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[paulatukcamera]

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I know I am about to make a fool of myself. I just know. The rest of the club is on the Coach Trip and I haven't realised the clocks have gone forward!

I have been happily earning money from Trade doubler, not a fortune, but every little helps! Then I began to have reports - links clicked on failing.

Checked - every single one broken. Agreed not the normal pattern, but I list all 276 Jessops branches and it incorporates a text link to their web site.
Then checked my other two schemes with Trade Doubler - broken - completely.

Looked into the code - all tradedoubler.coms broken - even on their own web site - tens of broken links. However, not a word - like the Marie celeste - new program news, a bit about server update - no mention of the broken links! Try to get new text links - same as mine - broken! Post a question to support. Nothing! Change all mine to tradedoubler.co.uk - still broken! In the end rip out 300+ links and revert to company web site url - can't think of anything else.

Find this forum - not a word - everybody chatting about Trade Doubler with nary a care in the world! I had thought perhaps they had gone out of business in January 1959 and I hadn't noticed!

I knew it, I should never have put x in the box where they always say do you want to opt out from our newsletter!

Please someone - what vital information have I missed? (Name change to tradetrebler.co.uk? Merged with affliate Network?)

I know it - I've arrived at Punxsutawney by accident! (you've doubtless seen Groundhog Day! I'm living it!)



Paul

[Art]

What is broken!?!? Everything seems fine here!

Are you sure that you have internet connection?

[paulatukcamera]

http://hstse.tradedoubler.com/file/2...ct-details.htm

This is one from this very website! Not working for me!

I have just checked on their website - many images missing

For example - go to support click on 2006 Help Centre:
http://hstse.tradedoubler.com/file/2...e/faq_home.htm

Broken. So is every link with .com in it `- still. In fact I would say nearly 80% of the links don't work. Just checked 3.30pm

It must be something to do with this:
"The old reports will run in parallel until the 28th March TradeDoubler is pleased to announce the latest platform upgrade" Am I on the old platform? How do I get to the new one? Why isn't there a notice published?

I sign in here: http://www.tradedoubler.co.uk/pan/public - do you?

Furthermore http://www.tradedoubler.com just comes up with a blank page!

In the end one must ask - have they gone out of business this week?

Still absolutely mystified!


Paul

[Art]

http://hstse.tradedoubler.com/file/2...ct-details.htm

This is one from this very website! Not working for me!

Works for me!

For example - go to support click on 2006 Help Centre:
http://hstse.tradedoubler.com/file/2...e/faq_home.htm

Broken. So is every link with .com in it `- still. In fact I would say nearly 80% of the links don't work. Just checked 3.30pm

Also works!

It must be something to do with this:
"The old reports will run in parallel until the 28th March TradeDoubler is pleased to announce the latest platform upgrade" Am I on the old platform? How do I get to the new one? Why isn't there a notice published?

I sign in here: http://www.tradedoubler.co.uk/pan/public - do you?

The link is correct and working. Try to clear your local cache, cookies, etc.

[paulatukcamera]

Art,

Thanks for your help.

Cleared Cookies, Cache (I do that everyday anyway!)

Broadband connection OK - obviously - I can post here!

Thought I might have got a virus so just run the virus checker - that says all OK.

Just changed browsers - tried Opera - get into the UK .co.uk one alright - all the .coms just blank!

Curiouser & curiouser

Definitely a Groundhog Day. The world is fine for you - the clockwork on mine has wound down!

Paul

[Art]

Can you access the site (http://www.tradedoubler.com/pan/public) via proxy:
http://www.guardster.com/subscription/proxy_free.php ?

[paulatukcamera]

Went in by proxy - responding, but can't get anywhere as the javascript links seem to break. Felt this was more a function of the links because I noticed immediately that the pictures are working.

Tried a simpler test the link:http://hstse.tradedoubler.com/file/2...ct-details.htm

Works OK, no problems.

So what's the problem?

Thanks for the time & trouble you are taking to help me.

Paul

[Art]

No problem.

My suggestion is to contact your ISP (maybe they filter your traffic)
or to contact TD (in case they have banned your IP by mistake or by other reason).

I recommend you to use proxy just for a test, but not to work through.

[drivetowin]

Are you running Norton or some similar security package?

[paulatukcamera]

Are you running Norton or some similar security package?

When it became obvious that the problem was "me"

I shut down everything (Avast Anti Virus & Microsoft's Beta Anti Spyware)
I have been through the registry line by line looking for all instances of "Trade Doubler" and deleting it.
Looked at the security & privacy settings in Internet Explorer & reduced them to the minimum, with all advanced settings reset to default.
Been into the hosts file and seen that it only had: localhost 127.0.0.1
Downloaded one of this programs that examines your windsock programme, nothing untoward

All to no avail.

However I did notice even the logos from tradedoubler.com don't come through either when I sign into Trade Doubler, though the UK gifs do. Now at the start of them is the following:
http://hstde.tradedoubler.com

Does anybody know what this "HSTDE" is. I feel that somewhere in my system or perhaps on BT Broadband there is a setting that does not recognise this term?

Anybody with BT Broadband out there who could just check that they can get that link. I have "Googled" it, but strangely nothing much is mentioned.

Thanks for your help, but this is a strange, strange effect that has, I now realise, cost me money as I have taken all my affliate links out for no real purpose!

Paul

[Art]

"hstde" is just a subdomain.

Hmmm, do you use some kind of BT browser?

Also, have you tried to switch off your router (for about 5-10 minutes)?

[Art]

I remember now that sometime ago we had a forum member
(with BT broadband connection) who had a problem with
accessing one of our forums. As far as I know he restarted
his router and seems it helped (at least you can try ).

[paulatukcamera]

Tried that - disconnected for ten minutes - same result as before. (Come to think of it, I switch it off overnight anyway, so that should have cured it this morning.

Obviously something is either causing my computer not to recognise a particular .com, which I find really strange as I am not locked out of any other domains that I can tell. In fact my own domain had a dual identity in both being a .com & a .co.uk.

The alternative is that I have a virus that has somehow prevented me accessing this domain. Sods law is that it is one that I need!

I may just put all the links back and ask my son to check they are not broken.

Still entirely baffled - I keep running different virus & spyware checkers thinking - come on find it!

Paul

[Art]

What did your ISP answer?

And also if you trace tradedoubler.com what do you see?

[paulatukcamera]

This is for TradeDoubler.com



and TradeDoubler.co.uk


Don't know if I'm any the wiser!

Not contacted BT or TradeDoubler - may have to be the next step unless anyone has an idea!

Still scanning for Viruses!

Paul