ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved, internet problems.

I've come home to find my internet acting strange, I can connect to skype just fine, but whenever I load Google Chrome or any other browser I get this message upon loading a website, however google still works.


ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: (blablabla)


The following error was encountered:

• Connection to XX.XXX.XX.XXX Failed

The system returned:
(111) Connection refusedThe remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.






A weird thing though is I can ping both ip and name address of the website I'm trying to connect to, and I can still access proxy websites which I am currently using now.

I've tried so many cmd solutions and nothing has worked. I'm really stuck.

Any help is appreciated.

Okay already having tried what you have said I decided to do it again, but this time something even stranger occurred

C:\Users\User>ipconfig /release

Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1 : The sy
stem cannot find the file specified.


Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

After disconnecting and reconnecting it went back to normal but whenever I try and /release it does the same thing.

EDIT: It is every web address I try to connect to, and I can still successfully ping both ip and name of that address.

Kuvon said:

I've come home to find my internet acting strange, I can connect to skype just fine, but whenever I load Google Chrome or any other browser I get this message upon loading a website, however google still works.


ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: (blablabla)


The following error was encountered:

• Connection to XX.XXX.XX.XXX Failed

The system returned:
(111) Connection refusedThe remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.






A weird thing though is I can ping both ip and name address of the website I'm trying to connect to, and I can still access proxy websites which I am currently using now.

I've tried so many cmd solutions and nothing has worked. I'm really stuck.

Any help is appreciated.

Which third party anti virus is installed on this machine? :)

matts6887 said:

here ya go; try the steps in this link; it says its for vista but the steps and principles are the same pretty much:

An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface - Microsoft Community

Okay, I managed to sort that problem, however after doing the steps you told me, the same problem is occurring.


Also, I am currently only using MSE, and Malwarebytes.

Kuvon said:

matts6887 said:

here ya go; try the steps in this link; it says its for vista but the steps and principles are the same pretty much:

An error occurred while releasing interface Loopback Pseudo-Interface - Microsoft Community

Okay, I managed to sort that problem, however after doing the steps you told me, the same problem is occurring.


Also, I am currently only using MSE, and Malwarebytes.

Have you run any virus scan's lately?

Try unzipping then run the file below which will reset the network stack and flush the DNS cache then it will reboot your machine.

chev65 said:

Have you run any virus scan's lately?

Yes, nothing had shown up.
I'm really stumbled because I had not done a thing, and I turn my laptop on to have this problem.

Kuvon said:

Hi, I've tried the attachment you gave me and sadly the same thing is happening. ):


EDIT: I've also discovered whenever I forgot the network and rejoin, for the first few seconds there is a yellow triangle on the wifi bar on the task bar, then goes back to normal.

Oh, and weirdly I discovered that I can access most websites if I put the https:// beforehand.
What is causing this?

I'm not sure which browser you are using but it sounds like it may be messed up.

Have you tried resetting the browser? In IE10 or IE11, you can go upper right to Tools, then click on Internet Options, Open the Advanced tab, hit the Reset button and reboot the machine and see if anything changes.