text: points to anybody who can answer this question (my internet connecton)? my internet suddenly started working very strangly, as i could only access https:// websites, and i wouldn't be able to get to any other websites. this just started happening out of the clear blue. i restarted my computer and now everything works fine. i'm  using norton internet security firewall. my internet has gone down in the past, but this was the first time i figured out i could only access https:// websites. does anybody have any clue what this means? first, to correct one of the last posters, ad-aware's website is http://www.lavasoftusa.com.  it's most likely a spyware issue, or maybe even a virus issue but that's less likely.  the reason this happens is because sites that have http:// in the front of them are using port 80 to communicate.  when the site has https:// that means port 443 is being used, and that connection is secure.  so there is something that is blocking, interrupting, or taking over the communication flow for http traffic.  good luck