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Egnever

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16. hmmm

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #14)

Sun Aug 28, 2016, 08:50 PM

Aug 2016

are you in the states?

are you using a vpn or anything like that?

I assume you are on XP is it updated with the latest patches? Maybe I will put up an xp machine and test it.

This is an odd one. My guess at this point is the site is looking for security that XP does not provide.

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Access Denied errors on the internet [View all] bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 OP

RT.com has been giving me fits as of late and Vlad isn't responding to my tweets over the situation. Purveyor Aug 2016 #1

I've been getting some at various places as well, like IMDB SwankyXomb Aug 2016 #2

did you reset firefox? Egnever Aug 2016 #3

No bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #4

Reinstalling retains all the settings Egnever Aug 2016 #5

If it is happening in IE as well you should reset your IE as well. Egnever Aug 2016 #6

A fast and easy program to do a quick cleanup is ADWcleaner Egnever Aug 2016 #7

Thanks bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #8

Reseting IE is pretty easy Egnever Aug 2016 #9

So I went ahead and did it bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #10

Well at this point your browsers should be clear so that leaves this... Egnever Aug 2016 #11

Thanks for all your help bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #12

You added it as a trusted site? Egnever Aug 2016 #13

Yes I added it as a trusted site, same in both bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #14

Have you tried clearing cookies and rebooting? ucrdem Aug 2016 #15

Oh yes, did that yesterday or this morning bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #19

That's really strange. ucrdem Aug 2016 #22

hmmm Egnever Aug 2016 #16

Yes in the states bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #20

Yea adw is good quick cleaner Egnever Aug 2016 #21

interesting about the guardster Egnever Aug 2016 #17

This might sound odd but Egnever Aug 2016 #18

It's 10 days later bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #23