Blocking myspace

I would like to use the WRT300N to block access to myspace but everything I try seems to have no effect.
I have set up the PC list by MAC address
Set up and enabled internet access policy, defined internet access times, blocked keyword myspace and URL www.myspace.com with no effect.
The PC I am trying to block is wireless and we are setup DHCP (the reason I used the MAC address fot define my PC list) Broadband access.

Do you have access to the PC? If you have access and it is a Windows PC try adding myspace.com to the "hosts" file. The "hosts" file is located in
C:\Windows\system\drivers\etc\ for XP; C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\ for Win2000.
Open the "hosts" file with Notepad, add this line
127.0.0.1 myspace.com
Save it. Open a browser and try it. However, if the user figures this out all they have to do is remove the entry. If you have administrative rights you can remove permissions so normal users can not modify the file.
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It shouldn't be blocking Myspace. Could you try to clear the cache and see if that solves the problem? See this article for instructions: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cache-delete-temporary-files-fix-issues?s=clear+site&r=5&e=es&as=s

AirPort Extreme : site blocking / Log features?

Hi everyone,
I'm thinking of buying the new time capsule and I have a couple of questions. (this is going to be my first Airport Extreme Base Station)
Although my current Netgear Router has the features, I didn't see the features that I need get mentioned on Apple website or anywhere else. Google search didn't help.
The two most important features that I need,
1) site filtering (website/keyword blocking) and
2) traffic logging (which website is accessed from which computer [MAC or IP]).
I'm managing a home network of 5 computers. (2 Macs + 3 Windows )
If the features aren't available on AirPort, what other options do I have?
(I do not want to go on to every computer to enable Parental Control or install blocking softwares)
besides, I want time based MAC blocking and site blocking. (eg. to block Myspace during homework hours or to blocking certain computer during study period )
Thank a lot for helping.

I currently have a similar situation. I am now using my FVS114 as my DHCP/router/gateway/etc. and use my Airport Extreme as an access point. You can set the Airport to "Bridged Mode" and it just becomes a device on the network. I then have my FVS114 and AE log to a local machine. Kind of cool, but the FVS114 still needs to be reset more frequently than I wish.

Blocking websites in WRT54G version 7

Can anyone please help me in how to block specific websites through the Router? I would like to block myspace and several other websites for security purposes in my network.

Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1 and press Enter...Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
Click on Access Restriction, under Website Blocking by URL Address you can enter the websites you wish to block...

My Mac is bypassing a website filter... How can I stop it?

I am a computer technician at our local high school. Right now, the school has about 800 Dell computers, but we are planning on introducing a few Macintosh labs within the next school year.
Since they lack educational value, the school district's director of technology (my boss) has a web filter (Deep Nine) that blocks myspace, facebook, youtube, proxy sites, and other similar sites.
Myspace is blocked via a keyword filter, any page containing the word "myspace" in the url, or in the document a set number of times, is automatically blocked. The other sites are simply blocked by URL. This filter works perfectly on our Dells, no one can access Myspace, Facebook, Proxies, etc.
I brought my Macbook to work today, plugged it into the network, and logged onto the internet. I noticed instantly that my homepage (Facebook) loaded without being blocked at all. Curious, I tested myspace and youtube, and I could get on youtube fine, but myspace remained blocked.
I checked on the Dell next to me, and all those sites will still being filtered and blocked. Yet my Macbook was able to access them without issue. So it would appear that my Macbook has some mystic ability to bypass the web address filter, but it can not bypass the keyword filter.
I do not have any proxies configured. My Macbook connects to the network (and thus, the internet) the same exact way the other computers within the school do, with the exception of the other computers being within Active Directory.
I need to find out if it is an issue with the Mac or with our Filter. I don't have any other Macs available to test with (Our only other Mac in the school is our DHCP server, and we do not use servers as "lab rat" computers).
Has anyone had any similar issues with this? Or does anyone know of any way I can diagnose this with only one Mac and only one Filter?
Specs: OS 10.5.5, Safari 3.1.2, wired networking.
Message was edited by: Joey Hogan
Message was edited by: Joey Hogan

