What is blocking sites?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
F

Finny798

Honorable
Feb 11, 2013
16
0
10,510
I can access pretty much all sites normally, however sometimes i get a random black screen with the message "website blocked by filter". i don't understand since i don't have any blockers in place. It even come up on reddit where i go to the comments and then there blocked. any ideas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVRUIyDwbRU

This video isn't mine, however it is the exact same problem.
 
Solution
rykin


I would not reset the router. Login to it and look at DNS settings, Parent Controls, and/or Web/Content Filtering. Check the router user guide for that filter message.
Sort by date Sort by votes
rykin

rykin

Reputable
Mar 17, 2014
10
0
4,520
What computer are you on - Mac or PC? What browser are you using? Is this a home network or business network? What DNS servers are you using?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
F

Finny798

Honorable
Feb 11, 2013
16
0
10,510


PC - Chrome - Home network - i was using the google dns server but have just changed it back to obtaining it automatically to try and fix it.

It seems to block it in every browser, i can get through using tor however.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
rykin

rykin

Reputable
Mar 17, 2014
10
0
4,520


Are the browsers perhaps using a proxy?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
F

Finny798

Honorable
Feb 11, 2013
16
0
10,510


Nope, definitely not
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
rykin

rykin

Reputable
Mar 17, 2014
10
0
4,520


When you get to the _filter_ page, right click somewhere on the page and click on View Source or View Page Source. Look to see what host the _filter_ message is coming from.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
F

Finny798

Honorable
Feb 11, 2013
16
0
10,510


When i do is dosn't give me the usual data like a regular website would, it just seems to be a bunch of formatting for the words i think. i will post it below.


<html><head><meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859=1">
<title>Web Site Blocked</title></head><body bgcolor=#000000 text=#FFFFFF>
<p><br><br><br></p><p align=center><cont size=15>Web Site Blocked by Filter</font>
</body></html>
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
F

Finny798

Honorable
Feb 11, 2013
16
0
10,510


i'm positive i have them all turned off, do you think resetting the router to factory settings would help? i thinking it is to do with the router since i get the same affect on my tablet aswell.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
rykin

rykin

Reputable
Mar 17, 2014
10
0
4,520


I would not reset the router. Login to it and look at DNS settings, Parent Controls, and/or Web/Content Filtering. Check the router user guide for that filter message.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
F

Finny798

Honorable
Feb 11, 2013
16
0
10,510


ugh, i feel like such an idiot. somehow there was some settings on which shouldn't be under advanced settings. have no idea how they got turned on. thanks for your help. wish i could repay you :D
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
rykin

rykin

Reputable
Mar 17, 2014
10
0
4,520


Glad you found it. My pleasure to be of assistance.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
F

Finny798

Honorable
Feb 11, 2013
16
0
10,510


I cant quite remember cause it was so long ago but it was definetly in the router settings
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
B

BlahBlahBlahcrapandjunk

Commendable
May 31, 2016
7
0
1,510


Hmm I still don't see anything that could be the source of the problem.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom