'Resolving Hosts' issue in Chrome and other browsers now occurs almost daily

Anonymous
2020-02-07T15:28:09+00:00

About 3 weeks ago I first saw 'resolving hosts' in Chrome when pages weren't loading, or were taking several minutes to load. The same thing was happening in Firefox and Edge at the same time.  At that time a reboot seemed to fix it. 

Since then it's happened frequently, every few days. I tried a number of things and at first these sometimes seemed to be working, sometimes with a reboot:

  • Changed to public DNS for TCP/IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
  • Cycling modem and router
  • Clearing browser caches
  • Flushing PC cache
  • Made sure Chrome page preload was off
  • Checked host file
  • Not using a VPN or proxy server
  • Turned off port scan/DoS protection in router (previous router)

Now I'm encountering 'resolving hosts' almost every single day. Sometimes it happens when I first turn on the PC in the morning. Sometimes in the middle of the day when I'm working, it will suddenly start.

The only thing that now works reliably is typing this in a command window and rebooting:

netsh int ip reset

Can someone please help me get to the root of this problem? I'd never seen it before about 3-3.5 weeks ago.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Internet and connectivity

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-07-20T13:25:22+00:00

    I was tormented by this "resolving host" issue in both Chrome and Microsoft Edge for days!

    This fixed it immediately and permanently.

    Open Malwarebytes.

    Click on the gear icon on the upper right (which is to the right of "My account" and to the left of the "?").

    Under “Windows Explorer settings” turn off “Add Malwarebytes options to Windows Explorer”

    Reboot your PC and the resolving host issue goes away immediately in both browsers!  

    Unfortunately this did not work for me.  From time to time the resolving host issue would happen for both Edge and Chrome - rebooting would usually fix it but it's such an inconvenience.  I've also tried some other solutions like disabling IPv6 but still it would not completely eliminate the problem.  So far the only reliable solution for me is to uninstall MWB :(

    Yeah, I was wondering why this isn't bigger news - maybe there aren't that many people out that that uses MWB? :(

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-20T15:08:38+00:00

    I know!  My fix stopped working 24 hours later after Malwarebytes downloaded an update.  The fix no longer worked, I was unable to even uninstall Malwarebytes (it failed twice), so I ended up reformatting my machine.  I opened a ticket with Malwarebytes asking them to let me know when this has been resolved as I will not reinstall it until that time!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-07-20T21:39:38+00:00

    I know!  My fix stopped working 24 hours later after Malwarebytes downloaded an update.  The fix no longer worked, I was unable to even uninstall Malwarebytes (it failed twice), so I ended up reformatting my machine.  I opened a ticket with Malwarebytes asking them to let me know when this has been resolved as I will not reinstall it until that time!

    The same with me too... Nothing worked out and I had to uninstall Malwarebytes. I was lucky to use the free version and did not lose any prepaid fee  for the Pro version. Now I have to relay on windows defender only which is not bad at all providing live protection too. If I suspect that I have some sort of virus I can download the free version again and clean any infection of course uninstalling it again before  "resolving host " stories starts. I understand that we have no other alternative unless this issue is fixed for ever by the producers of this software.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-07-20T22:06:20+00:00

    I'm glad you were able to uninstall it!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-07-20T22:50:13+00:00

    Seems like the problem is finally getting some airtime. I’m not a techie, but another suggestion to compensate for MWBP, software that is essentially now defunct, is to turn on the McAfee WebAdvisor in Chrome Settings. I believe it will provide a degree of web surfing, malware-hunting protection. It would be nice to hear from the MWB folks, but don’t count on it, or an admission that their products were never shock tested on the W10 upgrade beta releases.

    Techs: please weigh in here, for the common good.

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