Just so you know, I can usually reach Google even when the problem occurs. When I tried pinging Google, it was just after experiencing access problems with 2 other sites, but Google wasn't one of...

Thanks 4 the tips but I believe I addressed them in my first post...the problem occurs in IE, Netscape & Firefox.

I was hoping you knew someone who specialized in DNS-related problems...
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DMR...do you know anyone on the net that can help me solve this problem?

(i.e. the best tech support person you have ever worked with?)

Both pings worked. The problem randomly occurs regardless of where I am surfing. This is sooooooooooooooooo frustrating.

The ping worked...

I'm on a dial-up connection using a U.S. Robotics 56K Voice Win modem

Thanks for the hoster tip but the problem remains. I had a lot of malicious infections about a month ago but I think I cleaned most of them. They related to a hijacked homepage for the most part.

At intermittent times, I keep getting the "Cannot find server or DNS error" on IE6 and "Page cannot be found error" on Netscape & Firefox. About 5 minutes later, I can access the sites. I tried the...