TENIME_art Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Randomly, certain thread pages will be blocked on my work computer because of "Hacking". I've tried visiting those same pages on my phone or home computer, and can't find any evidence as to why this keeps happening. I mean, my work blocks sites for some of the dumbest reasons (I can't read articles about video games, because they get blocked as "Games" - as if I'd be playing them on the computer). But maybe there's a good reason this time, and someone's signature or something they're posting might be a potential danger to others' systems, and figured it might be something for the more tech-savvy Mods or Admins to look into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffBohn Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) I run into the same thing, haven't been able to figure out what's triggering some threads to do that. Right now I can't access "The Walking Dead Wave 5" thread, gives me that warning. Edited March 21, 2014 by JeffBohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Same. Like, I can view pages 1-13, but page 14 is blocked. Maybe this'll help pinpoint the issue: http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=12598&page=14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I will need to get the master sleuth Ady involved here. There are some patches to this version of IPB that we haven't installed yet. I'll look into what the patches are for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Are your companies using a software package that is blocking sites, or is it an installed piece of hardware? Can you post a screenshot of the message you are getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) http://reactiongifs.com/?p=11071 Edited March 21, 2014 by buttheadsmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Shane, could it be something due to the ads on the page? Is there a way to disable ads just for the WD5 specific thread to test if that resolves the problem they are having? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I'll look into that. I will say, nothing has changed with ANY of the ads, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffBohn Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Now I can access the last page of that thread. Our company uses websense to block some pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Same. Here's the screenshot (I had to remove any personal information for security's sake): Edited March 21, 2014 by TENIME_art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdyCarter Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Its websense. We use it here too. Basically the proxy server pre scans your target for "bad words" which it assosciates with certain black lists managed by categories. in this instance there is something on those pages which your websence settings block as its allegedly related to a blocked category. There's nothing we can do and its not blocking the site because its hacking you, its blocking it because keywords on the page trigger your blocking settings for that category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Cool. My workplace gets a lot of spyware/malware/virus intrusion attempts via scripts running behind the scenes of some ads running on certain sites that our employees have to visit for work purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Well, now I'm getting this from trying to go into the Walking Dead thread, and it's not my work's Websense, it's Google Chrome: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdyCarter Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Yet oddly when I go to http://www.comedy.co.uk/ on Chrome here I get no warnings :/ The only reference to comedy.co.uk on that thread was in a post here: http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.php?showtopic=12598&p=301802 Where a picture of Jen was embeded. Its now gone, fixed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 It is. What's weird is, I saw that picture. Many times. Never had an issue. And this is the only message board I visit that pages get blocked by Websense occasionally, too. I just don't want to get fired because something shady happens to my work computer, y'know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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