# Can't access youtube, my bank website, or facebook **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288 "2013-03-29T19:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/1 "2013-03-29T19:32:51Z")
While I’m pretty savvy about computers, this one has me baffled. Yesterday, all was normal. Today, can’t access my banking website. I try to log in, type my username, nothing happens. I can access all my crerdit card logins. I can read the straightdope, Google, most things. Now I can’t access a local restaurant that uses facebook to communicate. I can’t access youtube videos that I could yesterday. Whazzup? Win 7, IE. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/2 "2013-03-29T19:34:42Z")
Well, there _is_ a big [DDOS attack](http://blogs.computerworld.com/cybercrime-and-hacking/21967/biggest-ddos-attack-history-slows-internet-breaks-record-300-gbps) going on… ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/3 "2013-03-29T19:40:13Z")
Any more info beyond “can’t access”? Page loading stalls? Page loading fails with an error? Page redirects? When typing your name and nothing happens, does it attempt to go to the next page (URL bar changes) but just sit there with a blank screen? Here’s a site for a rough diagnosis – [http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/](http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/). ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/4 "2013-03-29T20:10:04Z")
Try a different web browser, that will tell you if it’s a general computer/internet problem or just your browser. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/5 "2013-03-29T20:22:09Z")
FWIW, I tried to post some stuff to different threads on this message board but kept getting thrown out. Also, Netflix had difficulty serving content to my iPhone 4S (Wi-Fi) & Blu-Ray (Cat-5). At first I thought it was due to the DDoS attack against Spamhaus, but the different tech websites said that wasn’t possible. Now, I’m starting to have my doubts. However, I will refrain from speculating and rumor-mongering until a detailed investigational report is published on what’s been going on. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/6 "2013-03-29T21:46:01Z")
> [@Pasta](#): > > Any more info beyond “can’t access”? Page loading stalls? Page loading fails with an error? Page redirects? When typing your name and nothing happens, does it attempt to go to the next page (URL bar changes) but just sit there with a blank screen? > > Here’s a site for a rough diagnosis – [http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/](http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/). Thanks. I know my banking site is up. I called them. They were nice but not helpful. Page loads but goes nowhere. It doesn’t stall. It doesn’t redirect. Just sits there, no attempt to go to next page ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/7 "2013-03-29T21:46:45Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Try a different web browser, that will tell you if it’s a general computer/internet problem or just your browser. Thanks, I’m sure it’s a browser problem. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/8 "2013-03-29T21:49:06Z")
Can you verify this problem exists for http sites, or is it https only? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/9 "2013-03-29T21:53:38Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Can you verify this problem exists for http sites, or is it https only? I’ll check. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/10 "2013-03-29T21:56:54Z")
Have you rebooted? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/11 "2013-03-29T22:37:37Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Have you rebooted? My go-to default solution. Didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/12 "2013-03-29T22:39:04Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Can you verify this problem exists for http sites, or is it https only? You may be on to something. Working on this now. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/13 "2013-03-29T22:39:15Z")
update java update flash ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/14 "2013-03-29T22:44:16Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > update java > > update flash Probably something I should do. Thx. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-access-youtube-my-bank-website-or-facebook/654288/15 "2013-03-29T23:10:28Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > > [@Eliahna](#): > > > > Have you rebooted? > > My go-to default solution. Didn’t help. When I worked customer phone support at a small software company, our go-to default solution of first resort, for all problems big and small, was always FDISK. (Not really, but that was our standard in-house joke among ourselves there.)