Cannot Load Website When Trying to Download Mods

Xxkillask8rxX

Every time I attempt to download a mod I get an error that states the page can't be reached and timed out. Tried everything. Don't know what to do. Thanks!

a63nt-5m1th

@Xxkillask8rxX
Here are a few ideas:

Try downloading through a free vpn/proxy like Zenmate plugin for browsers (Firefox/Chrome etc).
Temporarily disable Firewall/anti-virus
Make sure your 'hosts' file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) is NOT blocking the ip

Your default 'hosts' file should look like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#	127.0.0.1       localhost
#	::1             localhost

Make sure there are NOT a heap of ip addresses & hostnames after that. It will look somewhat like this if there is:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#	127.0.0.1       localhost
#	::1             localhost

0.0.0.0 localhost
0.0.0.0 0-29.com
0.0.0.0 0-2u.com
0.0.0.0 0-days.net
0.0.0.0 0-free-porn-0.com
0.0.0.0 000info.com
0.0.0.0 000webhost.com
0.0.0.0 001.adsenser.cn
0.0.0.0 001.hitgraph.jp
0.0.0.0 002.hitgraph.jp
0.0.0.0 007arcadegames.com
0.0.0.0 007guard.com
0.0.0.0 007software.com
0.0.0.0 008i.com
0.0.0.0 008k.com

In yours it may be '127.0.0.1' instead of '0.0.0.0' at the start of the lines. It's all the same. It's a loopback address which means your computer will refuse to connect to any hostname that is written after the '0.0.0.0' or '127.0.0.1' part of the line.

It may also be that the download site is blocking your ip. You should be able to get around this by using Zenmate or any proxy/vpn etc who's ip address is not on the download sites blocklist.