The DeepNines product works well and does much more than a simple URL filter. The problem lies entirely in your district setup and not in their product. If you're not using a proxy filter, then you have all access and routes designed to head out on typical port 80 traffic to your isp and ultimately the internet hence no proxy configs. The filter is integrated with LDAP accounts at each of your locations to tell it which users and groups are to get filtered at what level. That tie in is what breaks down who goes where. If you introduce new macs onto the network and they have not been configured to work with the DN appliance and are going out unfiltered... then there are 2 problems here. #1 is that you have computers attaching to the network, receiving leases and doing what they want. Use DHCP reservations or a whitelist to control who gets on your network. #2 is that your DeepNines filter has not been set to failover to BLOCK. Instead, it's allowing unknown users to bypass freely simply because it doesn't recognize their group/account. And Orange, stop slamming the company. They are a smaller business that has taken a much better approach to filtering than any other large corporation. Standard database driven URL filters DO NOT WORK....PERIOD! I challenge you to call any district that is running their appliance to get their opinion of it in comparison to any of the other basic url filters out there. I did just that last week and they had absolutely nothing but high praises for the DN product. One even laughed at Websense which they had before switching simply for the lack of ability to block anonymouse proxies.

I blocked some images from myspace by mistake. How can I unblock them?

I play a my space app called Hotties For Sale. I inadvertently blocked some images from the app. This includes operating buttons and some photos. The only info I can find is "Block images from x.myspacecdn.co... How do I get these images back? Can you help please?

With myspace on display, click on the site identity button (for details on what that is see the [[site identity button]] article) and then on More Information. This will open up the page info dialog.
First select the Permissions panel, make sure that "Load Images" is set to allow (selecting Use Default should also work)
Next select the Media panel, then click on the first item in the list. Use the down arrow key to scroll through the list. If any item has the option "Block images from (domain name)" selected, de-select the option.
This should hopefully resolve your issue, but also see [[Images or animations do not show]].
Some add-ons can also block images, for example if you have AdBlock Plus installed, make sure that you have not accidentally created a filter to block the images.

WRT54G2 and WRT54G locks-up (freezes) when blocking web sites using Access Restrictions

I am convinced that a few Linksys routers such as WRT54G2 and WRT54G have a major issue when blocking web sites using Access Restrictions (Internet Access Policy). After a few hours of internet access by 15 wired users the Linksys locks-up and blocks all internet web access. The only solution is to restart the power on the router.
We are currently using a Linksys WRT54G2 v1 (firmware 1.0.04). We upgraded the WRT54G2 v1 firmware to the latest 1.0.04 version which did not resolve the issue. NOTE: We were previosuly using a a Linksys WRT54G v1.1 (firmware 4.21.1) until the power supply blew a week after we started blocking web sites using Access Restrictions (Internet Access Policy).
Basically, we have a T1 internet connection and a hub connected to the Linksys router. We are trying to block several web sites such as facebook, myspace, etc. for 15 wired users. We do not use wireless connections.
This is the 2nd time it happened with 2 different models.
Please help ASAP.
Thank you,
Lance
(Mod note: Edited post. Some parts off topic.. Thanks!)

Also, you have already upgrade/re-flash the firmware of your Linksys Router you need to reset and reconfigure your router from scratch. Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 30 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router...

Is this an Internet Bug/Virus/Malware that bypasses Safari's popup blocker?

I did a google search to find out if a specific product was manufactured in America with American parts (no luck) when I was immediately redirected to a site emulating some kind of Windows Virus scanning software. I clicked cancel to not allow anything and a popup came up continuing a simulated scan and asking me to download the product. Seemingly it did not distinguish my computer as a Mac. Why did popup blocker not stop this. Please beef up popup blocker.
The strange thing is that after opening MySpace (which was already logged in) the second page I opened then logged me out. I was unable to login again knowing my password was correct. I went to YahooMail and was also unable to login. At that point I did the only thing that I know should work... I cleared all unknown cookies as well as MySpace and Yahoo and cleared the cache for good measure. I restarted Safari and was then able to login to both sites.
Everything seems fine now. However, if someone often restores their computer and/or is crazy enough I would like to see if this effects Safari the same way on someone else's computer. Be forewarned: though likely, the password "blocking" cookie thing may not be the only part of the computer affected. I will post this to Apple Feedback and hopefully they will beef up Safari's popup blocker.
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Sounds like it might be a Trojan.
SecureMac has introduced a free Trojan Detection Tool for Mac OS X. It's available here:
http://macscan.securemac.com/
The DNSChanger Removal Tool detects and removes spyware targeting Mac OS X. Called DNSChanger Trojan and also known as OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse, the software attacks users attempting to play a fake video file.
Upon attempting to play the video, the victim receives the following message:
“Quicktime Player is unable to play movie file. Please click here to download new version of codec.”
Upon running the installer, the user's DNS records are modified, redirecting incoming internet traffic through the attacker's servers, where it can be hijacked and injected with malicious websites and pornographic advertisements. The trojan also installs a watchdog process that ensures the victim's DNS records stay modified on a minute-by-minute basis.
SecureMac's DNSChanger Removal Tool allows users to check to see if the trojan has been installed on their computer; if it has, the software helps to identify and remove the offending file. After a system reboot, the users' DNS records will be repaired.
There may be other ways of guarding against Trojans, viruses and general malware affecting the Mac. A white paper has recently been published on the subject by SubRosaSoft, available here:
http://www.macforensicslab.com/ProductsAndServices/index.php?mainpage=document_general_info&cPath=11&productsid=174
Also, beware of MacSweeper:
MacSweeper is malware that misleads users by exaggerating reports about spyware, adware or viruses on their computer. It is the first known "rogue" application for the Mac OS X operating system. The software was discovered by F-Secure, a Finland based computer security software company on January 17, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacSweeper
On June 23, 2008 this news reached Mac users:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/mac_trojan/
More information on Mac security can be fund here:
http://macscan.securemac.com/
More on Trojans on the Mac here:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63574.html?welcome=1214487119
The latest news on the subject, from July 25, 2008, is:
Attack code that exploits flaws in the net's addressing system are starting to circulate online, say security experts.
The code could be a boon to phishing gangs who redirect web users to fake bank sites and steal login details.
In light of the news net firms are being urged to apply a fix for the loop-hole before attacks by hi-tech criminals become widespread.
Net security groups say there is anecdotal evidence that small scale attacks are already happening.
Further details here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7525206.stm
You should also read what a major contributor called tacit has to say here:
http://tacit.livejournal.com/238112.html

