'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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-09T11:30:13+00:00

    Hi, I've had this extremely frustrating problem for some time. When I release and renew ipconfig in CMD as admin I get the following:

    "Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.720]

    (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig/release

    Windows IP Configuration

    No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection* 1 while it has its media disconnected.

    No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection* 2 while it has its media disconnected.

    No operation can be performed on Wi-Fi while it has its media disconnected.

    Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1:

       Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

    Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

       Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

    Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

    Ethernet adapter SecureLine:

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

       Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

       IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : xxxxxxxxxxxxx

       Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : xxxxxxxxxxxxx

       Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

    Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

       Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

       Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : lan

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig/renew

    Windows IP Configuration

    No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection* 1 while it has its media disconnected.

    No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection* 2 while it has its media disconnected."

    I have restarted with no LAN cable in and wireless turned off and have tried with Avast VPN turned off, all to no effect?

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-20T14:52:37+00:00

    Happened again today - I removed Malwarebytes completely.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-02-18T15:17:36+00:00

    I've had Malwarebytes' Web Protection disabled since 2/15 but today the 'resolving hosts' issue is back again, so that wasn't the cause. What is the next step?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-02-15T15:23:57+00:00

    It is still happening every few days.

    What would be the exception I'd need to use in Malwarebytes? I don't really want to remove this if I don't have to, but I will disable web protection for the next few days to test it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-02-07T20:29:22+00:00

    Hi debbie1999999,

    Whenever you can. There is no hurry.

    Thanks!

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