Looks like a VM issue *sigh*
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew>tracert messenger.msn.com
Tracing route to messenger.msn.com [64.4.15.61]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms DD-WRT [192.168.1.1]
2 31 ms 9 ms 6 ms 10.133.184.1
3 38 ms 27 ms 23 ms midd-t2cam1-a-ge95.inet.ntl.com [213.106.238.25]
4 36 ms 27 ms 28 ms midd-t3core-1a-ge-011-0.inet.ntl.com [195.182.17
6.101]
5 10 ms 37 ms 10 ms lee-bb-a-so-130-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.75.45]
6 16 ms 15 ms 24 ms pop-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.238]
7 65 ms 27 ms 22 ms gfd-bb-a-so-010-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.137]
8 36 ms 68 ms 18 ms gfd-bb-b-ge-000-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.6]
9 25 ms 65 ms 27 ms redb-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.78]
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.