Can't get good MySpace access with Safari on my MacBook

I'm sure this isn't related to my MacBook, but when I access MySpace the videos and many graphics don't come up. The MacBook is brand new, so I'm sure nothing's wrong with it. Any suggestions on fixing this? Thanks.

Hi Warren,
I have a macbook and i use safari to run myspace3, it works fine for me, images load quickly etc. I think it could be one of two problems, check your preferences in safari make sure it isnt set to block images as some sort of security feeature, and secondly make sure you have a good internet connection, slow dial up will make images take forever....if ever to load, my GF has that same problem on her ibook.
Good luck

How can I get Firefox to show ALL the pictures of people's profiles once I log onto myspace?

Every time I log onto MySpace, on every profile I go onto to look at, there are at least some if not most of their pictures blank, it won't show me their pictures, even when I look at my profile pictures it won't show most of them, it'll be a blank space when at the top it say picture 34 out of 70 or something. It isn't my computer doing this because google chrome and the other internet program I have show all pictures on myspace.
== URL of affected sites ==
http://www.myspace.com

Check the image exceptions: Tools > Options > Content: Load Images: Exceptions - See [[Options window - Content panel]]
A way to see which images are blocked is to click the favicon (Site Identification icon) on the left side of the location bar.
A click on the "More Information" button will open the Security tab of the "Page Info" window (also accessible via "Tools > Page Info").
Open the Media tab of the "Page Info" window.
Select the first image and scroll down though the list with the Down arrow key.
If an image in the list is grayed and there is a check-mark in the box "Block Images from..." then remove that mark to unblock the images from that domain.
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WEBSITE BLOCKING ON WRT54G V6

website blocking functionality of the WRT54G V6 router is working using the latest firmware 1.02.0
Step by step procedures: (Complete procedures on how the problem was replicated)
1. Setup the router (WRT54G V6) using the latest firmware 1.02.0.
2. Accessed the router’s web UI and configured Access Restrictions.The following options were set:
   Status :Enable
   Allow :Internet access during selected days and hours.
          AY (WEDNESDAY) FROM (7:50AM - 7:55AM PACIFIC TIME ZONE)
   TEST RESULT : The internet is blocked.
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           b. www.facebook.com
   include the Website Blocking by Keyword (myspace and facebook)
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4 Used the MAc Address on the EDIT List of PCs
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    TEST RESULT : The URL can be blocked.-->>Successfull
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Those sites have a random connection and DNS entries. Your best bet would be to use a DNS servcie like DDNS.com or OpenDNS.com service. Point your router to one of those DNS services and there DNS addresses, then set up one of those services to block FB and Twitter. If you use there DNS addresses on your router instead of the ISP DNS, and you block FB and Twitter, users should beable to get to FB or Twitter after that.

Block or Quarantine e-mail from Social Networks

Is there some option how can I block all e-mail messages from all knows Social Networks (facebook, google+, infoaxe, myspace...)
Or at least all auto sended e-mail like
Is [email protected] you friend...
or
[email protected] has indicated you're a frined. Accept?
and so on
I lower spam filter on Suspected Spam score 40 and it doesent catch them.
How to block this kind of SPAM messages?
Also how to block low volume SPAM messages from gmail that are selling things and self promotions?

