scifigeekgirl Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 What's up with muse.mu? I haven't been able to access the main site for nearly 2 days. :'( Keep getting this message :- "This site was blocked in response to either the Conficker virus or the Microsoft IE zero-day vulnerability. If you think this shouldn't be blocked, please email us at contact@opendns.com." I have emailed them - twice - but it's still blocked ...am a tad worried - is muse.mu infected/poorly or are opendns being overzealous/inefficient idiots? Please don't say it's just me - I noticed somebods on muselive have experienced it too. At least I can still get onto "here" - I'd forgotten this board is a separate entity until OH reminded me this AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 thanks, yeah i was informed of this last night and have also emailed, i assume you haven't had any response? i don't really know whats going on with it, my assumption is that opendns are being over zealous on it as the site isn't throwing up any security warnings or been google black listed yet. from the message it gives an either option, the latter has a list of blocked domains so it would surely be for the former. I'd be grateful if anyone with knowledge on this pipe in as it's a bit out of my safety zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifigeekgirl Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Nope. No reply, despite emailing twice. Still blocked. Is there anybody else who ought to know about this, or who could help? where's obi wan kenobi when you need him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Chizzlebrox Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Nope. No reply, despite emailing twice. Still blocked. Is there anybody else who ought to know about this, or who could help? where's obi wan kenobi when you need him What's your ISP? And who else is affected, do you know or can you find out what their ISP is? EDIT: Are you running any netgear software or hardware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 A way around it would be to use a proxy site to access the page, such as atunnel or similar. Alternatively I believe opendns is an opt in service where you set your pc router to use their DNS servers, so you could set your DNS back to default or a different one. I also remember opendns to be user configurable so you might be able to set it to manually unblock muse.mu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Ya this is driving me crazy... i can get around it through the Muse boards at least but... it sucks because i cant go through my bookmark anymore =( I mean its not a HUGE deal but its definitely annoying, and probably sucks most for Muse themselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Chizzlebrox Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Ya this is driving me crazy... i can get around it through the Muse boards at least but... it sucks because i cant go through my bookmark anymore =( I mean its not a HUGE deal but its definitely annoying, and probably sucks most for Muse themselves... Are you running from a home broadband connection or a work/college network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROSLICE Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 on entering muse.mu into my address bar I keep getting this site block white screen with the conficker virus microsoft zero open dns thing, every, every time except once after asking somone about this problem on another forum she said that the site worked fine at her end I visted the site again it worked fine:eek:, then all of a sudden when I wanted to go back to the news page it brought this dreaded opendns site blocked message I have seen this site blocked thing but tonight it simply wont load at all or show this messge 1.why is it here now, ? 2. how long will this last? 3.is this the virus ? 4. is having this message dangerous to sensitive material on my computer? how do I visit muse.mu without this site blocked thing its very very annoying random and strange does everyone see this or just certain people ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 it's only people who use opendns who are having a problem, so 99% of people aren't getting a problem. i think their scans must have produced a false positive or something given that the warning seems mostly removed now whilst (as far as i'm aware) the site hasn't changed at all. i'm not aware of any other site reporting problems either. i think with a little patience it should all be fine again soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROSLICE Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 hi, thanks for the reply I am not aware of what opendns is, It sounds legit think Ive heard of it, could be part of internet security via windows internet explorer , I am not sure think I can acess the site fine now randomly too, i was in the middle of sending an email about this 'block site' status screen to muse help email address when on checking the exact statement the site worked fine the site worked fine last night too though but soon brought up this block site thing again, until it doesnt load anything at all or loads a address not found page thanks for your reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 yeah opendns is legit, it's hard to summarise what it does in brief wikipedia does it though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opendns how it worked would depend on where you accessed it from and if it was using opendns. it's working fine on my machine thats using openDNS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Seems the problem was fixed - i was able to access Muse.mu this afternoon. Thanks for the support ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifigeekgirl Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 My tame IT wizard (OH) changed the DNS for me yest eve because he was fed up of me being grumpy! Thanks for the advice/support - it's nice to know I wasn't going mad. Blocked access to a normal-looking website for a few days - you can see where conspiracy theories start haha... cheers m'dears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROSLICE Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 yeah all is fine now thanks for your support kev its great not getting the bolcked site message on visiting site as we have been getting these lst few days anyway, not long now for the rrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 yeah i got an email from them today saying they'd removed the block so all seems cool. not managed to get any info as to what caused it though :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifigeekgirl Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 No explanation huh?! Well at least you got a reply! The buggers ignored me...still, nice to know everything's ok. Guess OpenDNS made a cockup, seeing as we haven't disintegrated into pixels. Happy ending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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