My MacBook Pro (Late 2009) won't open specific website

Hello!
I have a problem with opening hotfile.com website. In any browser (I've checked in Safari, Chrome and Firefox) it won't open. The weird thing is that on my wifes' PC there is no problem to open that page. Moreover, I CAN open that page, but only using online proxies (tried on zend2.com), and Windows 7 via Parallels…
I've cleared cache of browsers many times but with no results. I've checked "hosts" file also, but there was everything fine.
Through Terminal.app trying "ping" and "traceroute" gives both "unknown host".
Using same commands on my router displays connection with hotfile.com properly.
I don't know, what's wrong. :/
Hope there will be somebody, who will help me.
Best regards,
Maciej from Poland

It sounds like a DNS issue. DNS (Domain Name System) is how your system translates the name you type into your address bar into an actual address. When you enter the name hotfile.com... you system goes out and queries a DNS server which looks up the name to get the correct address and then sends you there.
I would suggest that you just change your DNS server. Use this page as a guide on how to change it, but don't use the DNS server info they provide (as it's specific for the school giving the instructions). Instead use the OpenDNS addresses which are:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
If there are currently DNS servers listed, just delete them.
http://ucdb.grinnell.edu/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Help.MacDNSIssues
You may need to make the DNS change for your ethernet connection as well if you're experiencing the same problem.
Let us know how you make out.

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It's possibly something to do with the logic board and as it is way out of warranty it's not going to be cost effective to repair.
I'll give it one more go tonight and if not I'll get an insurance claim and replace it with a brand spanking new one. I'm trying to find my other battery just to see if the battery is at fault. It has been reading check for a while.
The other problem is that New Zealand doesn't have Apple Retail stores therefore getting a Genius to look at it isn't possible.
As awesome as Apple's support desk is I'm not too sure if they can do anything over the phone.
Oh well, a new MacBook Pro isn't the end of the world.

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I'm not at home right now, but I happen to have an extra one. I actually thought mine had gone to electronic gremlin gods a little while back. Turns out, that my frame was twisted a little bit. Let me know the model number and all that jazz you looking for. Once I get home, I can compare it or give you the website which I ordered it from. And yes very easy to replace. Look before you leap!
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