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I'm running Virtualbox 5.0.10-1 on an Arch Linux host with a fresh Windows XP Professional SP2 32-bit guest.

I can access any webpages that use the h-t-t-p protocol from inside the guest, but when I try to access a page that uses h-t-t-p-s Internet Explorer gives the error "Can't find server or DNS error" (not an error about SSL certificates).

E.g. I can ping google from the guest, but I can't access it in the browser.

I created a new vm with a fresh install of Windows and the problem is there from the very beginning.

Has anyone seen this issue before?

Have you heard of this thing called Google? The first result when searching for "https site:forums.virtualbox.org" returns this little gem: "HTTPS in browsers in WinXP guest don't work". See if that helps.

There's a difference between having heard of Google and knowing to use google to search the virtualbox forums with that exact query.

Thanks anyway for answering my question. I'll install SP3.