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@ Exile Re uninstalling 8 to go back to 7: will you still be able to get updates for 7? Wouldn't auto updates try to get you to get back to 8 then? But then I see the blocker tool... : Ohhhh cool So does that block it (IE8) from auto-update then but allows all other crucial updates through?

@ Exile Ah, that's true. That makes a lot of sense. I think that's a good idea to have one computer to test on, although you're right, finding the time and people to do it could be a whole other issue. AV's certainly help in being safe but they aren't 100% of course, unfortunately. That's good that you keep the computer up to date there. I'm glad that you haven't had any issues to date either! That's good to know that there aren't any security vulnerabilities in 8 that haven't been patched in 7. 8 comes through on auto updates though, so what if you accidentally install it that way, or you even installed it but then realized you shouldn't have, what would a user do? Just uninstall it from the control panel maybe and it would go back to 7?

@ Prairie Dog Oh awesome! Thanks for the recommendations! I'll check them out!

@ Prairie Dog I'll have to check it out! Who are they main actors in it?

That's okay, don't be sorry! Now you know. It's usually very difficult at best for the experts to be able to determine if it is a FP without the developers log, which is why it is needed.

@ Chimpy Glad you liked it! Is it really gory?

@ Exile This is all really too bad, but I kinda understand it better now. I wouldn't think that updating Java, Adobe, and other similar, simpler programs would cause these problems though. It's a shame. I hope that this train of thought and the ability to be able to update will be changeable at some point in the future.

@ catscomputer ah, I see. That's too bad :/

I second Prairie Dog. An AV is a MUST!

@ Chimpy

Good to hear! You're welcome.

Welcome I hope you had a great one!

@ Bobc8 I'm glad that you liked it! What is it about?

Happy Belated Birthday!

Happy Belated Birthday!

Please read here: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3228 and please post back with a developers log. Thank you

Welcome Welcome!!

Welcome to the forum! Glad that Malwarebytes has served you well!

@ hkaurk22 Oh, okay. So before this happened, you hadn't updated for a few weeks? That would be why you are just seeing the IP blocking now then. That is a little inconsistent "Let me mention that I was unable to access one, not the other, and now vice versa. I dont understand why this is happenening... Its not consistent." I am not sure why that would be happening, though. I would agree with Mystery and say that as long as you feel that the particular page and/or site that you are going to is safe, simply temporarily turn of the IP protection while visiting that page and then turn it on again when you are finished with it.

@ hkaurk22 That's true! I just started doing it because I noticed that's how some other forum members did it, but now that you mention it it is twitter like I don't use twitter so I didn't really think of it that way, but I look at the Malwarebytes twitter page once in a while. Hmm I'm not sure why it would only be coming up now. Hmmm. When did you update to version 1.4? I haven't' had any hotmail issues. Hmmm.

You're welcome!