Recent content by JimInAus

Thanks for confirmation bj10au. I completely lost all confidence in VirusBarrier and it is off my system now. Having read through the Virus thread on this forum, I'm now running without any antivirus software under Mac OS X. I just have Avast! running on my Windoze. Jim

Wow am I embarrassed. The problem was caused by the component I should have thought of first. It was Intego VirusBarrier. I just installed it and Google stopped working. Then I got an anti-phishing alert. It thought www.google.com.au was a possible fraudent site. I've added...

Thanks for the suggestion Satcomer. I've not installed software that "fell off the back of a truck". I had installed legitimate software from unknown publishers. It definitely felt like a trojan. According to the network capture, the DNS requests were going to my primary DNS. And the only...

Hi again, Just a quick and probably final update. I ended up going ahead a reinstalling Mac OS X 10.6. Afterwards, I had trouble-free access to Google. I then installed the Mac OS X 10.6.5 combo update. Afterwards, I still had trouble-free access. I then did a full restore from my Time...

Hi again, I've been doing more work on this. I tried creating another user, but the problems exhibit with that user too. I've also fired up Wireshark and logged the network traffic. When I went to google.com under Safari, some 20 connections where established while Safari tried to...

Hi. First time poster, so be gentle with me. (grin) I have a problem accessing Google from Mac OS X 10.6.5 on my iMac9,1. I can access any other websites without a problem. I can access Google without a problem when I boot Win 7. I have tried restarting my ASDL modem/router. This...