Norton Internet Security conflict
 

John D,
It appears that an innocent part of the html code is triggering the "adid=" ad block. I added "adid=" back into my default list and the threads were once again blocked. I viewed my blocked content log and it identified the following offending code:

A href="showthread.php?s=34b472650b56c92ca1aaf45643fa1216&goto=lastpost&th readid=9903" (Reason: "adid=")

Emphasis added by me. My guess is that NIS picked up the offending character combination in the A href string and chucked it. I was playing around a bit with adding a permit string on the ad blocker (a more appropriate solution), but I couldn't figure the right syntax. You'll be the first to know if I get it.

Jack

P.S. I couldn't reach the new site with the .pcf address.... I had to go in with the numeric code.

Thanks Jack!! Honestly - I'm surprised they concatonate the "adid", rather then the more precise, which should be .../ad..... Since it's common to most PHP programs (the "threadid" definition is used by VB, PhpBB, UBB Threads, etc.) to call specific posts..???

Anyway - a great catch!!! I'm guessing on my other forums (http://forums.rennlist.com), those won't show either (it has over 18,000 registered members and over 3/4 million posts - so it's pretty big).. You can try that URL in a bit - but I'm backing up that database right now, so those Forums are off-line for the next little bit)...

Jack - great feedback! Thanks again!!!!

John D.

John D,
Happy to be of service....

Have you checked your PM's lately?

Jack

Hey Jack...!

Ummmm - I'm not the best at checking my PMs - I admit it :) .....

I will in a bit - I logged in a minute ago to check the status of the server, so I'll check them tonite...

Thanks again!!!

John D.

John D,
Figured it out. The Ad Blocker wasn't recognizing the www.pcf.forums... address. I added the site numerically as:

64.145.15.196

into the "Web Contents Options" list of Ad Blocker. Set Ad Blocking to permit the html string "adid=" on that site specifically (64.145.15.196) and everything appears to be working well.

If anyone encounters this problem and needs help, post here and I'll post a step-by-step. I did not have this problem with NIS 2002, I recently upgraded to NIS 2004 and that's when it started.

Jack