Hello Juraj,
Have you tried to enable marketing mail?
Marketing Email is a mode of promoting products and services via Email. Even though marketing messages are not considered spam, your organization or end-users may not want to receive them. Marketing messages are messages that are NOT Spam, do NOT contain Email transactions and does NOT reflect communication between parties. Example of a Marketing message is an Airline promoting their products and services via an Email but an Airline confirmation email to a user is not a marketing message.
What is Marketing Detection and How it works?
In AsyncOS 7.0.x for Email and above Cisco IronPort has introduced a new feature Unwanted Marketing Message Detection. When enabled along with IronPort Anti-Spam or IronPort Intelligent Multi-Scan this feature can distinguish between Spam and Unwanted Marketing Messages. Like spam, you have the option to deliver, drop or bounce unwanted marketing messages. You also have the option to tag unwanted marketing messages by adding text to the message’s subject to identify it as marketing.
The Unwanted Marketing Message Detection feature in AsyncOS for Email can be configured via Per Recipient Policies for Anti-Spam. The Marketing Detection feature like Anti-Spam configuration allows you to drop, deliver or bounce after a message is detected as Marketing Email. For better detection and low False Positive rate it is highly recommended to use the "Tag and Deliver" action after a message is detected as Marketing Email by IronPort Anti-Spam or IronPort Intelligent Multi-Scan.
Cisco IronPort highly recommends customers to take advantage of this new Marketing Detection feature to detect Unwanted Marketing Email and enhance the end user Email experience.
How do you enable it?
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Help diagnose a blocked site

Hi.
I'm trying to put a weather widget on our intranet site and for people in our "Restricted Internet" group we have a URL category list called "Allowed Domains". Basically I put the domain in .accuweather.com and I still cannot get this widget to load for a test user in the ldap group "Restricted Internet".
So the next step I did was go to Web Tracking and look up the user name, website and blocked for the transaction type. For some reason there are two results which contradict each other.
In the Disposition column it says Block - AVC, however in the Website column it correctly shows URL CATEGORY: Allowed Domains. This is a contradiction because if it is an "allowed domain" it should not be blocked. Any idea why this site would possibly be blocked? I did have the weather.com widget on our intranet site and that worked fine, however the accuweather widget shows a little more information.
Here is a clip from the Website column in Web Tracking:
http://netwx.accuweather.com/netWx-V212.swf?zipcode=19464&customtheme=&theme=blue&metric=0&target=_self&lang=eng&url=&video=&category=&logo=1&tStyle=whteYell&partner=netweather&myspace=0
(3)
CONTENT TYPE: application/x-shockwave-flash
URL CATEGORY: Allowed Domains
DESTINATION IP: 207.242.93.89
DETAILS: Restricted_Internet "Access". WBRS: 5.3.
RELATED TRANSACTIONShttp://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2010/images/animated-overlays/cloudy.swfhttp://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2010/images/animated-overlays/cloudy.swf
http://netwx.accuweather.com/netWx-V212.swf?zipcode=19464&customtheme=&theme=blue&metric=0&target=_self&lang=eng&url=&video=&category=&logo=1&tStyle=whteYell&partner=netweather&myspace=0
CONTENT TYPE: application/x-shockwave-flash
URL CATEGORY: Allowed Domains
DESTINATION IP: 207.242.93.89
DETAILS: Restricted_Internet "Access". WBRS: 5.3.

Good call on the Flash Video.
I SSH to the Ironport and played around with grep. Found this, which looks to be flash video. Oddly I didn't even think of it as flash video, as myself (in the very unrestricted IT group) can see the weather widget and there's obviously no video. However one of the pages calls an swf from another server... it must be the way they dynamically draw the sun or clouds in the forcast.
test@Windows
" DIRECT/netwx.accuweather.com application/x-shock wave-flash BLOCK_AVC_11-Restricted_Internet-Authenticated_Users-NONE-NONE-NONE-D efaultGroup ","-","Flash Video","Media","-","-",144.43,0,-,"-","-"> -
1308254622.019 307 10.1.3.126 TCP_DENIED/403 5344 GET
http://netwx.accuweather.c
om/netWx-V212.swf?zipcode=19464&customtheme=&theme=blue&metric=0&target=_self&la ng=eng&url=&video=&category=&logo=1&tStyle=whteYell&partner=netweather&myspace=0 "DIAMONDCU\test@Windows" DIRECT/netwx.accuweather.com application/x-shock wave-flash BLOCK_AVC_11-Restricted_Internet-Authenticated_Users-NONE-NONE-NONE-D efaultGroup -

Adobe FP and MySpace vids : a bug story ?

