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polonus
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WebKnight Application Firewall Alert trying to go to site...
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July 22, 2012, 07:02:43 PM »
Get an alert when going here:
http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download&f=Partial
WebKnight Application Firewall Alert
Your request triggered an alert! If you feel that you have received this page in error, please contact the administrator of this web site.
Why?
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Re: WebKnight Application Firewall Alert trying to go to site...
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July 22, 2012, 07:12:16 PM »
No alert from my end but I am using IE
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Re: WebKnight Application Firewall Alert trying to go to site...
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July 22, 2012, 07:18:01 PM »
Hi essexboy,
Yep, it is browser specific. No alert going there with IE, no alert going there with fx, so it is google chrome related and possibly via the workings of one of the extensions I have installed there. That gives me less to worry then,
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Re: WebKnight Application Firewall Alert trying to go to site...
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July 22, 2012, 07:25:19 PM »
Hi essexboy,
Funny, my good friend, going there from the link in the former posting using GoogleChrome does not give any hick-up, no alert..
I think it is the webmaster old school doing. Some have similar issues in other browsers for this site:
http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/
It is related to a registry key for User Agent Switcher: Chrome UA spoofer
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings \ User Agent \ etc.
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Re: WebKnight Application Firewall Alert trying to go to site...
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July 22, 2012, 07:57:29 PM »
Hi Polonus,
With sniffer I get the same-looking return.
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July 22, 2012, 09:06:45 PM »
What users should do is cleanse the browser cache and reboot,
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