Have internet connection but browsers are unresponsive

I am running Windows 7 and the browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and IE) are not working even though my internet is connected. I am currently on my virtual machine and the internet is working wonderfully. I saw other posts in this forum that are similar but none of the solutions worked for me. The error that Chrome gives me is Error Code: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN. Firefox just says can't connect to server. I have tried resetting the DNS client as well as many other things. Thank you in advance for any help. I am new to the forum so sorry if I format poorly or make a noob mistake :P