On websites, images are showing up as boxes with question marks. What do I do to fix it?

It just started yesterday, out of the blue. Also, sometimes, a URL without a www. will say that Safari cannot recognize the server. It happens on Apple.com, too.

Don't use Safari in 10.6.8 or earlier, Apple hasn't released a update for Safari (Safari 6) to fix security issues and I don't think they ever will because they are complete a-holes if you don't or can't upgrade your OS to one of the two latest ones in circulation, currently 10.7 and 10.8.
Use Firefox instead and see if your issues continue, if they do then run through this list of fixes.
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Many Website where i visit almost everyday, the images appear as "tiny blue box with question marks". My Firefox also fails to load the images and had the same problem with "tiny blue box with question marks". Before every site work fine. I have been searching through Google and many others search for almost 12 hrs for a solution to solve this problem but none of it really works out. Basically, I have tried everything, I just can't find and still not able to fix this issue in Safari and Firefox.
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only when I'm using my home router
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Hello Linc,
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com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (6.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (6.0
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com.parallels.vm.prl_naptd
com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.adobe.SwitchBoard
com.adobe.fpsaud
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com.paragon.ntfs.trial
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com.microsoft.SyncServicesAgent
com.google.keystone.user.agent
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EPPEX Plugin.plugin            SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin            SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin        Silverlight.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin            flashplayer.xpt
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at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist
com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
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com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.aelwriter.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist
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ParallelsQL.qlgenerator
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AppleHDVCodec.component            Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
AppleIntermediateCodec.component    Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component        Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
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DesktopVideoOut.component
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com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.microsoft.LaunchAgent.SyncServicesAgent.plist
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