Blocked Access Outgoing

[Orval]

Since installing the paid version of MWB I have been getting the 'Outgoing malicious site blocking' popup for sites which clearly are in no way malicious.

What is going on? And what is meant by 'outgoing' in this respect?

Regards,

Jim.

[Firefox]

Blocked IP's are based on the IP in question being known for hosting malicious content. That does not necessarily mean that the site you visited is itself unsafe, simply that there may be other sites hosted on the same IP address that are unsafe.

P2P programs such as IRC clients, Skype, Bittorrent, and game servers often use a wide range of IP addresses, some of which may also host malicious content, which is why you'll tend to see more IP blocks when using such software.

I hope that clears things up a bit. Also, if you are visiting a webpage that you believe is safe and you receive and IP block, it could possibly be a false positive and may warrant further investigation by our staff of researchers so that they can look into it and remove the IP from our block list. To do so, please refer to this post: IP Blocking False Positives and post the info here: False Positives.

[Orval]

Blocked IP's are based on the IP in question being known for hosting malicious content. That does not necessarily mean that the site you visited is itself unsafe, simply that there may be other sites hosted on the same IP address that are unsafe.

P2P programs such as IRC clients, Skype, Bittorrent, and game servers often use a wide range of IP addresses, some of which may also host malicious content, which is why you'll tend to see more IP blocks when using such software.

I hope that clears things up a bit. Also, if you are visiting a webpage that you believe is safe and you receive and IP block, it could possibly be a false positive and may warrant further investigation by our staff of researchers so that they can look into it and remove the IP from our block list. To do so, please refer to this post: IP Blocking False Positives and post the info here: False Positives.

OK. Now how do I connect to a site I wish to visit notwithstanding MWB's block?

Regards,

Jim.

[goldhound]

When you receive the block, right click on the MBAM icon on your task bar and select "add to ignore list".

[Orval]

OK. Thank you.

I notice others post regarding the same problem, and the replies to them are helpful.

Thanks again.