Earthlink going bananas with "potentially fraudelent Web Site Alerts"

The Backlash Cometh

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Mon Jan-10-05 02:34 PM
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Earthlink going bananas with "potentially fraudelent Web Site Alerts"

It seems to be across the board, but my system crashed when I got into the blue lemur webpage.

This is the warning everytime I try to access the web:

Potentially Fraudelent Web Site Alert

Do you really want to visit this potentially dangerous site?

The Web address you requested is on Earthlink Scamblocker list of potentially dangerous and fraudelent websites. Visitors to this site may be at high risk for identity theft or other financial losses.

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I don't think they're singling out the dem webpages, but I was wondering if other earthlink users were experiencing the same thing across the country?

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sherilocks

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Mon Jan-10-05 02:37 PM
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1. I just posted the same thing.

It's driving me nuts.

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liberalhistorian

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Mon Jan-10-05 02:40 PM
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2. As I said in another thread,

check the Ask the Administrator's Forum for a thread addressing this issue, with Elad's responses. He's contacting Eathlink to get to the bottom of this.

BTW, fuck Earthlink, I tried them for all of one month and couldn't take it anymore. I'll take AOL over them, as bad as AOL is!

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Florida_Geek

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Mon Jan-10-05 02:41 PM
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3. here is the answer they are having problems.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=120x27940#27946

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LizW

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Mon Jan-10-05 02:45 PM
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4. This could really suck for small businesses

Who could afford to have that sort of crap pop up when potential customers try to get to your site?

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sherilocks

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Mon Jan-10-05 03:00 PM
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5. If it's still trying to block, turn off your scam-blocker. n/t

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raysr

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Mon Jan-10-05 03:03 PM
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6. Dump Earthlink!

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sherilocks

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Mon Jan-10-05 03:12 PM
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7. The alternative is AOL, and I refuse to go with them

tying up my land-line phone for hi speed doesn't work for me, and satellite here is constantly down because of the weather, so cable and Earthlink are my only alternative.

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RobinA

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Mon Jan-10-05 03:51 PM
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8. I'v Had Very Good Luck

with Earthlink for many years. Their spamblocker has been flawless until the end of last week, at which point the first ever spam got through. I gotta figure they're having a one-time problem. Lighten up people, are you this quick to criticize your own work?

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