Strange .gif Problem

[nirre]

Hi all

I have got a strange problem with xp .. I have had this problem before. I think it has to do with a patch from MS. Some .gif images won´t show up in IE of firefox.. It´s really strange - all other pluging/imagesworks just fine..

but after installing some patch from MS they wont sho

pls check at theese links:

http://members.chello.se/sodan/images/1.png

http://members.chello.se/sodan/images/2.png

http://members.chello.se/sodan/images/3.png

anyone know how to fix this ? I dont want to reinstall

thanks in advance

/nirre

ps. im running xp pro sp2

[KAndle]

Are you running a Norton Firewall? Try disabling you firewall first and then try. I've seen Norton cause ie6 to not load all pictures. It was an incorrect setting.

[KAndle]

I think those are all ads that are being blocked. I'm not sure you need to see them. I have similar results on computers with Bloatbusters Silencer installed. It writes all kind of ad sites to the LMHOSTS file and points them to localhost so they can't load. It may not be broken but a feature of something you installed.

[nirre]

thx for replying

i dont have none of the mentioned programs installed - i have a router with fw included though.. but it have worked before with this router..

and of course is it as you pointed out its usually ads that are being blocked - with its not such a bad thing - but some pages look funny so..

not to shure what to do about it..

[wullieb1]

They look like ads that are being blocked by some piece of software. Do you have anything installed that may cause this??

[kyuuzo]

Try looking in this file and see if anything is directed to localhost

C:\WINXP\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

[KAndle]

Yeah, the check the hosts file not lmhosts. Or both...

[nirre]

wow my hosts file was full of 127.0.0.1 redirections.. a lot of whitch i must say is good .. but still "harmless" ads is ok

what program may have "banned" this - adaware ? i sont have a sw fw installed and no antivirus.. what happens if i simply delete the hosts file ? will i damage the system .. or can i make changes as i want without dameging the system ?

[wullieb1]

Spybot can do this by adding in its own records into your hosts file.

I wouldn't recommend deleting the file.

No ads is good news for me though.