake of 1 website.

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I'm not going to mess with Spectrum's server settings and risk killing the network for my computers and wireless printers, just for the sake of 1 website.

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I didn't ask you to mess with the settings, I just asked if you could log into it. I would most definitely do a reboot of the modem router as that will have no effect of your network at all. It just like rebooting your PC.

There is also a reset hole on the device which is used to do a factory reset.

 

Just out of curiosity and nothing else, might you try out one of the Linux Live DVD distros just to see what happens?