these sites down?

[midgetwaiter]

open a command prompt and do this

nslookup (enter)

then type in www.spybot.info and hit enter again.

Your output should look like this:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\ajs>nslookup
Default Server:  nsc1.ar.ed.shawcable.net
Address:  64.59.184.13

> www.spybot.info
Server:  nsc1.ar.ed.shawcable.net
Address:  64.59.184.13

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.spybot.info
Address:  89.238.64.39

now try http://89.238.64.39 in the address bar of your browser.