Bought a New Computer. Still Won't Load.

[Arzamo]

My old computer was a Windows XP and had a bunch of stuff on it. The Shoddy Battle website wouldn't load, and the program couldn't access any of the servers, only displaying an Official Server at 150/100 people which I couldn't connect to, which disappeared after one refresh. I downloaded Shoddy Battle from the jnlp file back when it was sporadically working on the old computer.

Now, the same problem is occurring on my brand new computer, a Windows Vista, except that the jnlp file won't even connect to the site, displaying this exception:

com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Unable to load resource: [URL]http://shoddybattle.com/client/shoddybattle.jnlp[/URL]
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.updateFinalLaunchDesc(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

...and this wrapped exception:

java.net.UnknownHostException: shoddybattle.com
 at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
 at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
 at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
 at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
 at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doRequest(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest.doGetRequest(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.actionDownload(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResourceCacheEntry(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.deploy.net.DownloadEngine.getResource(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.updateFinalLaunchDesc(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
 at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

I've checked for the Trojan on both computers, and it just isn't there. I know for a fact that no shady sites have been visited on the new computer. Turning the firewall off doesn't work, either.

 

[Cathy]

It's pretty obvious this is a DNS problem on your end and has nothing to do with Shoddy Battle. For example, you could need to set special internet settings in the Java control panel if you are behind a proxy (e.g. in a corporate environment).