The tick is just a check mark to show your connections. If you've already tried finding different hosts and that didn't work then sounds like you have other issues.
You say you have A (single) Blue Bar? Then are you seeing a wall in front of the globe? If so, then you are firewalled. Probably need a little more info to solve the prob. See below.
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