Make absolutely sure he DID remove the "says" filtering and that he isn't running any anti-something software that blocks sites, or that he has configured his "security" software in a decent way (like a firewall, anti-spyware monitors, internet security monitors, etc... etc...), also let him check out his HOSTS file (more info
here on that).
Let him read this entire thread...
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EDIT: Glad it worked out