Hi, there,
First of all, please forgive me if my english is not brilliant, or if explanations are not clear. If you don't understand, just ask, I'll do my best. Thks.
Since a month, more or less, I cannot see anymore MySpace videos. I don't know why, and have been asking to the help team (but maybe... there's "no" help team in MS... ...) so many times without any answer. Asked and looked for, many places. Here is my last chance ! ^^
Here are the.. "symptoms" :
° I cannot read MS videos. (only these, I can see all other, as youtube, etc). There is a centered logo, turning as a wheel, and nothing starts :
or, recently :
° when I right -click on the video space, a little window for FP parameters appears, but it is frozen, I cannot change anything :
..impossible to clik on other little icons, nor close.
° I'm on a MAC (Macbook Core2Duo, Leo 10.5.7, using usually Firefox 3.5.2, no viruses detected, all apps & plugins uptaded, regularly cleaned, anti-spyware, enough available space (32 Go), etc...).
° This bug appears also if I use Safari (4.0.2), or Opera (10.00). This is why I think it might be a problem with my configuration, not with the browser itself.
° I have checked in my Internet plugins, thinking there could be an incompatibility ; here are they :
(in "Disabled", there is "NP-PPC-Dir-Shockwave" ; why there, I don't know).
° I have checked in the system preferences / security : there is no blocking in the firewall for MySpace (cookies also accepted, etc). Checked also authorizations... Well, I sought nearly everywhere, but... I'm not informatician. v_v
Please, help me, if you think you can. I'll give all further informations you should need. Thank you. Have a good day..
Chris

Hello Tafu and BWolfe,
In the meantime I did some other things. But nothing worked realy.
-I destalled completley from the adobe flashplayer and adobe shockwave player.
-Reinstalled Flash 10 but not the shockwave player, don't know if or whenever I will need that. Checked, but nothing helped.
-I saw in the adobe flashplayer 10 that I needed at least 2.33 Mhz Pentium 4 for that.
Somewhere else in the Adobe specs. 0.45 Mhz was demanded.... No need to follow that trail.
-I changed the codex to K-Lite complete edition. Nothing changed but left it that way.
-I changed my IE8 security settings for mediaplaying, a tip from a Myspace user. Did not help but I left it that way.
-I installed Chrome, the Google browser and got a message at playing time that Java was not running and flash was not loaded.
I was sure both were loaded and active. Chrome offered me an option to display the java script whitch showed 2 errors for
direct adressing url's. I learned from the script statements that the flashplayer was installed and ready. It was waiting
for content or the stream, confirmed by what I saw on my screen on Myspace.
At this moment I started thinking of my hardware and drivers. Because I had a YouTube full screen display problem 2 years ago.
-I looked for the Intel Graphics Express 965 Chipset driver and downloaded latest version.
Windows updates my system, but not this time.
Than I logged in for myspace and YES! There were the video's.
I logged in for an other site with suspected display problems, surrounding text suggested video's there, but not even a player showed.
Nothing had changed there yet... I unloaded the browsers and started IE8 again and the players showed there and video's started!
The graphics driver for my system I downloaded from:
http://http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17407&ProdId=2800&la ng=eng
Thanks for your questions and suggestions you helped me to get courage to digg in this for an other time.

Blocking one website. Is there a way to do it?

Hi all
I need help. I am addicted to one particular website and I am trying to break that addiction to it. I just find myself spending alot of time on there and will power is not working and I could be doing better things with my internet time. I did a search for this topic on this forum and there only seems to be one way to do it, but it also blocks other websites as well. From my understanding, in Parental Controls, you'd have to type in the "acceptable" websites and but this is more for children who you can restrict to only viewing a handful of sites. Is there a way to do the reverse, instead of blocking out the entire internet, I just want to block ONE DARN SITE! lol Please help if anyone knows how to do this. And no, it's not a pornographic, gambling or MySpace addiction. hehe.
Thanks guys for any advice
CJ

It just occurred to me that maybe there is a program I can buy, like that one you referred me to Christopher, so that I can type in a subject, for example, gambling and it would block any website with gambling. Can I do that with Safari or any program that is cheap that I can buy? That would be so cool. At this point, I think there probably is no way to just block one particular website or URL. But if I can find a way to filter out certain websites, that would be cool and that would solve my problem as well.

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