Failed to connect to server..

On step 4 my HGWL gets stuck and after a few seconds it says failed to connect to server.
Yesterday I could still play, only since today I haven't been able to load the game -.- I've tried disabling my anti-virus, rebooting, re-installing etc but nothing works.

I also can't get on the crossfire.z8games.com website or any links to it... and all the boxes in the Crossfireloader are white..

I've tried everything and this is driving me crazy

Could it be that I was banned on mistake or something? I dont use any programs or whatever

pls help