weird computer issue

[#1 bro]

I didn't really know where else to post this but considering that there are some people here that know their stuff when it comes to computers I thought I might as well ask.

I can't view certain websites on my laptop. Some of these sites are cracked.com, i-am-bored, ehow, and formspring.me (that weird facebook trend) but there are a few more I think. It wasn't always this way - I definitely remember a moment like six months ago where I went to cracked.com and all of a sudden it just didn't work.

I can get to any of these sites using a proxy. You might think that means that I have a filter installed or my IP is banned or something, but that's not the case. I can visit these sites from my desktop computer at home and even if I'm on a different wifi network I still can't access these sites. And I definitely don't have a filter because I can get to pretty much any porn site I want without any trouble.

If anyone has any idea what the problem is, please enlighten me. I'd really like to know.

 

[Adriane]

... what browser are you using and have you checked to see if that might the problem? It is probably something far simpler than you think.

 

[departuresong]

Have you tried a DNS Flush? ("ipconfig /flushdns" in the Windows Run menu)

 

[#1 bro]

... what browser are you using and have you checked to see if that might the problem? It is probably something far simpler than you think.

firefox, but i tried safari too and it didn't work.

Have you tried a DNS Flush? ("ipconfig /flushdns" in the Windows Run menu)

i'm on a mac, but i googled for an equivalent and found "dscacheutil -flushcache". then i tried that in the terminal but it still doesn't work. :(