i have never experienced with such a wierd problem as this.
a month ago, i've encountered a problem with wikipedia- images won't load, no matter if i use chrome or internet explorer, and i didn't do any changes in the computer.
i thought it was a problem with wiki's server (upload.wikimedia.org) but.. it hasn't been solved, since now!!
i figured out that there are 2 main suspects that ran along with internet explorer and chrome while the images weren't loaded:
- Comodo Firewall
- Avast AntiVirus
ok so i closed comodo for a sec, no luck.
but then! i closed web shield, my last hope.. and then! wow! after a month! full month! i can see pics on wikipedia again! turned web shield on and again, no pics anymore.
the server (upload.wikimedia.org) returns a fast ping to my computer using cmd via ping.
i checked all the settings in web shield (and i never even changed 1 setting in avast, not talking about web shield!) nothing that even remind me of wikipedia.
Note: Web shield won't popup while accessing upload.wikimedia.org via wikipedia, nor network shield or any other shield (sounds like web shield bug).
Avast 7
Comodo Firewall
MBAM scan-on-demand
Sandboxie
somebody?