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Windows Forum / Security / Internet Explorer Security / July 2008i cant go onto a site which i blocked but now i unblocked it
I blocked a site a while ago in the secuity settings of internet explorer now i have unblocked it from the restricked sties section it still blocks it. I have tried reinstalling explorer but that hasent worked could some one plaese come up with a solution? [Crosspost to IE General] Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista SP1; Win2K SP4)? IE version? What website? What happens when you try to open the website? Post any error messages in their entirety, please. Placing a domain (website) in Restricted Sites zone does not block you from accessing the website.  Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > I blocked a site a while ago in the secuity settings of internet explorer > now i have unblocked it from the restricked sties section it still blocks > it. > I have tried reinstalling explorer but that hasent worked could some one > plaese come up with a solution? > I blocked a site a while ago in the secuity settings of internet explorer now > i have unblocked it from the restricked sties section it still blocks it. > I have tried reinstalling explorer but that hasent worked could some one > plaese come up with a solution? The Restricted Sites security zone does NOT block any site. It *restricts* how pages behave from that site. Adding a URL to the Restricted Sites zone will block some behaviors of web pages at the site but you can STILL go to that web site. If you are blocked from getting to a site, something other than Internet Explorer is doing that, like some anti-malware, hosts file, or other security software. Or maybe what you really did was add the site to Ie's Content Advisor to block a site (but that has nothing to do with the Restricted Sites security zone). Restricted Sites means restricted, not blocked. Go into Internet Options, Security tab, and click the "?" icon in the titlebar. The help page you see gives the following description of each security zone. What it says for the Restricted Sites security zone is: "The level of security set for Restricted sites is applied to sites that might potentially damage your computer or your information. Adding sites to the Restricted zone does not block them, but it prevents them from using scripting or any active content. The security level for Restricted sites is set to High and can't be changed." Notice the "does not block them". Your problem is somewhere else. You'll have to remember how you actually blocked the site, or go through all the security software you use to see which one of those is blocking the site. Could be an ad-blocking program. Could be a hosts file that you copied from someone else but haven't bothered to ever look at to review its list to see if YOU agree with the blocked sites that someone else chose. Could be you added the site in Content Advisor's block list. It is definitely NOT because you added the site to the Restricted Sites security zone. I'm not that good with computers so could i have an explanation on how i can find these things out please? I want an explanation on how i can find what is blocking the site because now i understand it isn't explorer To whom are you replying, Elizabeth? (Do I know you from AumHa Forums?) > I'm not that good with computers so could i have an explanation on how i > can > find these things out please? > I'm not that good with computers so could i have an explanation on how i can > find these things out please? You want remote help with unknown software that may or may not be installed on your computer? For Content Advisor, use the help already include in IE. For other anti-malware or security programs, read their help. If you installed a software firewall, maybe it has ad-blocking features or a URL block list and that is where you added the site to block it. You said that you added the block so you should know where you added it. If you actually didn't block the site (which you never identified) then maybe censorware was installed on your computer, filtering is employed upstream of your computer in your network, or a censor service was employed by your parents or company. In that case, you need to discuss the matter with whomever is the admin of that censoring. Otherwise, pay someone to look at the problem or bribe a wizard friend to come over and help. They can then actually *see* what software you have installed to guess at what is blocking the site. Thank you Vanguard my computers security program said i should scan the computer for viruses and it found a program which it said it was infected and now i can use the site once again. > > I'm not that good with computers so could i have an explanation on how i can > > find these things out please? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > to come over and help. They can then actually *see* what software you > have installed to guess at what is blocking the site. |
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